Customs broker exam prep
CBLE Practice is a customs broker license exam prep site. Every practice question is tied to the regulation, ruling line, or released exam it came from, so you learn where to look on exam day.
What the exam asks you to do
The Customs Broker License Exam is open book. The work is finding the rule and applying it, not memorizing a textbook. 1,990 questions in this bank are written that way. A free account answers 10 a day. A subscription ($29 a month) unlocks the full bank, flashcards, topic drills, and an 80-question timed practice exam.
| When | Fourth Wednesday in April and October 19 CFR 111.13(b) |
|---|---|
| Passing grade | 75 percent or higher 19 CFR 111.11(a)(4) |
| Exam fee | $390 19 CFR 111.96(a) |
| Register by | At least 30 calendar days before the exam 19 CFR 111.13(b) |
| Who can sit | U.S. citizens age 18 or older who are not federal officers or employees 19 CFR 111.13(b) |
| Format | 80 multiple-choice questions, open book, 4.5 hours Secondary sources; confirm in CBP's exam notice |
Confirm the format and the materials you may bring against CBP's current exam notice. The exam guide cites the regulation for the date, fee, age, and passing grade.
How to study
- Take the free diagnostic and read the citations you missed.
- Work the topic pages below. Each one states the rules and links to free sample questions.
- Use daily practice until unseen questions are the ones you get wrong, then drill that topic.
- Sit a timed practice exam only after the diagnostic is near 75 percent.
Prep by topic
Broker licensing and the exam
Who can hold a customs broker license, who can sit for the exam, what it costs, and how to appeal a failing grade.
37 questionsDuties of a licensed broker
Record retention, handling client money, client notices, address changes and the triennial status report.
62 questionsSuspension and revocation by operation of law
The events that suspend or revoke a license or national permit automatically, without a disciplinary proceeding.
59 questionsEntry and entry summary
The clocks that run from landing and from entry.
396 questionsPowers of attorney
How long a power of attorney lasts, how it is revoked, and how long a broker keeps it.
32 questionsValuation: transaction value
What goes into the price actually paid or payable, the five additions, the exclusions, and related-party sales.
69 questionsCustoms bonds
Minimum bond amounts and what happens when CBP finds a bond insufficient.
191 questionsLiquidation
When an entry is deemed liquidated by operation of law.
135 questionsRecordkeeping
The general 5-year retention rule and its exceptions.
44 questionsNational permit and unlicensed persons
Who needs a national permit, how to apply and appeal a denial, and the limits on dealing with unlicensed persons and freight forwarders.
11 questionsBonded warehouses and foreign trade zones
How long merchandise can stay in a bonded warehouse, and what a zone operator must report.
211 questionsBills, payments and general order
When CBP bills are due and when unentered merchandise goes to general order.
93 questionsContinuing broker education
How many credits an individual broker needs each triennial period, what counts, and what records to keep.
15 questionsQuotas
What happens to merchandise imported in excess of an absolute or tariff-rate quota.
54 questionsDrawback
Who may claim drawback, which duties and fees qualify, where exports count, and how long to keep records.
96 questionsCountry of origin marking
Who the ultimate purchaser is, what substantial transformation does, and the 10 percent marking duty.
63 questionsIn-bond movements and carnets
Who is liable when merchandise moving in bond goes missing, and the limits on carnet guarantors.
43 questionsPrior disclosure
How to make a valid prior disclosure of a violation, when it counts as made, and what defeats it.
102 questionsEvasion of antidumping and countervailing duties
How an interested party alleges evasion of an AD/CVD order, and the clocks CBP runs during an EAPA investigation.
63 questionsRules of origin
How CBP decides the country of origin of a good for marking and for the tariff purposes named in Part 102.
54 questionsUSMCA preferential claims
How an importer claims United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement duty treatment and what the certification must contain.
59 questionsFines, forfeitures, and liquidated damages
Where a petition for relief goes, how long you have to file it, and what payment of a mitigated amount does.
45 questionsTrademarks, trade names, and copyrights
Recording a trademark or trade name with CBP, and what happens when imported goods bear a counterfeit, copying, or gray-market mark.
56 questions