Customs broker exam topics
Each topic lists the rules to know, the regulation they come from, and free sample questions.
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.
19 CFR Part 111, Subpart B; § 111.96 · 37 questionsDuties of a licensed broker
Record retention, handling client money, client notices, address changes and the triennial status report.
19 CFR Part 111, Subpart C · 62 questionsSuspension and revocation by operation of law
The events that suspend or revoke a license or national permit automatically, without a disciplinary proceeding.
19 CFR §§ 111.30(d)(4), 111.45 · 59 questionsEntry and entry summary
The clocks that run from landing and from entry.
19 CFR Parts 141 and 142 · 396 questionsPowers of attorney
How long a power of attorney lasts, how it is revoked, and how long a broker keeps it.
19 CFR Part 141, Subpart C; § 111.23(b) · 32 questionsValuation: transaction value
What goes into the price actually paid or payable, the five additions, the exclusions, and related-party sales.
19 CFR § 152.103 · 69 questionsCustoms bonds
Minimum bond amounts and what happens when CBP finds a bond insufficient.
19 CFR § 113.13 · 191 questionsLiquidation
When an entry is deemed liquidated by operation of law.
19 CFR § 159.11 · 135 questionsRecordkeeping
The general 5-year retention rule and its exceptions.
19 CFR § 163.4 · 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.
19 CFR §§ 111.19, 111.36 · 11 questionsBonded warehouses and foreign trade zones
How long merchandise can stay in a bonded warehouse, and what a zone operator must report.
19 CFR §§ 144.5, 146.53 · 211 questionsBills, payments and general order
When CBP bills are due and when unentered merchandise goes to general order.
19 CFR §§ 24.3, 127.1 · 93 questionsContinuing broker education
How many credits an individual broker needs each triennial period, what counts, and what records to keep.
19 CFR §§ 111.102, 111.103 · 15 questionsQuotas
What happens to merchandise imported in excess of an absolute or tariff-rate quota.
19 CFR § 132.5; § 141.68(d) · 54 questionsDrawback
Who may claim drawback, which duties and fees qualify, where exports count, and how long to keep records.
19 CFR Part 190 (§§ 190.3, 190.5, 190.15, 190.28) · 96 questionsCountry of origin marking
Who the ultimate purchaser is, what substantial transformation does, and the 10 percent marking duty.
19 CFR Part 134 (§§ 134.1, 134.2, 134.46) · 63 questionsIn-bond movements and carnets
Who is liable when merchandise moving in bond goes missing, and the limits on carnet guarantors.
19 CFR § 18.8 · 43 questionsPrior disclosure
How to make a valid prior disclosure of a violation, when it counts as made, and what defeats it.
19 CFR § 162.74 · 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.
19 CFR Part 165 (Enforce and Protect Act) · 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.
19 CFR Part 102 · 54 questionsUSMCA preferential claims
How an importer claims United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement duty treatment and what the certification must contain.
19 CFR Part 182 · 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.
19 CFR Parts 171 and 172 · 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.
19 CFR Part 133 · 56 questions