CBP Proposes Updates to Customs Broker Regulations
CBP released its long-awaited proposal to update customs broker regulations. Among other changes CBP proposes to "update the responsible supervision and control oversight framework, ensure that customs business is conducted within the United States, and require that the customs broker have direct communication with the importer." Broker license application fees would also be increased under the proposal.
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CBP also proposed eliminating customs broker districts and expanding "national permit authority to allow national permit holders to conduct any type of customs business throughout." As part of that, CBP issued another proposal to eliminate customs broker district permitting fees.