Study guides

Every topic on the Customs Broker License Exam

One page per topic: what it covers, how often it shows up, the traps that cost points, and a past question with the explanation. Topics follow the exam's own categories.

Broker Compliance

• Broker licensing, permits & status reports60 past questions · ≈5 per exam
• Broker duties & responsible supervision50 past questions · ≈3 per exam
• Recordkeeping36 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Powers of attorney34 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Broker discipline & penalties37 past questions · ≈4 per exam

Entry / Entry Summary

• Entry & release52 past questions · ≈4 per exam
• Invoices & entry summary data (7501)51 past questions · ≈3 per exam
• ACE, ABI & post-summary corrections47 past questions · ≈3 per exam
• Customs bonds60 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Duty payment, fees & currency43 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Liquidation & refunds23 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Protests & rulings25 past questions · ≈1 per exam
• Country-of-origin marking50 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Rules of origin16 past questions · ≈1 per exam
• Foreign-trade zones44 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Bonded warehouses28 past questions · ≈1 per exam
• Intellectual property rights47 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Other agency requirements37 past questions · ≈3 per exam
• Special & temporary entries51 past questions · ≈3 per exam
• Fines, penalties & forfeitures33 past questions
• Carriers, manifests & in-bond30 past questions · ≈1 per exam

Valuation

• Transaction value: price & exclusions58 past questions · ≈4 per exam
• Transaction value: statutory additions33 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Trade agreements & preferences50 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• AD/CVD & trade remedies58 past questions · ≈3 per exam

Classification

• HTS structure & GRIs34 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Classification: food & agriculture (Ch. 1-24)30 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Classification: chemicals & plastics (Ch. 25-40)27 past questions · ≈1 per exam
• Classification: textiles & apparel (Ch. 50-63)32 past questions · ≈1 per exam
• Classification: footwear, stone, ceramics & glass (Ch. 64-71)29 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Classification: base metals (Ch. 72-83)22 past questions · ≈1 per exam
• Classification: machinery, vehicles & instruments (Ch. 84-92)42 past questions · ≈2 per exam
• Classification: leather, wood, paper & miscellaneous (Ch. 41-49, 93-97)33 past questions · ≈2 per exam