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April 2025, question 1

Broker Compliance · Broker licensing and duties

A customs broker has a client's confidential records as defined in CBP regulations pertaining to customs brokers. The records contain information that is not available from a source that is open to the public. The broker's client has specified in writing that the records should be kept confidential. Of those persons listed below, to whom may the broker disclose the confidential records?

  1. The client's surety on a particular entry
  2. The freight forwarder on a particular shipment
  3. The broker's other clients
  4. The client's exporter
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CBP's answer: A. A: The client's surety on a particular entry

Section 111.24 makes client records confidential, but lets the broker disclose them to the client, the client's surety on a particular entry, DHS representatives and other U.S. officers, or when the client authorizes it in writing. The freight forwarder, the broker's other clients and the exporter are not on that list, and the written confidentiality instruction does not change who is on it.

to any persons other than those clients, their surety on a particular entry, and representatives of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 19 CFR 111.24

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CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 111.24

Question and key from CBP's April 2025 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).