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October 2026, question 9

Broker Compliance · Broker licensing and duties

John Eastman earned his broker license in 1980 and was admitted to the Court of International Trade in 1990. He is retired and is not actively engaged in transacting business as a broker. As an expert in Customs law, he presented at WESTCON 2025, an annual convention of customs brokers and freight forwarders. WESTCON is an educational activity approved for continuing education credit by a CBP-selected accreditor, and Mr. Eastman was approved as a speaker at WESTCON. Mr. Eastman spent three hours preparing a presentation on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and two hours delivering it. Based on this scenario, what is the maximum number of continuing education credits that Mr. Eastman may claim for his WESTCON 2025 presentation?

  1. 0
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 5
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CBP's answer: B. B: 2

CBP keyed B (2 credits). Under 111.103(b)(1)(i), a broker approved by an accreditor claims half of one credit for each full 30 minutes spent presenting at a convention, so two hours of delivery is four half credits, or 2 credits. Preparation time is allowed under (b)(1)(ii) but is capped at one credit per session by (b)(2)(i), and CBP's key counts the 2 credits for the delivery. Being retired does not exempt him, since 111.102(a) excludes only voluntary suspension or a license held for less than the full period.

an individual broker may claim half of one continuing education credit for each full 30 minutes spent: 19 CFR 111.103(b)(1)
an individual broker may claim, at a maximum, one continuing education credit for the time spent preparing subject matter for that presentation 19 CFR 111.103(b)(2)(i)

Search for: half of one continuing education credit for each full 30 minutes

CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 111.102; 19 CFR 111.103; 19 CFR 111.30(d)

Question and key from CBP's October 2026 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).