The short version: every licensed customs broker must file a triennial status report with a $100 fee. The 2027 report opens in eCBP on December 14, 2026 and is due by February 28, 2027. For the first time, individual brokers must also certify their continuing education: CBP says 20 hours earned from January 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027. Miss either and the license is suspended, then revoked. CBP’s TSR and CE page asks brokers to file both by January 31, 2027.
Who must file
Every holder of a broker license that is not cancelled or revoked: individuals, and each corporation, partnership, association or LLC (CBP broker FAQ). If you qualify a company’s license, you file two reports and pay two fees: one for your own license and one for the company’s. eCBP makes you file the individual one first.
You do not file if your license was issued in January or February of the reporting year. A license issued on or before December 31, 2026 needs a 2027 report.
When it is due
The rule is a report on February 1 of every third year after 1985, and a report received during February counts as on time (19 CFR 111.30(d)(1), eCFR). That makes 2027, 2030 and 2033 the reporting years.
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| eCBP filing opens | December 14, 2026 |
| CBP’s recommended date to file and finish CE | January 31, 2027 |
| End of the filing window | February 28, 2027 |
| Unfiled licenses suspended by operation of law | March 1, 2027 |
| Last chance to file and be reinstated | 60 days after CBP’s suspension notice |
Dates from CBP’s TSR and CE page and Customs Broker Fees, last modified October 19 and September 28, 2026. CBP says it quotes earlier deadlines than the regulation to keep things simple, and will not revoke a license before the regulatory deadline.
What the report says
There is no official form; eCBP collects what 19 CFR 111.30(d) requires. An individual broker states:
- whether you are actively engaged in transacting business as a broker;
- if active: the name and address you trade under and an email address, or your employer’s name and address;
- if not active: your current mailing and email address;
- whether you still meet the license and permit requirements and have done nothing that is grounds for suspension or revocation;
- your compliance with the continuing education requirement.
A company report gives its business name, office of record, each licensed officer or member with address and email, the license qualifier and the national permit qualifier. A licensed officer or member signs it.
The fee is $100 per license (19 CFR 111.96(d)), paid by card in eCBP with no convenience fee. If you are actively engaged, you can choose to have your brokerage employer pay. Reports or payments mailed to CBP headquarters are returned.
Continuing education
The regulation (19 CFR 111.102) requires 36 continuing education credits each triennial period. For this first cycle, CBP’s page says brokers certify 20 hours, earned from January 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027.
- Who: all individual brokers, active or not. You are exempt for a cycle if you did not hold the license for the whole triennial period, or while your license is voluntarily suspended (19 CFR 111.102(a)).
- What counts: training from CBP or another US government agency, or training approved in advance by a CBP-selected accreditor. Seminars, webinars, conventions, and self-guided courses that end in a test all count (19 CFR 111.103). Accredited training shows the CE logo.
- Records: keep the title, provider, dates, credits, location and certificates for 3 years after you file. CBP can ask for them, and you then have 30 days to produce them (19 CFR 111.102(d)). CBP will pick brokers to audit after March 2027.
- If you report no CE: CBP sends a notice. You have 30 days to fix the report or complete the credits. After that CBP moves to suspend the license, and to revoke it if you still have not fixed it 120 days after the suspension (19 CFR 111.104).
- If you do not use your license: you can ask CBP to suspend it voluntarily before the deadline (brokermanagement@cbp.dhs.gov). You still file a report but do not report CE.
If you miss the report
Licenses with no report are suspended on March 1. CBP mails a notice by certified mail to the address on file, so keep it current. File with the fee within 60 days of the notice and the license is reinstated. After 60 days it is revoked by operation of law (CBP broker FAQ). A revoked license cannot be reinstated. You can apply for a new one, but unless you passed the exam within the past 3 years, you must pass the exam again.
On the exam
Triennial reports and continuing education are fair game on the CBLE itself: CBP lists continuing education under the Broker Compliance category, and question 1 of the April 2024 exam turned on the status report. Part 111 is the most-cited part across CBP’s released exams. Practise it under broker licensing and duties.