Customs Broker Exam Prep Course

The regular Customs Broker Exam is held twice a year on the fourth Wednesday in April and October unless the regularly scheduled examination date conflicts with a national holiday, religious observance, or other foreseeable event in which case the CBP will publish an appropriate notice of a change in the examination date in the Federal Register. However, in circumstances where a brokerage is at risk of losing its license by operation of law before the next scheduled examination, CBP may, at the request of the brokerage and on payment of the associated expenses, conduct a special examination for the Customs Broker License, for a prospective applicant for an individual license, who would serve as the required licensed member or officer for the brokerage. Under § 111.11(b) to qualify for a broker’s license, a partnership must have at least one member of the partnership who is a broker. Under § 111.11 (c) to qualify for a broker’s license, an association or corporation must have...

Typically, candidates prepare for the Customs Broker Exam by taking classes, reading relevant material, and taking old practice tests. When they pass a few old practice tests, they feel that they might be ready to take the actual exam. There are several problems with this subjective approach to determining a level of preparedness. Test takers may: pass some practice tests now, but forget information over time and see their level of preparedness drop by the time they take the actual exam. pass some of the easier old exams but fail a more difficult one. not take the practice exams under timed conditions, leading to erroneous results. not take enough practice exams to get reliable feedback. feel complacent when they repeat the same exams and pass them, but possibly fail a new exam. For these reasons, test takers cannot be certain about how well prepared they really are by using a purely subjective method to assess their level of preparedness. This is further compli...

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to obtain a broker’s license, an individual must: Be a citizen of the United States on the date of submission of the license application and not an officer or employee of the United States Government; Attain the age of 21 prior to the date of submission of the license application; Be of good moral character; and Hold a passing score on the broker’s exam of 75% or higher. Read full article on our  blog . Check out our website to prepare for  Customs Broker License Exam . Customs Broker License

What is the computer adaptive method and why is it the best way to prepare for the  Customs Broker Exam ? Most people generally agree that the best way to learn any new material is to use a personal tutor because the learning experience can be interactive and personalized with a tutor. A personal tutor can enable the student to focus on important topics, as well as identify areas of strengths and weaknesses to create a personalized study plan to rectify weaknesses. This type of personalized guidance helps to improve performance in the shortest possible time. However, it is expensive and therefore quite impractical to use a personal tutor to prepare for the Customs Broker License Exam. But, there is an alternate way to replicate the personal tutor experience without the high cost and that is the computer adaptive approach. We have made innovative use of technology to implement the computer adaptive approach, by building an interactive website that adapts to each user to mimic ...

According to CBP, exam topics typically include: Entry; Classification; Trade Agreements; Valuation; Broker Compliance; Power of Attorney; Marking; Drawback; Bonds; Foreign Trade Zones; Warehouse Entries; Intellectual Property Rights; and other subjects pertinent to a broker’s duties. Further, the  Customs Broker License Examination  is a four and half hour long, open book test, consisting of 80 multiple-choice questions based on designated editions of: The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations Specified Customs Directives Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements document (CATAIR) We have reviewed all the questions set in the past 20 exams over the last 10 years (from April 2008 to April 2017) and identified the 16 tested topics with relative percentage of questions asked from each topic. This information is arranged in descending order of importance on our blog @  Customs Broker Exam Prep . T...