[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 65400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25753]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Customs Broker User Fee Payment for 2020

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice to customs brokers that the 
annual user fee that is assessed for each permit held by a broker, 
whether it may be an individual, partnership, association, or 
corporation, is due by January 31, 2020. Pursuant to fee adjustments 
required by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST ACT) 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations, the annual 
user fee payable for calendar year 2020 will be $147.89.

DATES: Payment of the 2020 Customs Broker User Fee is due by January 
31, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melba Hubbard, Broker Management 
Branch, Office of Trade, (202) 325-6986, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Pursuant to section 111.96 of title 19 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (19 CFR 111.96(c)), U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) assesses an annual user fee for each customs broker district and 
national permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or 
corporation. CBP regulations provide that this fee is payable for each 
calendar year in each broker district where the broker was issued a 
permit to do business by the due date. See 19 CFR 24.22(h) and (i)(9). 
Broker districts are defined in the General Notice entitled, 
``Geographic Boundaries of Customs Brokerage, Cartage and Lighterage 
Districts,'' published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2000 (65 FR 
14011), and corrected, with minor changes, on March 23, 2000 (65 FR 
15686) and on April 6, 2000 (65 FR 18151).
    Sections 24.22 and 24.23 of title 19 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (19 CFR 24.22 and 24.23) provide for and describe the 
procedures that implement the requirements of the Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114-94, December 4, 
2015). Specifically, paragraph (k) in section 24.22 (19 CFR 24.22(k)) 
sets forth the methodology to determine the change in inflation as well 
as the factor by which the fees and limitations will be adjusted, if 
necessary. The customs broker user fee is set forth in Appendix A of 
part 24. (19 CFR 24.22 Appendix A). On August 2, 2019, CBP published a 
Federal Register notice, CBP Dec. 19-08, which among other things, 
announced that the annual broker permit user fee would increase to 
$147.89 for calendar year 2020. See 84 FR 37902.
    As required by 19 CFR 111.96, CBP must provide notice in the 
Federal Register no later than 60 days before the date that the payment 
is due for each broker permit. This document notifies customs brokers 
that for calendar year 2020, the due date for payment of the user fee 
is January 31, 2020.

    Dated: November 22, 2019.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2019-25753 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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