[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 66573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25536]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Customs Broker Permit User Fee Payment for 2022

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, 2022. 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 2022 will be $153.19.

DATES: Payment of the 2022 Customs Broker Permit User Fee is due by 
January 31, 2022.

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 CFR (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 permit 
user fee is set forth in Appendix A of part 24. (19 CFR 24.22 Appendix 
A.) On July 29, 2021, CBP published a Federal Register notice, CBP Dec. 
21-12, which among other things, announced that the annual customs 
broker permit user fee would increase to $153.19 for calendar year 
2022. See 86 FR 40864.
    As required by 19 CFR 111.96 and 24.22, 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 2022, the due date for payment of the 
user fee is January 31, 2022.

AnnMarie R. Highsmith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2021-25536 Filed 11-22-21; 8:45 am]
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