CBP corrected the link for 2026 broker permit fee notice (deadline already passed)
CBP title: Correction: 2026 Customs Broker Annual Permit User Fee Due Date – January 30, 2026
This message is from December 2, 2025. Later CSMS messages may have changed it. See the latest trade news
What did CBP announce?
CBP issued a correction fixing the Federal Register link in a prior notice about the 2026 customs broker annual permit user fee. The fee was 185.38 dollars per active national permit issued on or before December 31, 2025, and was due January 30, 2026. Failure to pay by that date would result in permit revocation by operation of law.
What is Allied's position?
This notice concerns customs brokers and their permit fee payments, not importers or shippers. It only corrects a hyperlink in an earlier CBP bulletin about the 2026 fee, which was due January 30, 2026, a date now well past. Clients do not need to act on this message.
General information, not legal advice.
What does the CBP message say?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 12/02/2025 05:05 PM EST
This correction updates the link to the Federal Register Notice in CSMS # 66971728 (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/bulletins/3fde850?reqfrom=share)
Pursuant to the General Notice (90 FR 55319) published December 2, 2025, the annual Customs Broker permit user fee due date for the 2026 calendar year is Friday, January 30, 2026. The permit user fee for the 2026 calendar year is $185.38 and is due for all active national permits issued on or before December 31, 2025.
Failure to make the payment deadline will result in permit revocation by operation of law.
The annual user fee payment should be submitted through the eCBP portal at https://e.cbp.dhs.gov/ecbp/#/main. The eCBP portal is available for 2026 user fee submissions from December 2, 2025, through January 30, 2026. eCBP accepts credit card and debit card payments. No additional fees are charged for online payments, and receipts are provided electronically.
The Federal Register Notice can be accessed at the Federal Register website (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/02/2025-21732/customs-broker-permit-user-fee-payment-for-2026).
For more information on the eCBP portal, including Frequently Asked Questions and Quick Reference Guides, visit https://e.cbp.dhs.gov/ecbp/#/main and https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ecbp (https://www.cbp.gov/trade/eCBP).
If you have questions regarding the Federal Register Notice, contact the Broker Administration Branch, at brokermangement@cbp.dhs.gov (mailto:brokermangement@cbp.dhs.gov).