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- December 2, 2025
- QuotaCSMS #66975089
CBP published 2026 whole milk tariff-rate quota bulletin
CBP published Quota Bulletin 26-202 for whole milk and cream (HTSUS 0401.20) for the quota period January 1 through December 31, 2026. The quota opened on Friday, January 2, 2026. Entries filed between 12:01 a.m. local port time and 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the opening date received an entry time of 8:30 a.m. for quota qualification, and if a HTSUS group's total exceeded the limit at that time, accepted entries were prorated.
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This bulletin covered a routine annual tariff-rate quota opening for whole milk that already passed. It does not affect current filings, and this quota period is already underway. Clients importing this commodity now should ask us to confirm current quota status for their entries.
- General NoticeCSMS #66976512
CBP corrected the link for 2026 broker permit fee notice (deadline already passed)
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.
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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.
- QuotaCSMS #66964277
CBP Published 2026 Quota Bulletin for Dried Milk, Cream and Whey
CBP announced Quota Bulletin 26-207 covering dried milk, dried cream and dried whey under HTSUS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 12, for the 2026 quota period running January 1 through December 31, 2026. The quota opened on January 2, 2026, and entries filed before 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on that date received an entry time of 8:30 a.m. for quota qualification. CBP said it would prorate accepted entries if the quota limit for any HTSUS group was exceeded at that time.
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This bulletin set the 2026 tariff-rate quota limits for dried milk, cream and whey entries. The quota period runs through December 31, 2026, so the limits it set still apply to entries we file this year. Clients importing these products do not need to act now, and we monitor quota fill status and apply proration as CBP directs when we file these entries.
- QuotaCSMS #66963743
CBP published 2026 CAFTA-DR agriculture quota bulletin
CBP announced Quota Bulletin 26-104 for 2026 CAFTA-DR agriculture tariff rate quotas, covering sugar and sugar-containing products under HTSUS Chapter 98, Subchapter XXII. The quota period ran from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, with the quota opening on January 2, 2026. CBP said entries filed in the early window on the opening date would all receive an 8:30 a.m. Eastern entry time, and would be prorated if the HTSUS group limit was exceeded.
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This bulletin set the opening terms for the 2026 CAFTA-DR agriculture tariff rate quota, which has already passed. It applied only to entries filed around the January 2, 2026 opening date and does not affect entries filed now. Clients with CAFTA-DR sugar or sugar-containing product entries from that period who have questions about how their entries were processed should ask us to review them.
- QuotaCSMS #66963795
CBP published 2026 tariff-rate quota bulletin for peanut butter and paste
CBP announced Quota Bulletin 26-211 for peanut butter and paste under HTSUS Chapter 20, Additional US Note 5. The quota period ran from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, with an opening date of January 2, 2026. Entries filed early on the opening date received an 08:30 a.m. Eastern Time entry time, and CBP said it would prorate accepted entries if any HTSUS group total exceeded the limit at that time.
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This bulletin set the quota opening procedure for peanut butter and paste entries filed at the start of 2026. The opening date has passed, so this notice no longer affects new filings. Clients with entries of this commodity from early 2026 can ask us to confirm how their entries were processed under this quota.
- QuotaCSMS #66964160
CBP published 2026 dairy tariff-rate quota bulletin for opening day filing rules
CBP announced Quota Bulletin 26-205 covering dairy products under HTSUS Chapter 04, Additional U.S. Note 10, for the quota period January 1 through December 31, 2026. The bulletin set the opening date as January 2, 2026, and explained that entries filed before 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on that date would receive an 8:30 a.m. entry time for quota purposes. It stated that if any HTSUS group's entries exceeded the quota limit at that time, CBP would prorate all accepted entries.
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This bulletin applied to dairy quota entries filed at the start of the 2026 quota year, and its opening day filing window has already passed. Clients with dairy tariff-rate quota entries from that period should ask us to confirm how their entries were processed. No action is needed now for this notice.
- QuotaCSMS #66964154
CBP published 2026 chocolate tariff-rate quota bulletin
CBP announced Quota Bulletin 26-216 for chocolate classified under HTSUS Chapter 18, Additional U.S. Note 2, covering chocolate with over 5.5 percent butterfat by weight and excluding retail candy or confection. The quota period ran from January 1 through December 31, 2026, and opened January 2, 2026. Entries filed after 12:01 a.m. local port time and before 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the opening date received an 8:30 a.m. entry time for quota purposes, with proration if the quota group was oversubscribed at that time.
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This quota period covers all of 2026, so the bulletin still applies to chocolate entries we file this year. If you import chocolate under this HTSUS provision, ask us to confirm the current quota fill status for your entries. You do not need to take any action beyond that.
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