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19 CFR 19 on the Customs Broker Exam

19 of the 1,261 questions CBP has released are answered from 19 CFR 19 — 1.5% of every question on record, about 1.1 on a paper of 80. Cited in 12 of the 17 published sittings.

Questions

19

Sittings cited in

12 of 17

Per paper

~1.1

What CBP asks out of 19 CFR 19

19 CFR Part 19 is titled "Customs Warehouses, Container Stations and Control of Merchandise Therein". It is one part of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations — the customs regulations, which you may bring into the exam room.

The questions are not spread evenly. Foreign Trade Zones & Warehouses accounts for 8 of them, which is where to start if this is a weak spot.

Questions answered from 19 CFR 19

All 19, newest sitting first. Each one shows CBP's official answer and the exact citation behind it.

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Where the text is

The exam is open book, so the only thing that matters on the day is how fast you reach the right paragraph.

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Question counts are from CBP's published papers and answer keys, 2018–2026, checked October 6, 2026 against CBP's own release. One count per question: a question citing three subsections counts once.

Questions candidates ask about this

How many Customs Broker Exam questions come from 19 CFR 19?
19 of the 1,261 questions CBP has released are answered from 19 CFR 19 — 1.5% of everything on record, about 1.1 on a paper of 80. 19 CFR 19 has been cited in 12 of the 17 released sittings, averaging 1.1 questions a paper.
What does 19 CFR 19 cover?
19 CFR Part 19 is titled "Customs Warehouses, Container Stations and Control of Merchandise Therein". It is one part of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations — the customs regulations, which you may bring into the exam room. On the exam it shows up mostly in Foreign Trade Zones & Warehouses (8 questions), Entry & Entry Summary (5 questions), Bonds (2 questions).
Is 19 CFR 19 worth tabbing?
19 CFR 19 has been cited in 12 of the 17 released sittings, averaging 1.1 questions a paper. The exam is open book and runs at about three minutes a question, which makes anything at that frequency worth reaching in seconds rather than minutes.

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Knowing that this carries 19 questions is only useful next to knowing how many of them you get right. The diagnostic is weighted like a real paper and takes fifteen minutes.