May 2024 — Question 7
A customs broker license applicant has been denied a customs broker license. Which of the following best describes the next action the applicant must take to initiate an appeal?
- AFile with the Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade, in writing, a request for additional review that the Executive Assistant Commissioner deems appropriate not later than ninety (90) days of the denial.
- BFile with the appropriate Executive Director, Office of Trade, in writing, additional information or arguments in support of the application. Such information and arguments must be received by the Executive Director within sixty (60) calendar days of the denial.✓ CBP's answer
- CAppeal the decision to the Court of International Trade within thirty (30) days of the denial.
- DAppeal the decision by filing a written or electronic appeal with the Office of Trade, CBP Headquarters within thirty (30) days of the denial.
Why this answer
Appeals from a license denial proceed in stages under the cited regulation, and the initiating step is what option B describes: filing with the appropriate Executive Director, Office of Trade, written additional information or arguments in support of the application, which must be received within sixty calendar days of the denial. Review by the Executive Assistant Commissioner and, ultimately, an action in the Court of International Trade are later stages available only after that first filing, so options A and C describe subsequent remedies rather than the required next action, and option D names an office and a thirty-day deadline the regulation does not contain. Watch for: Jumping to Executive Assistant Commissioner or court review, which follow rather than begin the appeal.
Original CBLE Simulator explanation — the question and key above are CBP's; this analysis is ours. Verify against the current edition before relying on it in practice.
CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the May 2024 examination.
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