October 2024 — Question 1
Which ONE of the following permits constitute sufficient permit authority for a customs broker to conduct customs business within the customs territory of the U.S.?
- ANational permit✓ CBP's answer
- BAssociation or corporation permit
- CPartnership permit
- DNo permit
Why this answer
After the 2022 broker modernization reflected in the cited provision, the national permit is the sole and sufficient permit authority: a broker holding a national permit may conduct customs business anywhere within the customs territory of the United States, and district permits were eliminated. There is no separate partnership, association, or corporation permit; organizations hold licenses in those forms, but permit authority itself is national, and conducting customs business with no permit at all is prohibited. Options B and C tempt because organizational license types exist, leading candidates to assume matching organizational permits, but under the edition tested only the national permit confers the authority the question describes. Watch for: Assuming organizational license types imply matching permit types, when only the national permit exists.
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 October 2024 examination.
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