Heightened Requirements for Foreign Importers of Record

What it does

This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations, consistent with Section 2 of Executive Order 14411, "Strengthening Customs Enforcement," by establishing new requirements for foreign importers of record (IORs) when making entry, and corresponding responsibilities for licensed customs brokers with regard to their clients. The new regulations also set forth consequences for foreign IORs and customs brokers who fail to comply with the new requirements.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

5 parts of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

19 CFR 110, 19 CFR 111, 19 CFR 141, 19 CFR 142, 19 CFR 171

Compared with

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published 16 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 14 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1685-AA48 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This interim final rule is effective on January 5, 2027. As explained in Section VII, licensed customs brokers may submit requests for delayed compliance with the changes in Sec. 111.29 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 111.29) prior to January 5, 2027. All customs brokers are expected to be in full compliance with the requirements of this rule no later than May 6, 2027.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCBP-2026-1387 on Regulations.gov
• Title 19 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register