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Every released CBP exam with a worked answer citing the HTSUS or 19 CFR, original questions in all six categories, and full 80-question open-book mocks timed at 4 hours 30 min, with the references one click away.
Free to start · No card required · 5 released CBP exams · 15 topics across all six categories
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October 28, 2026in 15 days
Registration closed on September 16, 2026. Final withdrawal: October 26, 2026, 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Then April 28, 2027 (expected). Checked 12 Oct 2026 against CBP.
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Work through 15 topics in CBP's six categories with the HTSUS and 19 CFR open. Every answer is graded instantly with a worked explanation and its citation.
Step 2
All 5 released CBP exams, question by question, with the section that decides each answer and a note wherever the rule has changed since.
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80 questions in 4 hours 30 min, grouped by category like the real exam, with the reference panel open and a score report by category.
Every question CBP has released since May 2024, unchanged, with our worked answer and CBP's citation.
Written from 19 CFR and the 2026 HTSUS, including the rules that changed after the last released exam.
80 questions, 4 hours 30 min, CBP's category order, the references in a side panel.
GRI-by-GRI explanations: heading, notes, subheading and statistical suffix.
One per topic: the rule, the exam trap and a takeaway you can remember.
Invoice and CBP Form 7501 case sets with duty, MPF and HMF worked by hand.
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The Customs Broker License Exam is the exam U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses before licensing a customs broker (19 CFR 111.13). It has 80 multiple-choice questions with four options, 4 hours 30 min, open book on the HTSUS and 19 CFR, and you need 75% (CBP, as at 12 Oct 2026).
CBP reported 22% for April 2026, 12% for October 2025, 30% for April 2025, before appeals. Most candidates fail, usually on time and precision rather than effort.
The released exams are. CBP publishes each exam and its answer key after the sitting; as US government works they are public domain, and we present them unchanged as "Official CBP exam (Month Year)" with our own worked explanations. Every other question is original, written from 19 CFR, the HTSUS and CBP guidance.
Mostly, but not always. Each released exam tests the reference editions printed on it. Our explanations check every answer against today's 19 CFR and the 2026 HTSUS and flag where a later change matters.
Broker Compliance (about 18), Practical Exercise (about 7), Special Topic (Drawback or Quota) (about 5), Classification (about 10), Entry / Entry Summary (about 25), Valuation, Appraisement and Duty Assessment (about 15). Our full practice exams use the same categories in the same order.
A free account with the first 15 questions in every topic and released exam, the full April 2026 CBP exam as a timed mock with every answer explained, the free practice test and study-note previews. A pass unlocks every released exam, every original question, the full practice exams and every study note.
CBLE Ready is an independent study service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or the Department of Homeland Security. Released CBP exams are reproduced as public-domain government works, with CBP cited as the source; every other question is original.
Typical questions per category on recent released exams. Source: CBP, as at 12 Oct 2026. Exam fee US$390.
CBLE Ready is an independent study service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or the Department of Homeland Security. Released CBP exams are reproduced as public-domain government works, with CBP cited as the source; every other question is original.