Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg is offering customs brokers a package of webinars that will allow them to earn credit hours required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. For more information, please contact webinarorganizers@strtrade.com.
Under a June 2023 final rule CBP is requiring individual customs broker license holders to complete at least 36 continuing education credits per triennial period, which works out to an hour per month. However, because brokers will not be able to begin completing qualified CE courses until Jan. 1, 2025, CBP is only requiring 20 credits for the triennial period Feb. 1, 2024, through Jan. 31, 2027.
Brokers will be able to earn CE credits for a variety of accredited training or educational activities, whether in-person or online, including seminars, webinars, workshops, self-guided activities, port tours, trade days sponsored by local trade associations, conventions, and (subject to certain limitations and requirements) the preparation and presentation of subject matter as an instructor or speaker. Educational activities may not be accredited before January 2025.
CBP has said that while training or educational activities provided by it or any other federal agency that is relevant to customs business will automatically qualify as CE credit, training or educational activities offered by third-party, non-government providers will only qualify if they have been approved beforehand by a CBP-selected accreditor. The accreditation process is underway and ST&R anticipates that all of its webinars given after Jan. 1, 2025, will be accredited and count toward the required CE credits.
Consequently, ST&R is now offering brokers the opportunity to purchase a package of 20 webinars that will enable them to meet the CE requirements. Click here to see a full list of live and on-demand webinars we offer.
(As one of only five accreditors selected by CBP, ST&R is also accepting third-party materials for accreditation and will conduct thorough reviews to ensure those materials meet the applicable criteria before assigning CE credits.)
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