Below are the pending U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulatory actions affecting international trade set forth in the most recent semiannual regulatory agendas for the departments of Homeland Security and the Treasury.
Short-term actions
The following rules have recently been issued or are expected to be issued within the next year (timeframes are indicated in parentheses).
- a proposed rule to eliminate the paper-based bond application and approval processes and require most bonds to be filed using an electronic data interchange or email (published February 2026; final rule date to be determined)
- a proposed rule to implement the indefinite suspension of the de minimis exception for low-value goods, modify electronic filing requirements for informal entries of goods valued at $2,500 or less, and establish a new electronic informal entry type for international mail entries (published June 2026)
- a final rule to require the advance submission of export manifest data through ACE for cargo transported by rail (July 2026; proposed rule published in January 2025)
- a proposed rule to require an electronic transmission of certain vessel entry and clearance data to CBP, to allow for the electronic transmission of certain vessel arrival data and requests to CBP, and to streamline the vessel manifest, entry, coastwise procedures, and clearance regulations to reflect current vessel processes (September 2026; first time published)
Long-term actions
The following are listed as long-term actions, meaning they are still under development and not expected to see regulatory action within the next 12 months.
- a final rule requiring customs brokers to verify the identity of importers and non-resident importers (proposed rule issued in 2019)
- further action to require the transmission of additional data elements for the Air Cargo Advance Screening program (interim final rule issued in November 2025; next action TBD)
- a final rule creating a procedure for the disclosure of information otherwise protected by the Trade Secrets Act to a trademark owner when goods bearing suspected counterfeit trademarks have been voluntarily abandoned (proposed rule issued in August 2019)
- further action to require CBP to issue all refunds electronically (interim final rule published in January 2026; next action TBD)
No longer listed
The following rules appeared in previous semiannual regulatory agendas but do not appear in the current agenda.
- a final rule to make goods subject to certain trade or national security actions ineligible for the de minimis exemption
- further action to set forth due process procedures for CBP to follow before suspending or revoking assigned entry filer codes, immediate delivery privileges, or remote location fling privileges
- further action on regulatory amendments designed to encourage participation in the prior disclosure program and to enhance the effectiveness of the duty/revenue demand process
- an interim final rule extending duty-free treatment to products exported and returned to the U.S. within three years after having been exported
- a proposed rule to update, modernize, and streamline the process for enforcing the prohibition against the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured in any foreign country by convict or forced labor or indentured labor under penal sanctions
- a final rule to implement the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement with respect to non-preferential origin determinations for goods imported from Canada or Mexico
- a proposed rule to exempt portions of the cargo inspection, exam, and security system of records from Privacy Act provisions because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements
- a proposed rule seeking to promote the speed, accuracy, and transparency of administrative rulings concerning the importation of articles that may be subject to Section 337 exclusion orders issued by the International Trade Commission
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