The Alston Group offers NCBFAA accredited classes and is positioned to provide
Licensed Customs Brokers with Continuing Education credit training to meet the
newly announced Continuing Education for Licensed Brokers final rule.

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Customs Broker

Continuing Education

The Alston Group, founded in 1995 has been providing the international trade
community with quality informed compliance education and training for over the past
twenty five years.

 

Led by noted trade industry expert Rennie Alston, and a team of
supporting international trade experts The Alston Group has a proven track record in
preparing industry professionals for the Customs Brokerage examination, and building
skill sets such as HTSUS classification, entry process management, Customs valuation,
Incoterms management, and much more.

The Alston Group Education platform continues to receive industry acclaim for its
content, delivery and detailed explanation of import compliance process and
procedures.

Our training is an excellent platform to meet the Customs Brokerage Continuing
Educational requirement and consists of a wide array of subject matter training inclusive
of virtual online live lectures, webinars, in person training, customized corporate
trainings and cloud-based compliance train the trainer that allows companies to receive
informed compliance training to manage import compliance responsibilities.

Our educational platform is customized to elevate your trade compliance knowledge for
all participants and provide certified credit training for those required to attain
accreditation for professional training hours.

Our training is of tremendous value to licensed persons and unlicensed professionals
who seek to meet the requirements of informed compliance training or the customs

brokerage continuing education requirement.

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Import Trade Compliance

Informed Compliance Menu
Training Options- Lecture

Webinar or in person training

 

Class Subject Topic Class Hours

 

• Import Supervision and Control Management 1 hour

• Customs Valuation Management and Controls 1 hour

• Import Compliance Annual Update and Current Event Awareness 1 hour

• Import Record Retention Management 1 hour

• Free Trade Agreement Determination Management 1 hour

• HTSUS Annual Line Review Management Preparation 1 hour

• Customs Dates and Definition Explanation 1 hour

• Entry Type Determination and Controls 1 hour

• ACE Data Management and Reporting Management 1 hour

• CF28 and CF 29 Compliance Management 1 hour

• Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Explanation 1 hour

• Managing your Customs Brokerage Performance 1 hour

• American Goods Returned Declarations Controls 1 hour

• Temporary Importation Bond management 1 hour

• Prototype Entry Process & Management 1 hour

• Importer Security Filing Compliant Management 1 hour

• Forced Labor Importer Verification Process 1 hour

• Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Management 1 hour

• USMCA Declaration Management 1 hour

• Post Summary Correction and Protest Filing Overview 1 hour

• Customs Brokers Modernization and Responsible Care 1 hour

• Customs Power of Attorney Management 1 hour

• CTPAT Annual Awareness Training 2 hours

• HTSUS Classification Determination Skillsets 3 hours

• Incoterms Explanation and Training 3 hours

• Customs Broker License Preparation Workshop 25 hours

• Customs Broker Compliance Management Train the Trainer 25 hours

• Importer Comprehensive Compliance Manager Train the Trainer 25 hours

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Tuition Pricing
1-hour Webinars $95
2-hour Webinar $150
3-hour Webinar $195
25-hour Training $1,895
30-hour Package $2,500

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Background Licensed Customs brokers play a critical role in protecting revenue and facilitating the movement of compliant cargo. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the Continuing Education for Licensed Customs Brokers Final Rule (88 FR 41224), which amends CBP regulations to require continuing education for individual customs broker license holders (individual brokers) and creates a framework for administering this requirement.

 

The new regulations will help ensure customs brokers remain up to date on evolving customs rules and related U.S. trade laws. The new regulations require brokers to have the necessary training needed to facilitate compliant trade in the modern operating environment and will allow brokers to act as an additional layer of security to prevent illegal goods from entering the U.S. commerce.

 

CBP collaborated with the broker community and the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Council (COAC) for several years to develop the continuing education requirement. CBP incorporated many of the COAC’s recommendations in the Continuing Education for Licensed Customs Brokers Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).

 

CBP took all public comments received in response to the NPRM into consideration during the development of the Continuing Education Final Rule. While the Final Rule states that brokers must complete 36 continuing education credit hours per triennial status period, CBP will allow brokers to complete fewer than 36 hours to meet the requirement for the initial 2024-2027 triennial status period. Further guidance on how many continuing education credits will be required for the 2024-2027 triennial status period will be published on CBP.gov and in a Federal Register notice. CBP and U.S. partner government agencies (PGAs) will offer a variety of continuing education credits at no cost to customs brokers.

 

Training and educational opportunitiesoffered by a third-party outside of CBP, or PGAs will require approval by a CBP-selected accreditor. Information on the accreditation process and details on courses offered by CBP and PGAs will be posted on this page as they become available.

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