CBP Announces FY 2026 Adjustments to Customs User Fees
CBP is adjusting certain customs user fees for FY 2026 that fall under Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) adjustments, it said in a Federal Register notice. Fees will be increased by 34.331% to adjust for inflation, it said.
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These fees have been set by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, which calls for adjusting certain customs COBRA user fees to reflect increases in inflation. The fees include commercial vessel arrival fees, commercial truck arrival fees, railroad car arrival fees, private vessel arrival fees, private aircraft arrival fees, commercial aircraft and vessel passenger arrival fees, dutiable mail fees, customs broker permit user fees, barge and other bulk carrier arrival fees, and merchandise processing fees.
FY 2026 starts Oct. 1.