July 27, 2026

New Regulations from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Beginning Friday, July 24, 2026, new regulations of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) went into effective.

All mailers should be aware of the following:

• The new regulations require the submission of certain information to CBP concerning goods (with any value) that are mailed into the customs territory of the United States.
• This information must be submitted by an eligible party, which includes a licensed customs broker on behalf of an owner, purchaser, or consignee of the goods.
• The information must include, among other data, all applicable 10-digit tariff codes corresponding to the goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
• The tariff codes and other required information are used to compute any duties owed for the imported goods.
• If any duty exemptions are claimed, such as the exemption for bona fide gifts valued up to $100, the information for those exempt goods must be fully and accurately submitted by an eligible party to CBP.
• The party submitting the required data must also remit all applicable duties to CBP.
• Customers mailing goods to the customs territory of the United States are responsible for ensuring that all required information and duties are properly and timely submitted to CBP by an eligible party.
• Certain types of goods, and goods valued over $2500, are ineligible for informal customs entry; those goods will need to be entered under CBP’s other entry processes as applicable.

For customers in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands:

• Under U.S. law, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are outside the customs territory of the United States.
• Therefore, the new CBP regulations generally do apply to goods being mailed from those originating locations to the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
• As noted above, customers are responsible for ensuring the proper and timely submission of all required information and duties to CBP by an eligible party, including all required information for items exempt from duties.
• Bona fide gifts up to $200 in value mailed from American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands (or bona fide gifts up to $100 in value mailed from the Northern Mariana Islands) may be exempt from duties.