Customs Revives Old Form for Smooth U.S.-Caribbean Trade Flows
Published Date: 12/1/2025
Notice
Summary
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is bringing back the CBTPA form (CBP Form 450) that helps track trade between the U.S. and Caribbean countries. Businesses involved in this trade will need to keep using this form, and the government is asking for public feedback by December 31, 2025. This move keeps trade smooth and paperwork clear, with no new fees or costs announced.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Keep using CBP Form 450
If your business claims preferential duty treatment under the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), you must have a CBTPA Certificate of Origin (CBP Form 450) in your possession at the time of the preference claim and provide it to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon request. The rule is a reinstatement of the existing form (CBP Form 450) and continues current documentation requirements.
Paperwork burden and time estimate
CBP estimates 15 businesses will respond, with each business filing an average of 286 CBP Form 450 responses per year (4,290 total annual responses). CBP estimates each response takes 2 hours, for an estimated 8,580 total annual burden hours; CBP describes this action as a reinstatement without change and does not announce any new fees or costs.
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