# 2025-21609: Customs Revives Old Form for Smooth U.S.-Caribbean Trade Flows

2025-21609, Agency Information Collection Activities; Reinstatement; United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (CBP Form 450), is a Federal Register notice from Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published 2025-12-01, effective Comments must be submitted no later than December 31, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-21609
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Reinstatement; United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (CBP Form 450)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Citation: 90 FR 55154
- Published: 2025-12-01
- Effective: Comments must be submitted no later than December 31, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Customs Revives Old Form for Smooth U.S.-Caribbean Trade Flows

## 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.

## Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

## Effects PRIA read

- Keep using CBP Form 450: cost, high. 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) upo…
- Paperwork burden and time estimate: cost, high. 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 cha…

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## Sources
- [2025-21609 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/01/2025-21609/agency-information-collection-activities-reinstatement-united-states-caribbean-basin-trade)
- [2025-21609 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-01/pdf/2025-21609.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21609 (as of 2026-06-08).