CBP customs bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires a surety bond under 19 CFR Part 113 before it will release most imported merchandise or accept the entry paperwork that lets an importer, customs broker, or other bonded party move goods through the border. The bond guarantees payment of duties, taxes, and fees, and compliance with CBP's admissibility and entry requirements. Premium is priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter the amount your activity code requires and your exact price appears at the application.
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No open-ended underwriting queue for a standard customs bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with CBP. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your CBP identification number, activity code, and the bond amount your import activity requires — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
Most standard customs bonds price and issue the moment you pay. The application includes a soft-pull credit consent that never affects your score.
File with CBP
Your executed bond is transmitted for filing against your CBP identification number so entries can move. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the customs bond actually guarantees
Under 19 CFR Part 113, CBP conditions the release of most imported merchandise, and the acceptance of the entry documents that go with it, on a surety bond. The bond's conditions run beyond duty payment: they cover completing entry summaries within CBP's deadlines, producing documents CBP demands, and redelivering merchandise that turns out not to meet admission requirements — the exact obligations in 19 CFR §113.62 for a basic importation and entry bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and CBP as obligee, standing behind the United States Treasury's interest in collecting duties, taxes, and fees. If you fail to pay what's owed or fail one of the bond's other conditions, CBP can make a claim and assess liquidated damages against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Bonds come in two forms: a single-transaction bond for one shipment, or a continuous bond covering all of a bonded party's activity for a year at a time, which most active importers use instead of bonding each entry separately.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with your CBP identification number, activity code, and bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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From $100, with your exact price at the application. Enter your bond amount and file the same day.