Who is Customs Broker?

"Customs Broker” means a person licensed under these regulations to act as an agent on behalf of the importer or an exporter for purposes of transaction of any business relating to the entry or departure of conveyances or the import or export of goods at any Customs.

Customs Brokers to be licensed:- No person shall carry on business as a Customs Broker relating to the entry or departure of a conveyance or the import or export of goods including work relating to audit at any Customs Station unless such person holds a license granted under these regulations (CBLR-2018)

Provided that no license under these regulations shall be required by:

F Card Holder

“F card holder” means a person who has passed the examination referred to in regulation 6 and has been issued a photo identity card in Form F under Regulation 13(ii) of CBLR-2018

A Customs broker who has been issued a license under sub-regulation (2) of regulation 7 of CBLR-2018 shall be issued a photo-identity card in Form F by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be:

Provided that in the case of the license issued under clause (b) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 7, CBLR-2018 the photo-identity card in Form F shall be issued to the person or persons who has actually passed the examination referred to in regulation 6 ( as per Regulation 13 (ii) of CBLR-2018

Procedure for application of Regulation (6) or “F Card Examination under CBLR-2018

Invitation of application: Regulation 4 of CBLR-2018

The [National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN)] shall in the month of [August] of every year invite applications for conducting examination and subsequent grant of license to act as Customs Broker in Form A by publication in two leading national daily newspapers in English and Hindi in addition to disseminating the information on the web portal.

[Provided that in respect of the applications invited by the Directorate General of Performance Management (DGPM) in April, 2018, the online written examination shall be conducted by the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) in the first quarter of the calendar year 2019.]

(2) The application for a license to act as a Customs Broker in a Customs Station in Form A along with a fee of five hundred rupees shall be made to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the area where the applicant intends to carry on his business.

For more information see The Customs Broker Licensing Regulation -2018 principal Notification No41/2018-Customs (NT) dated 14-05-2018 were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, vide Number G.S.R 451(E) dated 14th May 2018

For more information see The Customs Broker Licensing Regulation -2018 as amended vide Notification No 62/2021 -Customs (NT) dated 23.07.2021 against principal Notification No41/2018-Customs (NT) dated 14-05-2018 were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, vide Number G.S.R 451( E) dated 14th May 2018