Number One Car Company (NOC Co.) is an existing importer whose account is not in frozen or void status with the CBP Office of Finance Revenue Division and whose account is assigned to the Automotive and Aerospace Center of Excellence and Expertise (A&A Center). NOC Co.’s broker is Jack Frost Customhouse Broker (Jack Frost). Jack Frost is licensed and has his National Permit through Los Angeles/Long Beach and his processing Center is the Electronics Center of Excellence and Expertise (Electronics Center). NOC Co. has advised Jack Frost that it is adopting an alternate name of NOC Co. as it has permission from its State of incorporation. Which of the following correctly states a method Jack Frost can use to notify CBP of NOC Co.'s adoption of an alternate name?
How to get there
ACE BRPD § 23.6: CBP Form 5106 Updates… Members of the trade community can submit a completed and signed PDF copy of the CBP Form 5106 to the Center it is associated with … to create an IOR or make updates to an existing record. …
ACE BRPD § 23.10: DIV, AKA, and DBA IOR'sMembers of the trade community can add a “DIV” (division of), “AKA” (also known as), or “DBA” (doing business as) name to their IOR when they are filling out their CBP Form 5106 create or update request. …
NOC Co.'s importer record belongs to the Automotive and Aerospace Center, so the signed 5106 showing the alternate name goes there, not to the broker's own processing Center. The answer is C.
Why the other choices are wrong
A) CBP Form 5291 to the A&A Center: the right Center, but Form 5291 is the customs power of attorney, not the importer identity form.
B) An “Importer Certifying Statement” in the ACE Portal: not the mechanism. Name updates go through the 5106 data (via ABI, the Portal 5106 function, or the PDF).
D) § 111.30(c) to the Electronics Center: § 111.30(c) covers a broker's own name change, and the Electronics Center is Jack Frost's Center, not NOC Co.'s.
TipImporter record changes = CBP Form 5106, sent to the importer's Center (or the OF Revenue Division if the account is frozen or void). Broker changes follow part 111 rules.
Source: CBP ACE Business Rules and Process Document, §§ 23.6, 23.10.
CBP answer key: Answer C · ACE BRPD Chapter 23, Section 23.6 and 23.10Source: CBP past exams ↗