What is the maximum number of calendar days that the designated recordkeeping contact has to make the records available to CBP, if the request does NOT specify additional time to respond?
How to get there
19 CFR 111.25(b): Examination requestUpon request by DHS to examine records, the designated recordkeeping contact (see § 111.21(d)), must make all records available to DHS within thirty (30) calendar days, or such longer time as specified by DHS, at the location specified by DHS.
(CBP's key cites § 111.23, the retention rules. The 30-day production rule itself is in § 111.25(b).) The answer is C.
Why the other choices are wrong
A) 10, B) 15 and D) 60: not the § 111.25(b) period. (The general part 163 rule for producing entry records is also 30 calendar days, § 163.6(a).)
Tip
Broker records: kept in the customs territory (§ 111.23(a)); retained 5 years (POAs until revoked, then 5 years); produced within 30 calendar days of a DHS request through the designated recordkeeping contact.
Sources: 19 CFR 111.21(d), 111.23, 111.25(b), 163.6(a) (eCFR).
CBP answer key: Answer C · 19 CFR 111.23Source: CBP past exams ↗