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Low-Value Shipments

Agency: Homeland Security Department

Document #: 2026-20650

Published: October 8, 2026

Comments close: December 7, 2026

Docket: USCBP-2026-0298

Summary

This document proposes to amend the U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations to modify filing requirements for informal entries of goods valued at $2,500 or less and to establish a new electronic informal entry type for merchandise entering through the mail environment. This document also proposes other related changes such as requiring an additional data element for carriers pertaining to mail shipments and imposing bonding requirements for certain informal entries.

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