CBLE Official CBP exam (May 2024) question: use to notify CBP of NOC Co.'s adoption of an alternate name

CBLEOfficial CBP exam (May 2024)

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?

A Jack Frost will email a completed and signed Customs Form 5291 showing the NOC Co.’s alternate name to the A&A Center.
B Jack Frost will use NOC Co.'s ACE Portal account to create an Importer Certifying Statement showing the adoption of the alternate name.
C Jack Frost will email a completed and signed Customs Form 5106 showing NOC Co.'s alternate name to the A&A Center.
D Jack Frost will follow the change of name instructions found in 19 CFR 111.30(c) and email the Electronics Center with NOC Co.'s alternate name.

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Answer: C. Jack Frost will email a completed and signed Customs Form 5106 showing NOC Co.'s alternate name to the A&A Center.

Email a completed, signed CBP Form 5106 showing the alternate name to the A&A Center. An AKA or DBA name is added to an importer of record by a 5106 create/update request, with the legal name in block 1A, the AKA/DBA box in 1C and the alternate name in 1D (ACE BRPD section 23.10). A paper 5106 goes to the Center to which the importer is assigned; only void or frozen accounts go to the Revenue Division (sections 23.5-23.6). The importer's Center decides, not the broker's processing Center, and 19 CFR 111.30(c) covers a change in the broker's own name. Form 5291 is a power of attorney. Source: ACE BRPD sections 23.5, 23.6, 23.10 (v12, Dec 2023; same procedure as the v11 the exam cited); 19 CFR 111.30(c) (2023 ed., rev. 1 Apr 2023; unchanged in 2024 ed. and in eCFR as at 12 Oct 2026). CBP answer key: C. CBP's citation: ACE BRPD Chapter 23, Section 23.6 and 23.10.

Common mistake

The broker's own processing Center and 111.30(c) look relevant, but this is the importer's record, handled by the importer's Center through a 5106.

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