CSMS 67158887·Operational·December 19, 2025·View on csms.cbp.gov ↗

December 24 and 26, 2025, CBP Holiday for Payments

Plain-English explanation

CSMS 67158887 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin (operational), published on December 19, 2025. It carries the official CBP guidance brokers and importers must follow for the topic — "December 24 and 26, 2025, CBP Holiday for Payments". CSMS messages are the operational layer between Commerce determinations and at-the-border collections: when Commerce publishes a new rate, scope ruling, or instruction, CBP turns it into a CSMS that ACE/ACS systems and brokers act on.

Message body

Full text as published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Cargo Systems Messaging Service CSMS # 67158887 - December 24 and 26, 2025, CBP Holiday for Payments TO: ALL ABI FILERS The President has signed an Executive Order designating December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025, as Federal Holidays. Therefore, these dates will now be considered CBP Holidays, like December 25. Any entries previously transmitted with a statement print date of 12/24/25 or 12/26/25 will still print on those days, but payment will not be due until 12/29/25. Filers who wish to change the payment print date from 12/24/25 or 12/26/25 to 12/29/25 for previously transmitted summaries may do so at their discretion. If you have any questions, please contact your assigned Client Representative.

Frequently asked questions

What is CSMS 67158887?

CSMS 67158887 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin titled "December 24 and 26, 2025, CBP Holiday for Payments". CSMS bulletins are the operational instructions CBP issues to brokers, importers, and ACE filers covering rate changes, system updates, scope guidance, and other day-to-day customs-operations changes.

When was CSMS 67158887 published?

CBP published CSMS 67158887 on December 19, 2025. The bulletin's instructions are typically operative as of the publication date unless the body specifies a different effective date.

Is the CBP CSMS the legally binding instruction?

Yes — for at-the-border filing and entry collection. CSMS messages translate Commerce's Federal Register determinations into operational CBP instructions that ACE/ACS systems and brokers execute. The Federal Register notice is the underlying legal authority; the CSMS is the operational implementation. Both should be read together when reconciling a rate or scope change.

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