New data from CBP puts hard numbers on what customs brokers and importers have been feeling on the ground: Form 29 enforcement actions are up 148% from Q1 2025 to Q2 2026. This newly uncovered dataset covers every CBP Form 28 (Request for Information) and Form 29 (Notice of Action) issued from Q1 2025 through Q2 2026. The majority of the growth comes from Notices of Action rather than information requests, because tariff-era errors are visible in the entry data itself, letting CBP act on a filing without ever asking the importer about it.
- Q1 2025 was the last quarter in which CBP's questions outnumbered its actions, and in every quarter since, Notices of Action have held the majority.
- By Q2 2026, Notices of Action accounted for 61% of CBP's Form 28 and Form 29 enforcement contacts.
- The full report breaks down all six quarters: exact volumes, the percentage mix, quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year growth rates, and the operational read on why CBP increasingly acts on an entry without asking about it first.
