Tail Gate Exam

Tail Gate Exam

A Tail Gate exam is a more intensive Customs exam than an X-ray exam. If U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) selects your container for a Tail Gate exam, a Customs officer will break the seal of the container at the ocean terminal, open the doors, and look inside the container.

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