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This week’s discussion will cover: 

·         The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the USA

·         Specifically:

§         Classification Principles of the Harmonized
           Tariff Book, CCB Page 169-end of chapter.

§         Terminology

§         Goods not subject to The Tariff Schedule

§         The Customs Territory of The United States

§         Exemptions

§         American Goods

§         General Rules of Interpretation

§         General Notes

§         Duty Rate Determination

§         Country of Origin

§         Column 1 General Duty Rates

§         Column 1 Special Subcolumn Rates

§         Column 2 Duty Rates

§         Re-Importations

§         Containers

§         Textile Categories

§         Ad-Valorem Fees

§         The Customs Ruling Process

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This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Trade Agreements, including:

§         GSP (The Generalized System of Preferences)

§         APTA (Automotive Products Trade Act)

§         Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft

§         CBERA (Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

§         U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985

§         Products of Freely Associated States

§         ATPA (Andean Trade Preference Act)

§         NAFTA (The North American Free Trade Agreement

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 This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Customs Valuation Methods, including:

§         Customs Valuation, CFR 152, 158, 159; CCB Pages

           303- 326

§         Transaction Value

§         Additions to Price Paid or Payable

§         Assists

§         Deductions

§         Transaction Value of Identical or Similar Merchandise

§         Computed Value

§         Deductive Value

§         Derived Value

§         Terms of Sale

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This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Customs Brokers  CFR 111, CCB Pages 13-17.

·         Protests  CFR 174, CCB Pages 19-22.

·         Quotas and Visas  CFR 132, CCB 23-25.

§         Absolute Quota

§         Tariff Rate Quota

§         Visas

§         Goods exceeding absolute quota

§         Textile quotas

§         Entry of textiles

§         Country of origin and exportation

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This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Liquidated Damages  CFR 172, CCB  Page 27.

·         Fines and Penalties  CFR 171, CCB Pages 28-30.

·         Type of entry to file  CFR 141, CCB Pages 32-34.

§         Important definitions

§         Various entry types

·         Carnets   CFR 114,  See handout

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 This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Transportation in-bond  CFR 18,  See handout.

·         Completion of Entry Documentation CFR 142,

            CCB Pages 36- 38.

§         Commercial Invoice

·         Marking  CFR 134, CCB Pages 39-45.

§         Rules of Origin

§         Rules of Origin for Textile Shipments

§         Textiles from Israel

§         U.S. Goods Assembled Abroad

§         Goods of NAFTA Countries

§         The Ultimate Purchaser

§         Time of Marking

§         Combined Articles

§         Importation from U.S. Possessions

§         Nature of Marking

§         Marking requiring clarification

§         Marking exceptions

§         Repacked articles

§         Marking duties

§         Verification

§         Failure to mark or deliver

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 This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Bonds  CFR 113, CCB Pages 46-47.

§         Various Types

·         Drawback  CFR 191, CCB Pages 48-52.

§         Manufacturing

§         Direct Identification

§         Substitution

§         Unused

§         Rejected Merchandise

§         Other Types

·         General Order  CFR 127.

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 This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Foreign Trade Zones  CFR 146, CCB Pages 53-55.

·         Payment of duties and taxes  CFR 141,  CCB Pages 56-57.

·         Retention of Records  CFR 111,  CCB Page 58.

·         Late filing of entry documentation  CFR 142,  CCB Page 59.

·         Trademarks and Copyrights  CFR 133, CCB Page 60.

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This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Liquidation CFR 159, CCB Pages 61-62.

·         Bonded Warehouses CFR 113, CCB Pages 63-64

·         Redelivery of Merchandise CFR 141, CCB Page 62.

·         Prohibited Goods CFR 12, CCB Pages 65-67.

·         Right to Make Entry CFR 141, CCB Page 68.

·         Determining Time of Entry CFR 141, CCB Page 69.

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 This week’s discussion will cover:

·         Customs Rulings CFR 177, CCB Page 71.

·         Trade Fairs CFR 147, CCB Pages 72-73.

·         Powers of Attorney CFR 141, CCB Page 73.

·         Temporary Import Bond CFR 10, CCB Page 74.

·         Administrative Review CFR 173.

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