26.The NAFTA Certificate of Origin must be retained in the _____.
Correct answer: d) U.S. for five years after entry of the good with all relevant documentation
Reference: 19 CFR 181.11, 12, 19, 22
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2018
27.To determine the labor value content (LVC) under United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provisions, the producer may base the calculation on the following periods EXCEPT:
Correct answer: c) The quarter or month to date in which the vehicle is produced or imported
Reference: 19 CFR Appendix A to Part 182 Part III Section 18
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2022
28.Any intentional removal, defacement, destruction, or alteration of a marking of the country of origin required by section 304, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1304), and 19 CFR 134 in order to conceal this information may result in criminal penalties of :
Correct answer: e) up to $5,000 and/or imprisonment for 1 year, as provided in 19 U.S.C. 1304(h).
Reference: 19 CFR 134.4
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2018
29.If the port director/center director finds a NAFTA Certificate of Origin to be illegible, defective or incomplete, the importer must be given a period of not less than _____ to present a corrected certificate.
Correct answer: a) 5 working days
Reference: 19 CFR 181.22 (c)
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2018
30.Swedish iron ore is refined into steel near the town of Essen, Germany, and subsequently fashioned into automobile radiators in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 2018. What marking is required for the automobile radiators?
Correct answer: d) Made in Slovakia
Reference: 19CFR134 HTSUS
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2019
31.Perky Juniper Inc. (PJ Inc.) submitted a purchase order to a pant manufacturer for 100 dozen women's woven cotton pajama pants. The manufacturer purchases cotton grown and harvested in the U.S. and sends the cotton to France to be spun into yarn. The yarn is shipped to Italy where it is woven into fabric. The fabric is sent to Belguim where it is tye-dyed. The tye-dye fabric goes to Spain where it is made into pajama pants and labelled. PJ Inc. imports the pajama pants into the U.S. What is the country of origin of the pajama pants?
Correct answer: d) Spain
Reference: 19 CFR 102.21(c)(3)(ii)
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of October 2023
32.When making a claim using Special Program Indicator (SPI) “N”, up to what percentage of the appraised value may come from U.S. materials?
Correct answer: d) Fifteen percent (15%)
Reference: HTSUS General Note 3(a)(v)(A) and HTSUS General Statistical Note 3(d)
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of October 2023
33.Under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), which of the following would NOT be considered an "indirect material" in the manufacture of a ceramic mug? A kiln is the oven that is used to fire or bake the ceramic clay to harden.
Correct answer: a) Purified water churned with the clay powder and feldspar to make ceramic clay
Reference: General Note 11(h)(iii) and 19 CFR 102.1(k)
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2023
34.What Special Program Indicator, if included in the Column 1 "Special" will be used to make a duty free claim for a product included in the Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule?
Correct answer: b) K
Reference: HTSUS General Note 3
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of October 2023
35.Die cut steel plier levers were bolted together in China before having rubberized non-slip grips attached to each lever handle in Germany prior to being imported into the United States. What is the proper country of origin and marking method?
Correct answer: c) Made in China die stamped into the pliers
Reference: 19CFR134.43(a)
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2019
36.An arts and crafts store will be importing a container of 150 four-hole rim buttons that are three inches in diameter and one half inch thick from France. Each button is imported in its own separate, sealed paper envelope. The store will sell the envelopes of buttons in a large bin mixed with other envelopes of buttons. Where must the importer mark the country of origin of the buttons?
Correct answer: d) On the envelope containing the button
Reference: 19 CFR § 134.33
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of October 2021
37.What is the correct amount of estimated duty to be deposited with an Entry Summary dated June 1, 2022 for an air shipment of Leather Briefcases classified under 4202.11.0030 with an entered value of $5,000.00, claiming Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Preferential Duty Claim by utilizing the Special Program Indicator (SPI) of A?
Correct answer: c) $400.00
Reference: General Note 4 footnote 1/
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2023
38.Are Brazilian V-belts that are classified in HTSUS 3926.90.55 eligible for Generalized System of Preference (GSP) benefits and why?
Correct answer: d) No, because Brazil is not a GSP LDBDC.
Reference: True, Although Brazil is a GSP beneficary country, as demonstrated by its inclusion in HTSUS General Note 4 (a), the SPI “A+ in the Special column of the HTSUS pertaining to 3926.90.55 limits eligibility to least developed beneficiary developed countries (LDBDC”S) per HTSUS General Note 4 (b)9II) and the LDBDC list in HTSUS General Note 4 (b)(i) does not include Brazil.
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2019
39.Under what section in the 19 CFR would you find information on United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement?
Correct answer: d) 19 CFR 10.861
Reference: 19 CFR § 10.861
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of October 2021
40.Can the importer claim duty free treatment under the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement (UKFTA) in the following scenario? Empty plastic water bottles are exported from the U.S. to South Korea. In South Korea, the water bottles are recycled and turned into raw materials (RPET) then reprocessed into a foam from which yoga mats are manufactured. The importer files entry under 9506.91.0030 for the yoga mats which are shipped directly from South Korea. NOTE: if any portion of an answer is false, the entire answer is false.
Correct answer: d) Yes, because UKFTA permits duty free claims for goods wholly obtained or produced entirely in the territory of Korea or of the United States or both and 9506.91.0030 lists the special program indicator of "KR."
Reference: HTSUS General Note 33
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of October 2023
41.Which of the following would NOT be used to support a claim by the importer of petroleum products classified in Heading 2710 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for preferential treatment under the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)?
Correct answer: b) A completed Certificate of Origin showing that the petroleum products meet the rules of origin for the Bahamas.
Reference: General Notes 7 and 17. 19 CFR 10.237
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2023
42.Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which of the following processes does NOT confer origin for verification of heading 2710?
Correct answer: d) Eliminating solvents, including solvent water
Reference: General Note 12t, Chapter 27
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, exam of April 2018