An importer can claim duty-free treatment under a special classification provision for goods returned without having been improved or advanced in value, even though a declaration submitted by the importer in connection with the claim only lists a range of exportation dates, and not the specific date that the goods were originally exported, CBP said in a ruling recently posted to the agency’s CROSS database.
Importers continue to ask CBP what they should do about importing used cars that were built in Canada, the U.S. or Mexico, when they cannot know if those vehicles meet the new regional value content standards.
In calls hosted by CBP on the last day of NAFTA, and the first day of USMCA, trade professionals were anxious to understand what they should change in paperwork.