Overview
This book covers the specific requirements for importing textiles and wearing apparel into the United States. It explains the process for classifying these goods by assigning a number under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. in order to determine Customs Duties and admissiblity. There are many simple examples of how to classify the products so importers and exporters will know the duty liability in the U.S. The book also covers import documentation and procedures to clear goods through U.S. Customs. There are specific country of origin marking requirements for the textile industry covered with examples. Other topics are foreign assembly of U.S. components under 9802.00.80 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule; rules for qualifying goods under the North American Freen Trade Agreement; rules for entering goods under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; Valuation of merchandise to enter and clear U.S. Customs; Recordkeeping Program with list of required documents; and the three types of textile quotas.
- | Author: Jan Seal
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: May 06, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1461153336
- | ISBN-13: 9781461153337
