Terms Used In CFR > Title 20 > Chapter V > Part 686 > Subpart G - Career Transition and Graduate Services

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• CBP: means U. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Center director: means the person who manages their designated Center and is responsible for certain trade decisions and functions concerning that Center and the importers that are processed by that Center. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Country: means the political entity known as a nation. See 19 CFR 134.1
• Date of importation: means , in the case of merchandise imported otherwise than by vessel, the date on which the merchandise arrives within the Customs territory of the United States. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Good: means any merchandise, product, article, or material;

  (h) Harmonized System. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

  (j) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.862

• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.862
• Importer: means the person primarily liable for the payment of any duties on the merchandise, or an authorized agent acting on his behalf. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Originating: means a good qualifying under the rules of origin set forth in General Note 31, HTSUS, and OFTA Chapter Three (Textiles and apparel) or Chapter Four (Rules of Origin);

  (l) Party. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Party: means the United States or the Sultanate of Oman;

  (m) Person. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

  (n) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.862

• port of entry: refer to any place designated by Executive Order of the President, by order of the Secretary of the Treasury, or by Act of Congress, at which a U. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the OFTA to an originating good and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (o) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Shipment: means the merchandise described on the bill of lading or other document used to file or support entry, or in the oral declaration when applicable. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

  (p) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Territory: means :

  (1) With respect to Oman, all the lands of Oman within its geographical boundaries, the internal waters, maritime areas including the territorial sea, and airspace under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf where Oman exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with its domestic law and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; and

  (2) With respect to the United States,

  (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,

  (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and

  (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources; and

  (r) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

  (q) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.862

• United States: includes all territories and possessions of the United States, except the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and the island of Guam. See 19 CFR 134.1