Terms Used In 15 CFR Part 240 - Barrels and Other Containers for Lime

• Act: means the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. See 19 CFR 146.1
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• business day: means a weekday (Monday through Friday), excluding national holidays as specified in § 101. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Exportation: means a severance of goods from the mass of things belonging to this country with the intention of uniting them to the mass of things belonging to some foreign country. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Merchandise: includes goods, wares and chattels of every description, except prohibited merchandise. See 19 CFR 146.1
• Operator: is a corporation, partnership, or person that operates a zone or subzone under the terms of an agreement with the zone grantee. See 19 CFR 146.1
• port director: means the director of that port of entry. See 19 CFR 146.1
• 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
• Subzone: is a special-purpose zone established as part of a zone project for a limited purpose, that cannot be accommodated within an existing zone. See 19 CFR 146.1
• Transfer: means to take merchandise with zone status from a zone for consumption, transportation, exportation, warehousing, cartage or lighterage, vessel supplies and equipment, admission to another zone, and like purposes. See 19 CFR 146.1
• Zone site: means the physical location of a zone or subzone. See 19 CFR 146.1
• Zone status: means the status of merchandise admitted to a zone, i. See 19 CFR 146.1