19 CFR 152.108 – Unacceptable bases of appraisement
For the purposes of this subpart, imported merchandise may not be appraised on the basis of:
Terms Used In 19 CFR 152.108
- Country: means the political entity known as a nation. See 19 CFR 134.1
- 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
- Identical merchandise: means merchandise identical in all respects to, and produced in the same country and by the same person as, the merchandise being appraised. See 19 CFR 152.102
- Similar merchandise: means merchandise produced in the same country and by the same person as the merchandise being appraised, like the merchandise being appraised in characteristics and component material, and commercially interchangeable with the merchandise being appraised. See 19 CFR 152.102
- 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
(a) The selling price in the United States of merchandise produced in the United States;
(b) A system that provides for the appraisement of imported merchandise at the higher of two alternative values;
(c) The price of merchandise in the domestic market of the country of exportation;
(d) A cost of production, other than a value determined under § 152.106 for merchandise that is identical merchandise, or similar merchandise, to the merchandise being appraised;
(e) The price of merchandise for export to a country other than the United States;
(f) Minimum values for appraisement;
(g) Arbitrary or fictitious values.