Terms Used In CFR > Title 30 > Chapter V > Subchapter B > Part 550 > Subpart N > General Provisions

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Apparel articles: means goods classifiable in Chapters 61 and 62 and headings 6501, 6502, 6503, and 6504 and subheadings 6406. See 19 CFR 10.842
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applicable one-year period: means each of the following one-year periods:

  (1) Initial applicable one-year period. See 19 CFR 10.842

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• CBP: means U. 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.
• Country: means the political entity known as a nation. See 19 CFR 134.1
• Declared customs value: means the appraised value of an imported article determined in accordance with section 402 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U. See 19 CFR 10.842
• Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Entity controlling production: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity or group that is not a producer and that controls the production process in Haiti through a contractual relationship or other indirect means;

  (g) Fabric component. See 19 CFR 10.842

• entry: refer to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States;

  (f) Entity controlling production. See 19 CFR 10.842

• 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.
• 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
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fifth applicable one-year period: means the period beginning on December 20, 2010, and ending on December 19, 2011;

  (c) Customs territory of the United States. See 19 CFR 10.842

• Fourth applicable one-year period: means the period beginning on December 20, 2009, and ending on December 19, 2010; and

  (5) Fifth applicable one-year period. See 19 CFR 10.842

• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States;

  (j) Knit-to-shape articles. See 19 CFR 10.842

• 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
• Initial applicable one-year period: means the period beginning on December 20, 2006, and ending on December 19, 2007;

  (2) Second applicable one-year period. See 19 CFR 10.842

• 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.
• Knit-to-shape: when used with reference to apparel articles, means any apparel article of which 50 percent or more of the exterior surface area is formed by major parts that have been knitted or crocheted directly to the shape used in the apparel article, with no consideration being given to patch pockets, appliques, or the like. See 19 CFR 10.842
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Major parts: means integral components of an apparel article but does not include collars, cuffs, waistbands, plackets, pockets, linings, paddings, trim, accessories, or similar parts or components;

  (m) Producer. See 19 CFR 10.842

• NAFTA: means the North American Free Trade Agreement entered into by the United States, Canada and Mexico on August 13, 1992. See 19 CFR 134.1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• 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
• Producer: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity or group that exercises direct, daily operational control over the production process in Haiti;

  (n) Self-start edge. See 19 CFR 10.842

• Second applicable one-year period: means the period beginning on December 20, 2007, and ending on December 19, 2008;

  (3) Third applicable one-year period. See 19 CFR 10.842

• Self-start edge: when used with reference to knit-to-shape components, means a finished edge which is finished as the component comes off the knitting machine. See 19 CFR 10.842
• 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 HTSUS;

  (p) Wholly assembled in Haiti. See 19 CFR 10.842

• Third applicable one-year period: means the period beginning on December 20, 2008, and ending on December 19, 2009;

  (4) Fourth applicable one-year period. See 19 CFR 10.842

• 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