Terms Used In CFR > Title 37 > Chapter I > Subchapter A > Part 1 > Subpart A > General Information and Correspondence

• 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.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• 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
• Certification: means , either when used by itself or in the expression "certification of origin" the certification established under article 4. See 19 CFR 10.402
• Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the US-CFTA and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (d) Customs authority. See 19 CFR 10.402

• 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
• Days: means calendar days;

  (g) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.402

• 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.
• Goods: means domestic products as these are understood in the GATT 1994 or such goods as the Parties may agree, and includes originating goods of that Party. See 19 CFR 10.402
• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.402
• Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the particular rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating;

  (o) Indirect material. See 19 CFR 10.402

• 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
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Originating: means qualifying under the rules of origin set out in Chapter Four (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures) of the US-CFTA;

  (q) Party. See 19 CFR 10.402

• Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

  (s) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.402

• Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable to an originating good under the US-CFTA, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee. See 19 CFR 10.402
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

  (u) Tariff preference level. See 19 CFR 10.402

• Tariff preference level: means a quantitative limit for certain non-originating textiles and textile apparel goods that may be entitled to preferential tariff treatment as if such goods were originating based on the goods meeting the production requirements set forth in § 10. See 19 CFR 10.402
• Territory: means :

  (1) With respect to Chile, the land, maritime and air space under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law; 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;

  (x) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.402

• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• 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