Terms Used In CFR > Title 37 > Chapter I > Subchapter A > Part 1 > Subpart B > Plant Patents

• 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
• 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
• Days: means calendar days;

  (f) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.722

• Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned or controlled, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, or similar organization;

  (g) Enterprise of a Party. See 19 CFR 10.722

• 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.
• Harmonized System: means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;

  (k) Heading. See 19 CFR 10.722

• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.722
• Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods;

  (n) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.722

• 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
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in AFTA Chapters Four (Textiles and Apparel) and Five (Rules of Origin) and General Note 28, HTSUS;

  (o) Party. See 19 CFR 10.722

• 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.
• Party: means the United States or Australia;

  (p) Person. See 19 CFR 10.722

• Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

  (q) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.722

• port director: means the person who has jurisdiction within the geographical boundaries of their port of entry unless the regulations provide that particular trade functions or determinations are exclusively within the purview of a Center Director or other CBP personnel. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the AFTA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (r) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.722

• 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;

  (s) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.722

• Territory: means :

  (1) With respect to Australia, the territory of the Commonwealth of Australia:

  (i) Excluding all external territories other than the Territory of Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and the Coral Sea Islands Territory; and

  (ii) Including Australia's territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf; 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;

  (t) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.722

• 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;

  (u) WTO. See 19 CFR 10.722

• 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
• WTO: means the World Trade Organization; and

  (v) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.722

• WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.722