Terms Used In CFR > Title 37 > Chapter I > Subchapter A > Part 1 > Subpart C > National Stage

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• CBP: means U. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the OFTA to an originating good or other good specified in the OFTA, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (b) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
• 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
• Good: means any merchandise, product, article, or material;

  (h) Harmonized System. See 19 CFR 10.862

• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.862
• 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 a good qualifying under the rules of origin set forth in General Note 31, HTSUS, and OFTA Chapter Three (Textiles and apparel) or Chapter Four (Rules of Origin);

  (l) Party. See 19 CFR 10.862

• Party: means the United States or the Sultanate of Oman;

  (m) Person. See 19 CFR 10.862

• 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
• Territory: means :

  (1) With respect to Oman, all the lands of Oman within its geographical boundaries, the internal waters, maritime areas including the territorial sea, and airspace under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf where Oman exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with its domestic law and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; 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; and

  (r) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.862