Importers First Aid in American Tariff and Customs Procedure

Importers First Aid in American Tariff and Customs Procedure Review

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1919 Original Publisher: Importers First Aid Service Subjects: Tariff Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II THE INVOICE Production of a Duly Certified Invoice Sec. 1. The first essential requirement growing- out of the importation of merchandise into the United States is, that the shipment must be accompanied by an invoice, as it is provided by paragraph E of Section III of the Tariff Act of October 3,1913: "That, except in case of personal effects accompanying the passenger, no importation of any merchandise exceeding 0.00 in value shall be admitted to entry without the production of a duly certified invoice thereof as required by law, . . . ." The 0.00 in value has reference to the invoice value in United States currency, or its equivalent in the standard currency of the country from which the merchandise is imported. Currency of the Invoice Sec. 2. Paragraph C, Section III of the Tariff Act of October 3, 1913, provides: "That all invoices of imported merchandise shall be made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importations shall be made, or, if purchased, or agreed to be purchased, in the currency actually paid, agreed upon, or to be paid therefor " In the absence of any statement to the contrary, invoices are presumed to have been made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importations are made. chapter{Section 4 Estimated Values of Foreign Coins Sec. 3. For the purpose of determining the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States, it is provided by Section 25 of the Tariff Act of August 28,1894: "That the value of foreign coin a...