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§ 7.2 19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–14 Edition)

kind and quantity of all imported mer- in Political Union With the United chandise (in its condition as imported) States of America, Public Law 94–241, and imported containers used in the 90 Stat. 263, 270, goods imported from manufacture and putting up of such the Commonwealth of the Northern spirits and wines. The duty assessed on Mariana Islands are entitled to the the imported merchandise and con- same tariff treatment as imports from tainers so used, and their classification Guam and thus are also subject to the and value, shall be shown on the with- provisions of § 7.3 and of part 148 of this drawal in accordance with § 144.41 of chapter. this chapter. If no imported merchan- (b) Importations into Guam, Amer- dise or containers have been used, the warehouse withdrawal shall bear an en- ican Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Is- dorsement to that effect. (See §§ 191.105 lands, Johnston Atoll, and the Com- and 191.106 of this chapter.) monwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- (b) The spirits and wines shall be for- lands are not governed by the Tariff warded in accordance with the general Act of 1930, as amended, or the regula- provisions of the regulations governing tions contained in this chapter. The the transportation of merchandise in customs administration of Guam is bond, part 18 of this chapter. under the Government of Guam. The (c) A regular entry shall be made for customs administration of American all foreign-grown coffee shipped to Samoa is under the Government of Puerto Rico from the United States, American Samoa. The customs admin- but special Customs invoices shall not istration of Wake Island is under the be required for such shipments. 3 jurisdiction of the Department of the (Secs. 311, 319, 484(a), 46 Stat. 691, as amend- Air Force (General Counsel). The cus- ed, 696, 722, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1311, 1319, toms administration of Midway Islands 1484(a); R.S. 251, as amended, sec. 624, 46 Stat. is under the jurisdiction of the Depart- 759 (19 U.S.C. 66, 1624)) ment of the Navy. There is no customs [28 FR 14636, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by authority on Johnston Atoll, which is T.D. 73–175, 38 FR 17445, July 2, 1973; T.D. 83– under the operational control of the 212, 48 FR 46770, Oct. 14, 1983; T.D. 98–16, 63 FR 11004, Mar. 5, 1998] Defense Nuclear Agency. The customs administration of the Commonwealth § 7.2 Insular possessions of the United of the Northern Mariana Islands is States other than Puerto Rico. under the Government of the Common- (a) Insular possessions of the United wealth. States other than Puerto Rico are also (c) The Secretary of the Treasury ad- American territory but, because those ministers the customs laws of the U.S. insular possessions are outside the cus- Virgin Islands through the U.S. Cus- toms territory of the United States, toms and Border Protection. The im- goods imported therefrom are subject portation of goods into the U.S. Virgin to the rates of duty set forth in column Islands is governed by Virgin Islands 1 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of law; however, in situations where there the United States (HTSUS) except as is no applicable Virgin Islands law or otherwise provided in § 7.3 or in part 148 no U.S. law specifically made applica- of this chapter. The principal such in- ble to the Virgin Islands, U.S. laws and sular possessions are the U.S. Virgin regulations shall be used as a guide and Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, and Johnston be complied with as nearly as possible. Atoll. Pursuant to section 603(c) of the Tariff classification of, and rates of Covenant to Establish a Common- duty applicable to, goods imported into wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the U.S. Virgin Islands are established by the Virgin Islands legislature. 3 Section 319, Tariff Act of 1930, authorizes [T.D. 97–75, 62 FR 46439, Sept. 3, 1997, as the Legislature of Puerto Rico to impose a amended by CBP Dec. 08-25, 73 FR 40725, July duty on coffee imported into Puerto Rico, in- 16, 2008] cluding coffee grown in a foreign country coming into Puerto Rico from the United States, and the Legislature of Puerto Rico has imposed such a duty.

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