19 USC 1753 - Disposition of articles entered for fairs

U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

§ 1753.

Disposition of articles entered for fairs

(a)

Disposition upon payment of duties and taxes

At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of this title may be sold or otherwise disposed of within, or may be removed from, the area of such fair. This subsection shall apply only if, before such disposition or removal—

(1)

the article, after the entry for such fair under section 1752 of this title, has been entered under any provision of the customs laws, and

(2)

any applicable duties and internal-revenue taxes are paid on such article in its condition and quantity, and at the rate in effect, at the time of such entry as if such article were imported or brought into the United States at the time of such entry.

(b)

Disposition without payment of duties or taxes

At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of this title may, without the payment of any duties or internal-revenue taxes, be—

(1)

exported,

(2)

transferred from such fair to other customs custody status or to a foreign-trade zone,

(3)

destroyed, or

(4)

abandoned to the Government.

(c)

Mandatory abandonment to Government

(d)

Period for performance of certain acts

(Pub. L. 86–14, § 4, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)

cite as: 19 USC 1753