[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR177.0]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 177--ADMINISTRATIVE RULINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 177.0  Scope.

    This part relates to the issuance of rulings to importers and other 
interested persons by the United States Customs Service, other than 
advance rulings under Article 509 of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement (see subpart I of part 181 of this chapter). It describes the 
situations in which a ruling may be requested, the procedures to be 
followed in requesting a ruling, the conditions under which a ruling 
will be issued, the effect of a ruling when it is issued, and the 
publication of rulings in the Customs Bulletin. The rulings issued under 
the provisions of this part will usually be prospective in application 
and, consequently, will usually not relate to specific matters or 
situations presently or previously under consideration by any Customs 
Service field office. Accordingly, the rulings requested under the 
provisions of this part should be distinguished from the administrative 
rulings, determinations, or decisions which may be requested under 
procedures set forth elsewhere in this chapter, including, but not 
limited to, those set forth in part 12 (relating to submissions of proof 
of admissibility of articles detained under section 307 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307)), part 103 (relating to disclosure of 
information in Customs files), part 133 (relating to disputed claims of 
piratical copying of copyrighted matter), subpart C of part 152 
(relating to determinations concerning the dutiable value of merchandise 
by Customs field officers), part 153 (relating to enforcement of the 
Antidumping Act, 1921, as amended), part 159 (insofar as it relates to 
countervailing duties), part 171 (relating to fines, penalties, and 
forfeitures), part 172 (relating to liquidated damages), part 174 
(relating to protests), and part 175 (relating to petitions filed by 
American manufacturers, producers, or wholesalers pursuant to section 
516 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended). Nor do the provisions of 
part 177 apply to requests for decisions of an operational, 
administrative, or investigative nature which are properly within the 
cognizance of a Customs Headquarters Office other than the Office of 
Regulations and Rulings.

[T.D. 80-285, 45 FR 80103, Dec. 3, 1980, as amended by T.D. 84-149, 49 
FR 28699, July 16, 1984; T.D. 89-74, 54 FR 31515, July 31, 1989; T.D. 
94-1, 58 FR 69473, Dec. 30, 1993]