[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR152.1]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 152--CLASSIFICATION AND APPRAISEMENT OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 152.1  Definitions.


    The following are general definitions for the purposes of part 152:
    (a)-(b) [Reserved]
    (c) Date of exportation. ``Date of exportation,'' or the ``time of 
exportation'' referred to in section 402, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 1401a), means the actual date the merchandise finally leaves 
the country of exportation for the United States. If no positive 
evidence is at hand as to the actual date of exportation, the port 
director shall ascertain or estimate the date of exportation by all 
reasonable ways and means in his power, and in so doing may consider 
dates on bills of lading, invoices, and other information available to 
him.
    (d) Fair retail value. ``Fair retail value'' or ``fair market 
value'' as used in Section XXII, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, and part 148 of this chapter means the price actually 
paid or payable for all imported merchandise, or if not purchased, the 
value as otherwise ascertained under 19 CFR 152.100 et seq.

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17477, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 87-89, 52 FR 
24446, July 1, 1987; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51269, Dec. 21, 1988]