[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR7.4]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 7--CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH INSULAR POSSESSIONS AND GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.4  Watches and watch movements from U.S. insular possessions.

    (a) The issuance of an International Trade Administration Form ITA-
360, Certificate of Entitlement to Secure the Refund of Duties on 
Watches and Watch Movements, by the Department of Commerce, authorizes a 
producer of watches in the U.S. insular possessions to file requests 
with Customs for the refund of duties paid on imports of watches, watch 
movements (including solid state watches and watch movements), and watch 
parts (excepting separate watch cases and any articles containing any 
materials to which rates of duty set forth in Column 2, Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) apply). The amount 
of the refund requested may be up to the value specified in the 
certificate, provided that the articles for which refunds are requested 
were entered during a 3-year period beginning 2 years before the date of 
issuance of the Form ITA-360 certificate from the Department of 
Commerce.
    (b) The Form ITA-360 may not be used to secure refunds. To secure a 
refund, the party requesting the refund of duties (claimant) must 
present to Customs Form ITA-361, Request for Refund of Duties on Watches 
and Watch Movements, properly executed, and authenticated by the 
Department of Commerce.
    (c) By completing Form ITA-361, the insular producer may either:
    (1) Transfer its entitlement, in whole or in part, to any other 
party for any consideration agreed to by the insular producer and the 
transferee, or
    (2) Request the refund of duties to itself.
    (d) A claimant must file Form ITA-361 with Customs at the same port 
where the watch import entry was originally filed and duties paid. The 
documentation accompanying Form ITA-361 shall include a copy of the 
import entry, providing proof that duty was paid on the watches and 
watch movements.
    (e) When requesting the refund of duties on Form ITA-361, the 
claimant also must complete and submit to Customs the declaration on the 
form which reads as follows:

    I declare that the information given above is true and correct to 
the best of my knowledge and belief; that no notices of exportation of 
articles with benefit of drawback were filed upon exportation of this 
merchandise from the United States; that no liquidated refunds on the 
articles relating to the present claim have been paid; and that no 
protest or request for litigation for refund of duties paid and herewith 
claimed has been made.

    (f) A fee of 1 percent will be deducted from each refund request as 
reimbursement to salaries and expenses of those Customs personnel 
processing the request.
    (g) Form ITA-360 expires 1 year from its date of issuance. Any 
refund request on Form ITA-361 made by either the insular producer 
itself or any transferee named on Form ITA-360 must be filed within this 
1-year period. This expiration date applies equally to all refund 
requests, whether a single request for the entire amount specified in 
the Form ITA-361 certificate or multiple requests for partial amounts. 
Refund requests will be accepted until either the amount specified in 
the certificate is depleted or until the certificate expires 1 year from 
its date of issuance.
    (h) Customs will process only those refund requests made in 
accordance with the joint rules of the Departments of Commerce and the 
Interior governing the issuance and handling of certificates and the 
transfer of entitlements as contained in 15 CFR part 303.

[T.D. 84-16, 49 FR 1481, Jan. 12, 1984, as amended by T.D. 84-211, 49 FR 
39044, Oct. 3, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51252, Dec. 21, 1988. Redesignated 
and amended by T.D. 97-75, 62 FR 46441, Sept. 3, 1997]

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