[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR151.73]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 151_EXAMINATION, SAMPLING, AND TESTING OF MERCHANDISE--Table of 

Contents

 

                         Subpart E_Wool and Hair

 

Sec.  151.73  Importer's request for commercial laboratory test.



    (a) Conditions for commercial test. If the importer is dissatisfied 

with the results of a retest made in accordance with Sec.  151.71(c), he 

may request that a commercial test be made to determine the percentage 

clean yield of the wool or hair.

    (b) Time for filing request. The importer's request shall be filed 

in writing with the port director within 14 calendar days after the date 

of mailing of the notice of the port director's findings based on the 

retest.

    (c) Procedures for commercial test. The port director shall cause a 

representative quantity of the wool or hair in dispute to be selected 

and tested by a commercial method approved by the Commissioner of 

Customs. The yield, as determined by such commercial test, shall be 

suitably adjusted to coincide with the definition of clean yield in 

Sec.  151.61(b). Such test shall be made under the supervision and 

direction of the port director at an establishment approved by him, and 

the expense thereof, including the actual expense of



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travel and subsistence of Customs officers but not their compensation, 

shall be paid by the importer.



[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17470, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 93-52, 58 FR 

37854, July 14, 1993]