MGT 3606 International Business Law Questions

MGT 3606INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW
CUSTOMS AND EXPORT LAW GROUP PROJECT
Team Members:
SHORT ANSWER: Please answer the following questions. Each question is worth the number of points noted at the
end of the question.
1.
Please complete the following chart with the dutiable rate of each of these goods if they were imported into
the United States utilizing the General Tariff and Smoot-Hawley columns of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(HTS). Each good is worth two points. (22 points)
GOOD
Live parakeets
Ball point pens
Cat food put up for retail sale
Nativity scenes and figures
Tulip bulbs
Dentists’ chairs
Bagpipes
Complete set of golf clubs
Tailors’ dummies and other
mannequins
Sake
Law Dude “Sue Everyone”
game with board of a special
design
2.
GENERAL RATE COLUMN
SMOOT-HAWLEY COLUMN 2
How would the following goods be classified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) utilizing the
rules discussed in class? What do each of these rules state and how do they apply to these cases? Each case
may be resolved through the application of a single classification rule discussed in class. Each subpart is
worth three points. (12 points) (Answer limited to one page)
A. Protective gear consisting of knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards designed and marketed for use
with in-line roller skates which the importer claims are entitled to duty-free treatment as “accessories”
to the in-line skates under the HTS but which CBP claims are “other sports equipment” not otherwise
defined in the HTS subject to a 4% ad valorem tariff. The HTS does not define the term “accessories”
in this context.
B. Electric razors which the importer claims are entitled to duty-free treatment as shavers or hair clippers
under the HTS but which CBP claims are “mechanical domestic appliances with a self-contained electric
motors” subject to a 4.2% ad valorem tariff..
C. Pierre Soufflé ready-to-cook spaghetti meals consisting of uncooked spaghetti (duty-free), grated cheese
(16% ad valorem), and tomato sauce (6% ad valorem) all sold together in a single carton.
D. Outer casings and inner tubes for bicycle tires imported together and compatible in size, volume, and
valve stem size which the importer claims are entitled to a 5% ad valorem tariff as “pneumatic tires”
under the HTS but which CBP claims are subject to two tariffs imposed simultaneously as inner tubes
subject to a 15% ad valorem tariff and outer tire casings subject to a 5% ad valorem tariff.
3.
You are employed as the customs broker for Honshu Piano Company, a Japanese corporation that
manufactures and exports upright and grand pianos to the United States. The Board of Directors of Honshu
has asked for your opinion on the following course of action.
Honshu is interested in exporting its latest high-end upright piano, the Sonata Grand II, to the United States.
However, it is concerned about tariffs given that the dutiable value of each piano may be as high as $25,000.
The tariff upon upright pianos imported into the United States is 4.7% ad valorem according to the HTS. In
response to these concerns, the Board of Directors of Honshu is considering separately exporting prefabricated component parts of the Sonata Grand II to Honshu’s plant in Dhoogastan, assembling the pianos
at this plant and exporting them to the United States claiming that they are a product of Dhoogastan and are
subject to duty-free treatment pursuant to the U.S.-Dhoogastan Free Trade Agreement.
Based upon these facts, the Board of Directors has addressed the following question to you, specifically, what
would be the country of origin for the Sonata Grand II pianos produced utilizing this scenario? Please explain
your answer utilizing all of the elements discussed in class. (8 points) (Answer limited to one page)
4.
Killem Chemicals is a U.S.-based manufacturer of agricultural chemicals. Killem recently sold two thousand
gallons of Insta-Death, its most toxic weedicide, to South Asian Exports (SAE), a trading company acting as
a middleman headquartered in Singapore. SAE refused to disclose the use that it intended to make of the
product and paid cash upon its delivery. SAE ultimately shipped the Insta-Death to the Syrian government
for use in its chemical weapons program. Is Killem liable for the ultimate transshipment of Insta-Death to
Syria? What principle of law is applicable to this case? Please define this principle and explain its application
to this case. (8 points) (Answer limited to one page)

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