CUSTOMS CERTIFIED SPECIALIST UPDATED EXAM
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A Power of Attorney should list - ✔✔legal name of both the customs broker and the
principal granting the power
✔✔Prima Facie means - ✔✔On the face of it, or as it appears to be
✔✔Mutatis mutandis means - ✔✔The necessary changes having been made
✔✔Inter alia means - ✔✔Among other things, and that the classification is not restricted
to what is listed
✔✔In the HTSUS, duty rates generally are structured to vary according to the degree of
manufacture of imported goods. - ✔✔True
✔✔CBP does not have the statutory authority to - ✔✔Determine the deposit rate for
anti-dumping duty assessments
✔✔Any royalty or license fee the buyer is required to pay as a condition of sale for
export to the U.S., must - ✔✔be added to the entered value of the merchandise
✔✔The J-List is which of the following? - ✔✔A marking exception listing
✔✔Chapter 91, Additional U.S. Note 4, to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS), sets forth special marking requirements for: - ✔✔Clocks and watches
✔✔Under the MOD Act, an importer may face sanctions for unmarked or incorrectly
marked articles. A marking duty of _______ of the final appraised value shall be
assessed unless the goods are exported or destroyed prior to the liquidation of the
entry. - ✔✔10%
✔✔Which of the following are prohibited from entering the commerce of the U.S.? -
✔✔Obscene matter
Articles for causing unlawful abortion
Dog and cat fur
Lottery matter
✔✔What is restricted when entering the U.S.? - ✔✔Alcoholic beverages
✔✔Certificate of Eligibility for goods entering the U.S. is issued by: - ✔✔1) The Import
and Export Controls Division, Textiles and Clothing Section of International Trade
Canada ( ITCan)
2) Secretaria de Economia, Mexico •
, ✔✔Once the allowed quantity for a TPL is reached, any further imports of that product
into the U.S. are: - ✔✔Dutiable at the Column 1 General rate of duty
✔✔manifest data for rail shipments must be received by CBP no later than
____________ before arrival at the first U.S. port. - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔A continuous surety importation bond covers - ✔✔Multiple transactions within a one-
year period
✔✔What are the 3 exceptions that the rates of duty at the time of entry are not
applicable? - ✔✔Merchandise entered for warehouse
Merchandise entered for immediate transportation
Merchandise entered for consumption but removed from customs custody before
release and then returned within 90 days (overcarried merchandise)
✔✔The _________ program allows expedited release for qualifying commercial
shipments between the U.S. and Canada and the U.S. and Mexico. - ✔✔FAST
✔✔What is the first step for entering goods into the US? - ✔✔CBP Form 3461
✔✔Payment of duties to a customs broker does not relieve the importer of liability if the
duties are not paid by the customs broker to Customs. - ✔✔True
✔✔There are a series of additional special situations where duty deposits are not
required. EXCEPT - ✔✔Quota class merchandise
✔✔time period for filing a Manifest Discrepancy Report (MDR) by the importing carrier
is: - ✔✔60 days for vessel, 30 days for aircraft, and 60 days for vehicle
✔✔If you are returning from a foreign country other than Mexico and it has been less
than 48 hours, you are entitled to how much in duty free exemption? - ✔✔200 dollars
✔✔What are the type of duty rates called? - ✔✔Ad Valorem
Specific
Compound
✔✔What is the merchandise processing fee for an informal automated entry? - ✔✔2
dollars
✔✔When CBP notifies a recordkeeper and requests records in connection with a
determination of admissibility or the release of some particular merchandise, in what
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A Power of Attorney should list - ✔✔legal name of both the customs broker and the
principal granting the power
✔✔Prima Facie means - ✔✔On the face of it, or as it appears to be
✔✔Mutatis mutandis means - ✔✔The necessary changes having been made
✔✔Inter alia means - ✔✔Among other things, and that the classification is not restricted
to what is listed
✔✔In the HTSUS, duty rates generally are structured to vary according to the degree of
manufacture of imported goods. - ✔✔True
✔✔CBP does not have the statutory authority to - ✔✔Determine the deposit rate for
anti-dumping duty assessments
✔✔Any royalty or license fee the buyer is required to pay as a condition of sale for
export to the U.S., must - ✔✔be added to the entered value of the merchandise
✔✔The J-List is which of the following? - ✔✔A marking exception listing
✔✔Chapter 91, Additional U.S. Note 4, to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS), sets forth special marking requirements for: - ✔✔Clocks and watches
✔✔Under the MOD Act, an importer may face sanctions for unmarked or incorrectly
marked articles. A marking duty of _______ of the final appraised value shall be
assessed unless the goods are exported or destroyed prior to the liquidation of the
entry. - ✔✔10%
✔✔Which of the following are prohibited from entering the commerce of the U.S.? -
✔✔Obscene matter
Articles for causing unlawful abortion
Dog and cat fur
Lottery matter
✔✔What is restricted when entering the U.S.? - ✔✔Alcoholic beverages
✔✔Certificate of Eligibility for goods entering the U.S. is issued by: - ✔✔1) The Import
and Export Controls Division, Textiles and Clothing Section of International Trade
Canada ( ITCan)
2) Secretaria de Economia, Mexico •
, ✔✔Once the allowed quantity for a TPL is reached, any further imports of that product
into the U.S. are: - ✔✔Dutiable at the Column 1 General rate of duty
✔✔manifest data for rail shipments must be received by CBP no later than
____________ before arrival at the first U.S. port. - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔A continuous surety importation bond covers - ✔✔Multiple transactions within a one-
year period
✔✔What are the 3 exceptions that the rates of duty at the time of entry are not
applicable? - ✔✔Merchandise entered for warehouse
Merchandise entered for immediate transportation
Merchandise entered for consumption but removed from customs custody before
release and then returned within 90 days (overcarried merchandise)
✔✔The _________ program allows expedited release for qualifying commercial
shipments between the U.S. and Canada and the U.S. and Mexico. - ✔✔FAST
✔✔What is the first step for entering goods into the US? - ✔✔CBP Form 3461
✔✔Payment of duties to a customs broker does not relieve the importer of liability if the
duties are not paid by the customs broker to Customs. - ✔✔True
✔✔There are a series of additional special situations where duty deposits are not
required. EXCEPT - ✔✔Quota class merchandise
✔✔time period for filing a Manifest Discrepancy Report (MDR) by the importing carrier
is: - ✔✔60 days for vessel, 30 days for aircraft, and 60 days for vehicle
✔✔If you are returning from a foreign country other than Mexico and it has been less
than 48 hours, you are entitled to how much in duty free exemption? - ✔✔200 dollars
✔✔What are the type of duty rates called? - ✔✔Ad Valorem
Specific
Compound
✔✔What is the merchandise processing fee for an informal automated entry? - ✔✔2
dollars
✔✔When CBP notifies a recordkeeper and requests records in connection with a
determination of admissibility or the release of some particular merchandise, in what
