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April 2025, question 49
Entry / Entry Summary · Entry and release
Which of the following best defines "entry summary?”
- Any other documentation or electronic submission of data necessary to enable CBP to assess duties, and collect statistics on imported merchandise, and determine whether other requirements of law and regulations are met.
- The voluntary delivery to the appropriate CBP officer or electronic submission to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) or any other CBP authorized electronic data interchange system of the documentation or data for preliminary review of entry documentation or data for other purposes.
- The imported merchandise which has not been properly released from Customs custody in a Customs territory.
- The delivery to CBP, including electronic submission to ACE or any other CBP- authorized electronic data interchange system, of the entry documentation or data required by section 484(a), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 USC 1484(a)), to obtain the release of merchandise.
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CBP's answer: A. A: Any other documentation or electronic submission of data necessary to enable CBP to assess duties, and collect statistics on imported merchandise, and determine whether other requirements of law and regulations are met.
Section 141.0a(b) defines entry summary as the other documentation or electronic data needed to assess duties, collect statistics and decide whether other legal requirements are met. Choice D is the definition of entry, and B is the definition of submission.
any other documentation or electronic submission of data necessary to enable CBP to assess duties, and collect statistics on imported merchandise 19 CFR 141.0a(b)
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CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 141.0a(b)
Question and key from CBP's April 2025 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).