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April 2025, question 60

Entry / Entry Summary · Country of origin marking

Which of the following actions can CBP take when merchandise and its container are marked such that the country of origin is not in English and contains unrecognizable symbols and characters? The merchandise is required to be marked in accordance with 19 USC 1304 and CBP regulations.

  1. CBP holds the merchandise in its custody for examination until estimated duties for the article are deposited.
  2. CBP notifies the shipper that the merchandise and its container are improperly marked and, upon the shipper’s verbal consent, CBP properly marks the country of origin on the merchandise and its container.
  3. CBP sends the merchandise to a general order warehouse for six months after which the importer can make entry.
  4. CBP sends a CBP Form 29, Notice of Action, to assesses additional duty of 10% of the final appraised value.
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CBP's answer: D. D: CBP sends a CBP Form 29, Notice of Action, to assesses additional duty of 10% of the final appraised value.

Where the country of origin is not marked in English, the article is not marked as required, so 134.2 applies. CBP assesses the additional 10 percent of the final appraised value, as with a notice of action (CBP Form 29). The other choices describe actions the regulation does not provide.

The 10 percent additional duty is assessable for failure either to mark the article (or container) to indicate the English name of the country of origin of the article 19 CFR 134.2

Search for: to indicate the English name of the country of origin

CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 134.2

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).