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October 2025, question 59

Entry / Entry Summary · Restricted merchandise and intellectual property

For a first violation, Customs and Border Protection may impose a civil fine on any person who directs, assists financially or otherwise, or aids and abets the importation of merchandise seized for bearing counterfeit marks in the amount of:

  1. Not more than the domestic value of the imported merchandise at the time of seizure.
  2. Not more than the value of the merchandise had it been genuine, according to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure.
  3. Not more than twice the domestic value of the imported merchandise at the time of seizure.
  4. Not more than twice the value the merchandise had it been genuine, according to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure.
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CBP's answer: B. B: Not more than the value of the merchandise had it been genuine, according to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure.

Section 133.27(a) sets the civil fine for a first violation at not more than the value the merchandise would have had if it were genuine, by the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure (B). Twice that value is for later violations.

the fine imposed will not be more than the value the merchandise would have had if it were genuine, according to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure 19 CFR 133.27(a)

Search for: First violation. For the first seizure of merchandise under this section

CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 133.27(a)

Question and key from CBP's October 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).