United States of America: Court ruling that advertising fees and trademark royalty fees paid by an importer to third parties are not dutiable

Announcement

17 Dec 2019

While the only immediate impact of this decision is to reduce the duties owed for a specific transaction, it could have a much broader impact on other imports that could otherwise have been liable to similar claims by Customs and Border Protection.

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Number of interventions

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

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Implementation date

17 Dec 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 17 Dec 2019

Import tariff In force

In a decision rendered on December 17, 2019, the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that advertising fees and trademark royalty fees paid to third parties by an importer of certain wearable a...

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