CBLE Study Map
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Every reviewed unit contains an ability objective, core rule, official authorities, a lookup task, a worked example, and common traps. Ordinary practice activity can be reviewed locally; topic-level evidence remains under review.
Can transaction value be used?
About 8 minutes · 2 authority routes · 1 worked example
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Valuation, Duties & Fees
Pilot content readyChoose the lawful appraisement method, build customs value, and calculate duties and fees.
Can transaction value be used?
Ability objective
Decide whether transaction value is available before attempting any value calculation.
Core rule
Start with transaction value, but use it only when the limitations in 19 CFR 152.103(j) are satisfied. A related buyer and seller do not automatically disqualify the method; the question is whether the relationship influenced the price or an accepted test value supports it.
Authority and lookup route
U.S. Code → Title 19 → §1401a → subsections (a) and (b)
Current legal baseline; confirm the edition designated for the exam sitting
19 CFR → Part 152 → Subpart E → §152.103 → paragraphs (j) through (l)
Current legal baseline; confirm the edition designated for the exam sitting
Find the four limitations on transaction value and the two routes for accepting a related-party price.
Route: Open §152.103 and scan the paragraph headings for “Limitations on use” and “Related buyer and seller.”
Worked example
A U.S. buyer and foreign seller are related. The price closely approximates the transaction value of similar merchandise sold to unrelated U.S. buyers. May transaction value still be used?
- 1Identify the issue as a limitation on transaction value, not an addition to price.
- 2Locate §152.103(j)(2), then the related-party validation rules in paragraphs (j) and (l).
- 3Compare the facts with the test-value route for similar merchandise sold to unrelated buyers.
- 4Conclude that relationship alone is not disqualifying; the stated test value can support acceptance.
Common traps
- ×Treating every related-party sale as automatically unacceptable.
- ×Calculating additions before confirming that transaction value is available.
- ×Missing a restriction or condition whose value cannot be determined.
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Valuation, Duties & Fees
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