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Computing the ordinary duty on fresh whole garlic bulbs under the 2017 HTSUS: a specific rate of 0.43¢/kg applied to the given 25,719 kg, converted to $0.0043/kg, with units cancelling to $110.5917, rounded to $110.59
Use only the 2017 Basic Edition and the original invoice facts. The classification is already settled as 0703.20.0015 (fresh whole bulbs, other), inside garlic subheading 0703.20.00; this lesson does not repeat that classification path. Step 1, the weight: the invoice Description of Goods reads 'Fresh whole chilled garlic bulbs packed in water. Shipped in bulk', and the Quantity column shows '25,719 kgs.' The invoice does not label that figure net weight or NW. The lesson uses it as the given merchandise weight and does not invent a net-weight label. Step 2, no deduction: Chapter 7 Additional U.S. Note 2 says that in the assessment of duty on any kind of vegetables, any foreign matter or impurities mixed therewith shall not be segregated nor shall any allowance therefor be made. The invoice gives no separate water weight, and the lesson does not invent or subtract one. The full given 25,719 kg is the base. Step 3, the rate: 0703.20.00 Garlic carries a general column 1 rate of 0.43¢/kg in the 2017 Basic Edition (column 2 is 3.3¢/kg and is not used). This is a specific rate, charged per kilogram. It applies to the weight, not to the invoice value of $49,167. Step 4, unit conversion: 100 cents = 1 dollar, so 0.43¢/kg = $0.0043/kg. Step 5, multiplication with unit cancellation: 25,719 kg × $0.0043/kg; kg cancels kg, leaving dollars: $110.5917. Step 6, rounding: to the nearest cent, $110.5917 becomes $110.59, which matches the preserved official key line 12 ('HTSUS 0703.20.0015/0.43¢kg = 25719 kg x .0043 = $110.59') and preserved official answer A. Step 7, scope: $110.59 is the ordinary duty only. The merchandise processing fee and harbor maintenance fee are calculated separately, and so is the antidumping duty noted on the invoice; none is included. This is a historical 2017 figure, not a current all-in duty for garlic from China. Not taught: any fee or antidumping amount, any current or 2026 rate, any Chapter 99 measure, any option-by-option walkthrough, question number or answer letter.
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Use only the 2017 Basic Edition and the original invoice facts. The classification is already settled as 0703.20.0015 (fresh whole bulbs, other), inside garlic subheading 0703.20.00; this lesson does not repeat that classification path. Step 1, the weight: the invoice Description of Goods reads 'Fresh whole chilled garlic bulbs packed in water. Shipped in bulk', and the Quantity column shows '25,719 kgs.' The invoice does not label that figure net weight or NW. The lesson uses it as the given merchandise weight and does not invent a net-weight label. Step 2, no deduction: Chapter 7 Additional U.S. Note 2 says that in the assessment of duty on any kind of vegetables, any foreign matter or impurities mixed therewith shall not be segregated nor shall any allowance therefor be made. The invoice gives no separate water weight, and the lesson does not invent or subtract one. The full given 25,719 kg is the base. Step 3, the rate: 0703.20.00 Garlic carries a general column 1 rate of 0.43¢/kg in the 2017 Basic Edition (column 2 is 3.3¢/kg and is not used). This is a specific rate, charged per kilogram. It applies to the weight, not to the invoice value of $49,167. Step 4, unit conversion: 100 cents = 1 dollar, so 0.43¢/kg = $0.0043/kg. Step 5, multiplication with unit cancellation: 25,719 kg × $0.0043/kg; kg cancels kg, leaving dollars: $110.5917. Step 6, rounding: to the nearest cent, $110.5917 becomes $110.59, which matches the preserved official key line 12 ('HTSUS 0703.20.0015/0.43¢kg = 25719 kg x .0043 = $110.59') and preserved official answer A. Step 7, scope: $110.59 is the ordinary duty only. The merchandise processing fee and harbor maintenance fee are calculated separately, and so is the antidumping duty noted on the invoice; none is included. This is a historical 2017 figure, not a current all-in duty for garlic from China. Not taught: any fee or antidumping amount, any current or 2026 rate, any Chapter 99 measure, any option-by-option walkthrough, question number or answer letter.
April 2018 CBLE directions (required references), invoice for questions 9-13, question 12 stem and official answer key line 12 (historical original excerpt); April 2018 CBLE Category II Practical Exercise, commercial invoice image: Description of Goods and Quantity column; HTSUS (2017) Chapter 7, page 7-4 image: 0703.20.00 Garlic, Rates of Duty column 1 General; HTSUS (2017) Chapter 7, page 7-4, 0703.20.00 garlic line (text extraction; column order is scrambled, so the rate column was confirmed against the page image); HTSUS (2017) Chapter 7, page 7-1, Additional U.S. Note 2 · Historical 2017 HTSUS Basic Edition (No Supplements), the edition the April 2018 exam directions require (original-options-key.txt line 8). This lesson uses only the 2017 Chapter 7 text: Additional U.S. Note 2 on page 7-1 and the 0703.20.00 garlic line on page 7-4. The general column 1 rate of 0.43¢/kg is read from the page 7-4 image (2017-rate-actual.png). Per the independent source review, the Chapter 7 copy was acquired through the official 2017 index, and no 2026 edition is used as a 2017 source. The fact source is the original commercial invoice for the practical exercise. This is a historical, ordinary-duty-only lesson. The classification 0703.20.0015 is taken as settled and is not re-taught here. It teaches no fee, antidumping amount, current 2026 schedule, Chapter 99 measure or current China rate.
Explained using the historical edition for this exam.