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Sign inOctober2024 · Q73 · Valuation & Duty
[Source or answer dispute] Official D: quoted figure not in table
Disputed-question explanation: official result first, then historical evidence, limitations and uncertainty.
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Disputed-question explanation: official result first, then historical evidence, limitations and uncertainty.
October 23, 2024 CBLE full text extracted from exam2024.pdf (exam pages 1–33, answer key pages 34–36): question 73 stem and all four options.; Cover directions: prescribed HTSUS edition.; Cover directions: single best answer.; Answer key row 73 in the same file.; Original combined exam and key PDF (36 pages), cached locally; available, not inaccessible. Per conflict-batch04 review.md the CBP download returned 403 at that review and this copy came from the mirror https://www.lawcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/102024CBLE.pdf; recorded as found. PDF pages 1, 30 and 36 rendered locally to /tmp/q73png and physically viewed by this author. Image source; excerpt is this author's transcription.; HTSUS 2024 Basic Edition, Chapter 18, Additional U.S. Note 2 (scope, subheadings, calendar-year ceiling, Mexico exclusion, access sentence). Official USITC file https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/file?release=2024HTSBasic&filename=Chapter%2018 per provenance record video-pilot/source-evidence/2024oct/2024oct71-73-provenance.json (SHA-256 dc34ab83599675a5b7ef372e70682306b675aef96f2adb34f030c42f4bdbf639); PDF SHA-256 7542bc7488252697a26a3beea1bd691b7938446fb41776d6f945bab037c9d8b0, PDF CreationDate 2023-12-30.; Note 2 country access table, as extracted.; Note 1 period wording, used only as a contrast with note 2's 'in any calendar year'.; Tariff line 1806.20.24 described by reference to additional U.S. note 2 (1806.32.04 and 1806.90.15 carry the same description). No rate is used.; Actual rendered page 18-1 of the 2024 Basic Chapter 18 PDF, physically viewed by this author (identical bytes to video-pilot/review/conflict-batch05-20261012/b5-18.png). Image source; excerpt is this author's transcription.; Conflict batch05 review, section '2024oct-73 — official D' and the full original/key extract '### 2024oct73'. Report only; primary files above were read directly.; Pipeline Codex independent primary-source review, item 2024oct-73 (conditions_missing_hold). · October 23, 2024 Customs Broker License Examination, 'CBP Publication: 3887-1124' (as printed); answer key 'October 23, 2024 Customs Broker License Exam Answer Key', 'CBP Publication: 3888-1124' (as printed). Exam reference per cover: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2024 Basic Edition, No Supplements). Text used: USITC 2024HTSBasic Chapter 18, page 18-1, Additional U.S. Notes 1–3 (note 2 in full; notes 1 and 3 only for contrast) and the 1806.20.24/1806.32.04/1806.90.15 descriptions. No supplement, later HTSUS edition, current quota figure, 19 CFR text, rate or total duty is used; no duty is computed.
Explained using the historical edition for this exam.