United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2005_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c8107d75 D09002ee1c8107efc United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States International Trade Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Office of Insular Affairs originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Departments of Commerce and the Interior (the Departments) amend their regulations governing watch duty-exemption allocations and the watch and jewelry duty-refund benefits for producers in the United States insular possessions (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The rule amends the regulations by making technical changes required by passage of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004; extending the duty refund benefits to include the value of usual and customary health insurance, life insurance and pension benefits; raising the ceiling on the amount of jewelry that qualifies for the duty refund benefit; allowing new insular jewelry producers to assemble jewelry and have such jewelry treated as an article of the insular possessions for up to 18 months after the jewelry company commences assembly operations; allowing duty refund certificate holders to secure a duty refund on any articles that are imported into the customs territory of the United States by the certificate holder duty paid; providing a more comprehensive definition of "unit;" adjusting the amount of watch repairs that are eligible for the duty refund; providing compensation to insular watch producers if tariffs on watches and watch movements are reduced; and clarifying which wages are eligible for purposes of determining the duty refund and identifying which records are needed for the audit. 70 FR 67645 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-11-08/05-22244 05-22244 fr08no05-3 RIN 0625-AA68 3510-DS-P; 4310-93-P Docket No. 050613157-5219-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-11-08/05-22244 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-11-08/html/05-22244.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-11-08/pdf/05-22244.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure American Samoa Customs Duties and Inspection Guam Imports Marketing Quotas Northern Mariana Islands Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Virgin Islands Watches and Jewelry 6 p. 67645 67650 70 FR 67645 Title 15 Part 303 15 CFR Part 303 RIN 0625-AA68 Changes in the Insular Possessions Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry Programs; Federal Register Vol. 70, Issue RULE 05-22244 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Insular Affairs 2005-12-08 Docket No. 050613157-5219-02 3510-DS-P; 4310-93-P 05-22244 Final rule.

The Departments of Commerce and the Interior (the Departments) amend their regulations governing watch duty-exemption allocations and the watch and jewelry duty-refund benefits for producers in the United States insular possessions (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The rule amends the regulations by making technical changes required by passage of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004; extending the duty refund benefits to include the value of usual and customary health insurance, life insurance and pension benefits; raising the ceiling on the amount of jewelry that qualifies for the duty refund benefit; allowing new insular jewelry producers to assemble jewelry and have such jewelry treated as an article of the insular possessions for up to 18 months after the jewelry company commences assembly operations; allowing duty refund certificate holders to secure a duty refund on any articles that are imported into the customs territory of the United States by the certificate holder duty paid; providing a more comprehensive definition of "unit;" adjusting the amount of watch repairs that are eligible for the duty refund; providing compensation to insular watch producers if tariffs on watches and watch movements are reduced; and clarifying which wages are eligible for purposes of determining the duty refund and identifying which records are needed for the audit.

This rule is effective December 8, 2005. Faye Robinson, (202) 482-3526. Administrative Practice and Procedure American Samoa Customs Duties and Inspection Guam Imports Marketing Quotas Northern Mariana Islands Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Virgin Islands Watches and Jewelry Watches, watch movements, and jewelry: Duty exemption allocations Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands, David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov Vol. 70, no. 215 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2005-11-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 270 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-11-08 P0b002ee18098b8df 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08no05 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-11-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-11-08/pdf/FR-2005-11-08.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-11-08/xml/FR-2005-11-08.xml fdlp 67641 67899 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-06 FR-2005-11-08 machine generated eng FR FR-2005-11-08 70 215