§ 1753. — Disposition of articles entered for fairs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC1753]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 6--TRADE FAIR PROGRAM
Sec. 1753. Disposition of articles entered for fairs
(a) Disposition upon payment of duties and taxes
At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of
any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of this
title may be sold or otherwise disposed of within, or may be removed
from, the area of such fair. This subsection shall apply only if, before
such disposition or removal--
(1) the article, after the entry for such fair under section
1752 of this title, has been entered under any provision of the
customs laws, and
(2) any applicable duties and internal-revenue taxes are paid on
such article in its condition and quantity, and at the rate in
effect, at the time of such entry as if such article were imported
or brought into the United States at the time of such entry.
(b) Disposition without payment of duties or taxes
At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of
any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of this
title may, without the payment of any duties or internal-revenue taxes,
be--
(1) exported,
(2) transferred from such fair to other customs custody status
or to a foreign-trade zone,
(3) destroyed, or
(4) abandoned to the Government.
(c) Mandatory abandonment to Government
If any article entered under section 1752 of this title is still in
customs custody, under such entry, at the expiration of 3 months after
the closing date of the fair for which it was entered, such article
shall thereupon be regarded as an article abandoned to the Government
and shall be subject to sale or destruction of the article and
disposition of the proceeds of sale in the manner provided for in
sections 1491, 1492, and 1493 of this title. For purposes of this
subsection, any duties or internal-revenue taxes on the article shall be
computed on the basis of its condition and quantity at the time it
becomes subject to sale.
(d) Period for performance of certain acts
Whenever any article entered under section 1752 of this title is
transferred pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section or entered
under subsection (a) of this section, the period prescribed for the
performance of any act required by the provision governing the status to
which the article is transferred, or under which the article is entered,
shall run from the date of such transfer or entry.
(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 4, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)
References in Text
The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), are classified
generally to this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1754 of this title.
