October 2019 — Question 51
What is the transaction value of the shipment in the following scenario? A U.S. business located in Duluth, Minnesota contracts with a manufacturer in Korea to produce 100 electric motors at a cost of $10 per motor. The U.S. business also contracts with a design company in New York to prepare the schematics for use in the production of the motors at a cost of $5,000. Upon completion, the motors are exported from Korea to China and used in the manufacture of household vacuum cleaners at a cost of $100 per vacuum cleaner. The completed vacuum cleaners are shipped to the U.S. business and an invoice from the China manufacturer in the amount of $10,000 is included in the shipment at the time of importation.
- A$1,000
- B$5,000
- C$10,000
- D$11,000✓ CBP's answer
- E$15,000 Category IX – Drawback
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Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the October 2019 examination.
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