October 2025 — Question 59
For a first violation, Customs and Border Protection may impose a civil fine on any person who directs, assists financially or otherwise, or aids and abets the importation of merchandise seized for bearing counterfeit marks in the amount of:
- ANot more than the domestic value of the imported merchandise at the time of seizure.
- BNot more than the value of the merchandise had it been genuine, according to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure.✓ CBP's answer
- CNot more than twice the domestic value of the imported merchandise at the time of seizure.
- DNot more than twice the value the merchandise had it been genuine, according to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time of seizure.
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CBP's cited authority
§ 19 CFR 133.27(a)
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