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Customs

Articles about "Customs"

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What You Are Forgetting to Add to the Declared Value: The Other Side of First Sale, and How the Additions Catch Up With You

What You Are Forgetting to Add to the Declared Value: The Other Side of First Sale, and How the Additions Catch Up With You.

2026-08-02Ryuta Hamamoto

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Lowering the U.S. Dutiable Value with First Sale: Why the Leading Case Carries a Japanese Trading House's Name

There is a technique in U.S. customs practice called first sale. The leading case is Nissho Iwai American Corp. v. United States — the U.S.

2026-08-02Ryuta Hamamoto

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Felt on the Sole and the Argument That X-Men Are Not Human: Designing Classification to Lower Duty, and Where It Stops Working

Turn over a pair of Converse All Stars and you will find a patch of felt on the sole. Thin cloth that wears through and disappears within days of wearing them.

2026-08-02Ryuta Hamamoto

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Ship It Assembled, or Ship the Parts and Build It There? How Tariffs Actually Get Decided — and Where Design Ends and Disguise Begins

The same product can carry very different duty depending on whether you ship it assembled or ship the parts and build it in-country.

2026-08-02Ryuta Hamamoto

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The $800 De Minimis Threshold Is Gone — and the Statute Has Already Deleted It

Companies shipping small parcels into the United States keep asking a version of the same question. "$800 and under was duty free, right?

2026-08-02Ryuta Hamamoto