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  • Douglas Meadows
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    Classification quiz 9 – question 1
    If 0709.70.0000 is listed as free under the US -Chile Free Trade agrement, how can there be duty of $2820.00?
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    What is the DUTY on a 30,000 kg shipment of fresh spinach from Chile valued at $15,000 and qualifying as originating under the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement?

    A. $3,000
    B. $2,820
    C. $2,865
    D. $2,910
    E. FREE
    Incorrect. Correct choice is: B
    Explanation: HTS 0709.70.0000

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    0709.70.0000
    Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)
    General rate of duty: 20%
    Special rate of duty: Free (A+, AU, BH, CA, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, MX, OM, P, PA, PE, SG)

    General Note 3(c)
    Generalized System of Preferences………………………………………………….A, A* or A+
    United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement……………………………………………..AU
    United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act………………..BH
    Goods of Canada, under the terms of general note 12 to this schedule…………CA
    United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement…………………………………………………….CL
    United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act……CO
    African Growth and Opportunity Act……………………………………………………………..D
    Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act……………………………………………………….E or E*
    United States-Israel Free Trade Area……………………………………………………………..IL
    United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act……………………………JO
    United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act…………………..KR
    United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act………………MA
    Goods of Mexico, under the terms of general note 12 to this schedule…………MX
    United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act………………….OM
    Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation
    Act……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. P or P+
    United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act……..PA
    United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act…………..PE
    United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement……………………………………………SG

    Under the current tariff, spinach from Chile is imported free of duty under the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement. That may not have been the case under an older tariff which was applicable when this question was originally set.

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