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Tariff-rate quota nearing fill: enter at the over-quota rate

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On May 15, 2025, CBP Headquarters issued public notice that 116,000 dozen brooms of broom corn classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.40 to 9603.10.60 have been entered or withdrawn for consumption and that the quota is nearing fulfillment. Such brooms are covered by a tariff-rate quota. Your customs brokerage client has 6,000 dozen broom corn brooms, valued at $0.95 each, arriving July 9, 2025, from India. The brooms are country of origin India. Your client does not want to enter any brooms into a bonded warehouse. There is no harbor maintenance fee. You calculate the merchandise processing fee (MPF) to be $236.94. Based on this fact pattern, which of the following best describes the applicable entry process when a tariff-rate quota is nearing fulfillment?

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CBP answer key: Answer C · 19 CFR 132.13(a)(1)(i)Source: CBP past exams ↗