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Guam Jewelry
Guam - Asset Forfeiture
Bid4Assets is a leading online auction site where serious buyers and sellers meet to find high-end assets such as land, cars, jewelry, artwork, coins, timeshares, computers, inventory, financial instruments, bankruptcy claims and more from government, non-profits and private sellers ... [Read More]
The Insular Possessions Watch and Jewelry Program . Statutory Import Programs Staff ( S I P S ) . Import Administration . Safeguarding American Industries and Jobs against Unfair Trade
In June of 1999, Congress passed a bill authorizing benefits to manufacturers producing jewelry in the U.S. insular possessions. The law applies to jewelry manufactured in the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands and imported under heading 7113 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Like the watch producers, the jewelry manufacturers receive a duty refund certificate biannually which is also based on creditable wages and the number of units shipped duty-free into the United States customs territory. ... [Read More]
TIC Tariff and Tax Information
Articles imported into the U.S. Virgin Islands for use or resale in a trade or business are subject to an excise tax. The rate of excise tax on most goods is 6% , while the rate on certain products, such as cigarettes, is higher. Alcoholic beverages are subject to a flat rate based on volume. Certain other goods are subject to a lower rate of excise tax, and most tourist items, such as jewelry, watches, crystal, artwork, electronic goods, and leather goods, are exempt entirely. ... [Read More]
FTC: Zale
If pearl jewelry is on your shopping list for Valentine’s Day, a case just announced by the Federal Trade Commission provides useful shopping information. The FTC said today the nation’s largest jewelry retailer has agreed to settle charges that it deceptively advertised its "Ocean Treasures" line of imitation pearl jewelry as composed of cultured pearls. The FTC cited statements Zale placed in advertising, including "created by nature, enhanced by man," alongside pictures of the Ocean Treasures line, and alleged that this created the impression that the jewelry was composed of cultured pearls. The settlement includes a cease and desist order that would prohibit the challenged claims, require Zale to disclose clearly and prominently the nature of the pearl jewelry it sells, and mandate that company stores display consumer information about the definition of natural, cultured and imitation pearls. ... [Read More]
FR Doc 05-13284
[Federal Register: July 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 128)][Proposed Rules] [Page 38828-38834]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr06jy05-28] =======================================================================-----------------------------------------------------------------------DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEInternational Trade AdministrationDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR15 CFR Part 303[Docket No. 050613157-5157-01]RIN 0625-AA68 Office of Insular Affairs; Changes in the Insular Possessions Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry ProgramsAGENCIES: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior.ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments.-----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY: The Departments of Commerce and the Interior (the Departments) propose amending their regulations governing watch duty-exemption allocations ... [Read More]
PI Endangered Species: Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Sea Turtle populations have declined dramatically in the Pacific islands. Illegal international trade of items made from this species is one of the worst threats to its survival. Since 1970, more than one million hawksbill sea turtles have been killed for their shells. Many products are made from the shell's scutes, which have a beautiful pattern often described as "tortoise shell." These include combs, brushes, cigarette boxes, jewelry, hair ornaments, and other types of accessories. Sometimes young turtles are killed, then stuffed by a taxidermist, and used as decoration. Other threats to the continued existence of this species include beach erosion and coastal construction. ... [Read More]
In the Matter of Zale Corporation - FIle 962-3118 - Consent Agreement Package
Part I of the proposed order would require that Zale not represent that imitation pearls are cultured pearls. Part II would prevent Zale from representing that imitation pearl jewelry is or contains one or more pearls unless Zale designates the jewelry as "artificial," "imitation," "simulated," or by some other word or phrase of like meaning. Part III would prevent Zale from representing that cultured pearl jewelry is or contains one or more pearls unless Zale designates the jewelry as "cultured" or "cultivated," or by some other word or phrase of like meaning. Part IV would prohibit the company from misrepresenting the composition or origin of any jewelry product composed partially or entirely of natural pearls, cultured pearls, or imitation pearls. ... [Read More]
15 CFR Commerce and Foreign Trade Subtitle B [ Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade (Continued)] CHAPTER III INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUBCHAPTER A -- MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS WATCHES, WATCH MOVEMENTS AND JEWELRY PROGRAM
(9) Creditable wages means all wages, up to an amount equal to 65% of the contribution and benefit base for SocialSecurity as defined in the Social Security Act for the year in which the wages were earned, paid to permanent residents ofthe territories employed in the firm's manufacture of HTSUS heading 7113 articles of jewelry which are a product of theinsular possessions and have met the U.S. Customs Service's criteria for duty-free entry into the United States, plus anywages paid for the repair of non-insular HTSUS heading 7113 jewelry up to an amount equal to 50 percent of the firm'stotal creditable wages. Excluded, however, are wages paid for outside consultants or other professional personnel, such aslawyers and accountants, or those persons not involved in the day-to-day assembly operations or servicing and maintenanceof equipment and fixtures necessary for the assembly or manufacturing operations or the administrative work and securityactivities directly related to the operati ... [Read More]
Import Administration Programs and Offices
Statutory Import Programs Staff (SIPS) has responsibility for administering several specific import laws of the United States. The Departments of Commerce and the Interior jointly administer the Insular Possessions Watch and Jewelry Programs governing watch duty-exemption allocations and watch and jewelry duty-refund benefits for producers in the United States insular possessions (the Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands). ... [Read More]
EPA: Federal Register: Table of Contents: July 6, 2005
[Federal Register: July 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 128)][Contents][Page III-VII]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr06jy05-171] CONTENTS[[Page III]] Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceSee Forest ServiceNOTICESAgency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 38862-38863 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICESAgency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 38863-38864 Army Department NOTICESAgency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 38891-38892 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICESAgency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 38936-38939Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: HIV assessments; laboratory outcomes augmentation, 38939-38944 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULESMedicare and medicaid: Outpatient drugs and biologica ... [Read More]
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