What Every Member of the 

Trade Community Should Know About: 

Basic Forms of NonFerrous Metals 

AN INFORMED COMPLIANCE PUBLICATION 

FEBRUARY 2008 
Basic Forms of Non-Ferrous Metals 

February 2008 

NOTICE:

This publication is intended to provide guidance and information to the trade community. 

It reflects the position on or interpretation of the applicable laws or regulations by U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as of the date of publication, which is shown on 

the front cover. It does not in any way replace or supersede those laws or regulations. 

Only the latest official version of the laws or regulations is authoritative. 

Publication History 

First Published: May 2005 

Reviewed with No Changes March 2006 

Reviewed with No Changes February 2008 

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PREFACE 

On December 8, 1993, Title VI of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act (Pub. L. 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057), also known as the Customs Modernization or “Mod” Act, 

became effective. These provisions amended many sections of the Tariff Act of 1930 and 

related laws. 

Two new concepts that emerge from the Mod Act are “informed compliance” and “shared 

responsibility,” which are premised on the idea that in order to maximize voluntary compliance 

with laws and regulations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the trade community needs to 

be clearly and completely informed of its legal obligations. Accordingly, the Mod Act imposes a 

greater obligation on CBP to provide the public with improved information concerning the trade 

community's rights and responsibilities under customs regulations and related laws. In addition, 

both the trade and U.S. Customs and Border Protection share responsibility for carrying out 

these requirements. For example, under Section 484 of the Tariff Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

1484), the importer of record is responsible for using reasonable care to enter, classify and 

determine the value of imported merchandise and to provide any other information necessary to 

enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection to properly assess duties, collect accurate 

statistics, and determine whether other applicable legal requirements, if any, have been met. 

CBP is then responsible for fixing the final classification and value of the merchandise. An 

importer of record’s failure to exercise reasonable care could delay release of the merchandise 

and, in some cases, could result in the imposition of penalties. 

Regulations and Rulings (RR) of the Office of International Trade has been given a major role in 

meeting the informed compliance responsibilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In 

order to provide information to the public, CBP has issued a series of informed compliance 

publications on new or revised requirements, regulations or procedures, and a variety of 

classification and valuation issues. 

This publication, prepared by the National Commodity Specialist Division of Regulations and 

Rulings is entitled "Basic Forms of Non-Ferrous Metals”. It provides guidance regarding the 

classification of these items. We sincerely hope that this material, together with seminars and 

increased access to rulings of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, will help the trade 

community to improve voluntary compliance with customs laws and to understand the relevant 

administrative processes. 

The material in this publication is provided for general information purposes only. Because 

many complicated factors can be involved in customs issues, an importer may wish to obtain a 

ruling under Regulations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 19 C.F.R. Part 177, or to 

obtain advice from an expert who specializes in customs matters, for example, a licensed 

customs broker, attorney or consultant. 

Comments and suggestions are welcomed and should be addressed to the Executive Director, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, (Mint Annex), Washington, D.C. 20229. 

Sandra L. Bell 

Executive Director, Regulations and Rulings 

Office of International Trade 

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INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................7

Non-Ferrous Metals...................................................................................................... 7

Unwrought Products.................................................................................................... 7

Alloys............................................................................................................................ 8

BASIC FORMS OF NON-FERROUS METAL PRODUCTS......................................... 9

BARS AND RODS.......................................................................................9

WIRE............................................................................................................9

Types of wire include the following:............................................................................ 10

Strand......................................................................................................................... 10

Rope and Cable ......................................................................................................... 10

Ribbon........................................................................................................................ 10

Insulated electric wire................................................................................................. 10

Welding Wire.............................................................................................................. 10

PLATES, SHEETS, STRIP AND FOIL......................................................10

Foil ............................................................................................................................. 11

Backed Foil ................................................................................................................ 11

Coated Foil................................................................................................................. 11

PROFILES.................................................................................................11

Hollow profile.............................................................................................................. 12

TUBES AND PIPES...................................................................................12

Pipe Fittings ............................................................................................................... 12

WASTE AND SCRAP................................................................................12

QUESTIONS TO ASK ...............................................................................13

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...................................................................14

The Internet................................................................................................................ 14

Customs Regulations ................................................................................................. 14

Customs Bulletin ........................................................................................................ 14

Importing Into the United States................................................................................. 15

Informed Compliance Publications............................................................................. 15

Value Publications...................................................................................................... 16

“Your Comments are Important”................................................................................. 17

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INTRODUCTION 

Non-Ferrous Metals 

Non-ferrous metals (i.e., base metals not composed primarily of iron or steel) are found 

within Chapters 74 through 81 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). They consist of the following base metals: 

 Chapter Metal

 74 - Copper (Cu) 

 75 - Nickel (Ni) 

 76 - Aluminum (Al) 

 78 - Lead (Pb) 

 79 - Zinc (Zn) 

 80 - Tin (Sn) 

81 - Tungsten (Wolfram)(W), Molybdenum (Mo), Tantalum (Ta), Magnesium 

(Mg), Cobalt (Co), Bismuth (Bi), Cadmium (Cd), Titanium (Ti), Zirconium (Zr), 

Antimony (Sb), Manganese (Mn), Beryllium (Be), Chromium (Cr), 

Germanium (Ge), Vanadium (V), Thallium (Ti), Gallium (Ga), Hafnium (Hf), 

Indium (In), Niobium (Nb) (Columbium (Cb)) and Rhenium (Re). 

These non-ferrous metals share most common definitions of basic forms. However, 

definition of terms must always be examined in the section notes, chapter notes and the 

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System Explanatory Notes (ENs) for 

guidance in classification. 

Unwrought Products 

Throughout the non-ferrous metals chapters, there is a separate heading for unwrought 

products. “Unwrought” is a term primarily defined by examples in Section XV, 

Additional U.S. Note 1. The note also enumerates products that are not unwrought 

based upon their manufacturing process,as discussed below. The note states: 

For the purposes of this section [XV], the term “unwrought” refers to metal, 

whether or not refined, in the form of ingots, blocks, lumps, billets, cakes, slabs, 

pigs, cathodes, anodes, briquettes, cubes, sticks, grains, sponge, pellets, 

flattened pellets, rounds, rondelles, shot and similar manufactured primary 

forms[ ] 1 , but does not cover rolled, forged, drawn or extruded products, tubular 

products or cast or sintered forms which have been machined or processed 

otherwise than by simple trimming, scalping or descaling. 

Just because the item is noted as an example, the product is not necessarily 

unwrought. The manufacturing process also needs to be examined. Indeed, the 

 

1

 The term “manufactured primary form” was defined in Anval Nyby Powder AB v. United States, 20 CIT 

608 (1996), as “[f]orms that have undergone some processing but must undergo further processing 

before they appear in an eventual final product.” Id. at 616. 

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product cannot be classified as unwrought simply based on the basic form. Anodes that 

are cast to be further refined by electrolysis and are imported as a simple one-piece, 

cast item, are classified as unwrought, even if they have cast lugs for suspending.2

 For 

example, if the anode were used for an electroplating process, it would be classified as 

an article of base metal rather than an unwrought product.3

 This type of anode would 

generally be of a high purity and fitted or prepared with hooks. On the other hand, if the 

anode is used for cathodic protection, and it is a finished product, it would depend on 

the metal as to where it would be classified. For example, if it is made of zinc, the 

appropriate heading would be 7907 and if of aluminum, Heading 7616.4

 However, if it is 

magnesium, it would be considered a part found in Heading 8543.5 

Another example of a product which is named in the note but is not considered 

unwrought on the basis of its manufacturing process is titanium billets. A titanium billet 

is manufactured by forging a titanium ingot. Although billets are named as an example 

of an unwrought product, it would not be classified as such because it is a forged 

product and therefore excluded from the term “unwrought.” 

Powders of metals are considered unwrought. For tariff purposes, a powder is defined 

as a product in “which 90 percent or more by weight passes through a sieve having a 

mesh aperture of 1 mm.”6

Alloys 

Section XV, Note 5(c), states that alloys of Section XV include “sintered mixtures of 

metal powders, heterogeneous intimate mixtures obtained by melting and intermetallic 

compounds.” To determine what chapter an alloyed product, other than ferroalloys (Ch. 

72) or master alloys (Ch. 74), would be classified in, the composition of the product 

would need to be known. Classification would be based upon the metal which 

predominates by weight over each of the other metals. For example, if an alloyed 

product consists of 36% metal “A”, 34% metal “B” and 30% metal “C” by weight, the 

item would be classified within the chapter for metal “A”, which predominates by weight 

over each of the other metals. The explanatory notes provide further clarification stating 

that alloys of base metals with as much as 2% (or more) by weight of a precious metal 

(silver, gold and platinum) would not be classified within a chapter for non-ferrous 

metals. Such items, along with any base metal item clad with precious metals, would 

be classified within Chapter 71.7

 With the exception of the items noted above, if 

additional elements are added to the pure metal in sufficient quantities, it may become 

alloyed. The percentage of additive that would change the base metal from “not 

alloyed” to “alloyed” is stated in the chapter notes of each chapter. 

 

2 See ENs 74.02 and 75.02. 

3 See ENs 74.19, 75.08 and 79.07. 

4 See EN 79.07 and New York Ruling Letter (NY) 815325, dated October 12, 1995. 5

 Section XVI, Note 2; New York Ruling Letter (NY) A80265, dated February 28, 1996; and Headquarters 

Ruling Letter (HQ) 965250, dated November 20, 2001. 

6

 Section XV, Note 8(b), HTSUS. 

7 See ENs Section XV, General Note (A)(1). 

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BASIC FORMS OF NON-FERROUS METAL PRODUCTS 

The legal definitions found in each non-ferrous chapter note for bars and rods; plates, 

sheets, strip and foil; profiles; tubes and pipes and wire, are essentially the same and 

are noted below. 

BARS AND RODS 

Bars and rods must be manufactured by rolling, extrusion, drawing or forging the metal 

product. As the legal notes state, bars and rods can be in the shape of “circles, ovals, 

rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons 

(including “flattened circles” and “modified rectangles”, of which two opposite sides are 

convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel).” 

Regardless of the shape, these products cannot be in coils and must have a uniform 

solid cross section along the entire length of the product. If the product has a 

rectangular cross sectional shape (including “modified rectangular”), the thickness must 

exceed 1/10th of the width i.e.; the thickness is greater than 0.1 x the width or the width 

is equal to or greater than 10 times the thickness. 

In the example pictured above, if the rolled product is of a uniform solid rectangular 

cross section with a thickness of 3/4” (0.75) and the width is 2”, and it is not in coiled 

form, the product is a bar or rod: 

 0.1 (1/10th) x 2.0 (width) = 0.2 0.75 x 10 = 7.5 

 The thickness (0.75) is > 0.2 The width (2”) < 7.5 

 

If the product is cast or sintered; is of the same form and dimensions; has been worked 

after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or descaling); and does not assume 

the character of articles or products of other headings, it could still be considered a bar 

and rod. Non-ferrous bars and rods are never in coiled form. 

WIRE 

Wire is manufactured by rolling, extruding or drawing and it must be imported in coils. It 

must have a uniform solid cross section along its entire length. The shape requirements 

for wire products are the same as they are for bars and rods. 

Diagonal Cross Section 3/4” 

Thickness 

2” width 

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As with bars and rods, the thickness of such products which have a rectangular 

(including “modified rectangular”) cross section must exceed one-tenth of the width. 

In the example pictured above, if the rolled product is a single wire of a uniform solid 

rectangular cross section with a thickness of 3/4” (0.75) and the width is 2”, and it is in 

coiled form, the product is wire: 

 0.1 (1/10th) x 2.0 (width) = 0.2 0.75 x 10 = 7.5 

 The thickness (0.75) is > 0.2 The width (2”) < 7.5 

Types of wire include the following: 

Strand 

Two or more wires twisted together. 

Rope and Cable 

Two or more strands twisted together. 

Ribbon 

Classification depends on the dimensions. If it is in coiled form, it may be 

a wire, sheet or foil product. 

Insulated electric wire 

This is a product of Heading 8544. 

Welding Wire 

If coated with metal, it is classified based upon the constituent wire 

material. If coated or cored with flux material it is classified within Heading 

8311. 

PLATES, SHEETS, STRIP AND FOIL 

These are flat-surfaced products, (but not unwrought products) that can be, but are not 

required to be, coiled. They will be of a solid rectangular (other than square) cross 

section with or without rounded corners and with a uniform thickness. The product can 

also be a modified rectangular shape or a shape other than rectangular or square, 

provided it does not assume the character of articles or of products of other headings. 

If the flat-surfaced product is of a rectangular (including square) shape, the thickness 

cannot exceed 1/10th of the width. 

Width = 6”

Thickness = 1/2”

Diagonal Cross Section 3/4” 

Thickness 

2” width 

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For example, if the product pictured above is a product with a uniform solid rectangular 

cross section (not unwrought) with a thickness of 1/2” (0.50) and the width is 6”, the 

product is classified as plate, sheet or strip (it is too thick to be foil, as discussed below). 

 0.1 (1/10th) x 6.0 (width) = 0.6 0.50 x 10 = 5.0 

 The thickness (0.5) is < 0.6 The width (6”) > 5.0 

Non-ferrous plates, sheets, strip and foil products may have patterns such 

as grooves, ribs, checkers, tears, buttons, and lozenges. They can also be 

perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided they do not assume 

the character of articles or products of other headings.

corrugated 

Foil 

Foil products have additional dimensional requirements stated in their respective 

headings or subheadings. For copper (Ch. 74), nickel (Ch. 75), lead (Ch. 78) and zinc 

(Ch. 79), the foil cannot be thicker than 0.15 mm. For aluminum (Ch. 76) and tin (Ch. 

80), the foil cannot be thicker than 0.2 mm. In these situations, the dimensional 

measurements must include the thickness of the product including any coating (varnish, 

lacquer, paint, etc.), but not including any backing material. 

Backed Foil 

Backed Foil is a separately identified type of foil within the subheadings of copper 

and aluminum. The EN to Heading 7410 provides some guidance as to what 

should be entered as backed foil. The EN states that backed foil can be “backed 

with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing material.” It is “used for 

making fancy goods” and is generally done for the “convenience of handling or 

transport or in order to facilitate subsequent treatment, etc.”

Coated Foil 

Coated Foil is not backed foil; it is measured and classified differently than 

backed foil but remains classified within the applicable foil heading. A 

clarification is noted within the applicable ENs indicating that coatings of varnish, 

etc., would be included in the thickness measurement of the foil, however, any 

backings, such as paper, would be excluded from thickness measurement of the 

foil. 

PROFILES 

Profiles are rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products that can be, but are not 

required to be, coiled. They have a uniform cross section along their whole length and 

do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, 

tubes or pipes. The profile forms can also be manufactured by casting or sintering, in 

the same forms, if they have been subsequently worked after production (other than by 

simple trimming or descaling), provided that they have not taken on the character of 

articles or products of other headings. Profiles differ from bars and rods in that profiles 

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are of a uniform cross section while bars and rods must have a uniform solid cross 

section. In addition, bars and rods are never in coiled form whereas profiles can be in 

coiled form. 

Hollow profile 

Hollow profile is a tariff term specifically provided for in 

Chapters 74 and 76. To be classified as a hollow profile, the 

article must meet the definition of a profile, and would need to 

have a completely enclosed void along a cross section of the 

profile. In other chapters, this type of profile would simply be 

classified as a profile. 

TUBES AND PIPES 

Tubes and pipes are hollow products, coiled or not, with a uniform cross section and 

only one enclosed void along their entire length. The product can be in the shape of a 

circle, oval, rectangle (including square), equilateral triangle or regular convex polygon 

as long as it has a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including 

square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross section, which may 

have rounded corners along the entire length, are considered tubes and pipes as long 

as the inner and outer cross sections are concentric and have the same form and 

orientation. As the legal notes to these chapters state, tubes and pipes may be 

“polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with 

flanges, collars or rings.” Flexible tubing of base metal is a product of Heading 8307 

and would not be classified as a non-ferrous tube or pipe in one of these chapters.

Pipe Fittings 

To be classified as a pipe fitting, the item must connect the bores of two tubes, connect 

a tube to some other apparatus or close the tube aperture. It must also form an integral 

part of the bore. Examples of pipe fittings would be couplings, flanges, elbows, sleeves, 

reducers and union fittings. Articles excluded from being classified as a fitting, however, 

are fittings equipped with taps, cocks, valves, etc., and articles used for installing or 

supporting pipes or tubes (hangers, stays, etc.) that do not form an integral part of the 

bore. Bolts, nuts, screws, etc., made of steel that are suitable for use in assembly of 

tube or pipe fittings would be classified under Heading 7318. This exclusion, however, 

would not include articles such as a union nut, which is used to connect pipes; thus the 

union nut would be classified as a pipe fitting. 

WASTE AND SCRAP 

Although, they are not forms of base metals, there are several classification issues 

related to “waste” and “scrap” for base metals. Definitions of waste and scrap are 

provided in Legal Note 8(a) to Section XV and the EN to Heading 7204 (which the ENs 

to the base metal chapters reference). Many classification issues are also discussed in 

the Informed Compliance Publication, Waste and Scrap as it Relates to Base Metals of 

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Chapter 81, revised March 2004, and available at www.cpb.gov. Although it only 

discusses base metals of Chapter 81, the principles it discusses can be applied to other 

base metals. 

QUESTIONS TO ASK 

When classifying any non-ferrous metal product one needs the following information: 

1. What is the composition of the product by weight? 

2. What is the manufacturing process (rolled, drawn, extruded, forged, tubular, 

cast, sintered, machined, etc.)? 

3. What is the form of the product? 

4. Is it in coiled form? 

5. What are the dimensions of the product? 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

The Internet 

The home page of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the Internet’s World Wide 

Web, provides the trade community with current, relevant information regarding CBP 

operations and items of special interest. The site posts information -- which includes 

proposed regulations, news releases, publications and notices, etc. -- that can be 

searched, read on-line, printed or downloaded to your personal computer. The web site 

was established as a trade-friendly mechanism to assist the importing and exporting 

community. The web site also links to the home pages of many other agencies whose 

importing or exporting regulations that U.S. Customs and Border Protection helps to 

enforce. The web site also contains a wealth of information of interest to a broader 

public than the trade community. For instance, the “Know Before You Go” publication 

and traveler awareness campaign is designed to help educate international travelers. 

 

The web address of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is http://www.cbp.gov

Customs Regulations 

The current edition of Customs and Border Protection Regulations of the United States 

is a loose-leaf, subscription publication available from the Superintendent of 

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; telephone (202) 

512-1800. A bound edition of Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations is also available for 

sale from the same address. All proposed and final regulations are published in the 

Federal Register, which is published daily by the Office of the Federal Register, National 

Archives and Records Administration, and distributed by the Superintendent of 

Documents. Information about on-line access to the Federal Register may be obtained 

by calling (202) 512-1530 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time. These notices are 

also published in the weekly Customs Bulletin described below. 

Customs Bulletin 

The Customs Bulletin and Decisions (“Customs Bulletin”) is a weekly publication that 

contains decisions, rulings, regulatory proposals, notices and other information of 

interest to the trade community. It also contains decisions issued by the U.S. Court of 

International Trade, as well as customs-related decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit. Each year, the Government Printing Office publishes bound 

volumes of the Customs Bulletin. Subscriptions may be purchased from the 

Superintendent of Documents at the address and phone number listed above. 

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Importing Into the United States 

This publication provides an overview of the importing process and contains general 

information about import requirements. The current edition of Importing Into the United 

States contains much new and revised material brought about pursuant to the Customs 

Modernization Act (“Mod Act”). The Mod Act has fundamentally altered the relationship 

between importers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection by shifting to the importer 

the legal responsibility for declaring the value, classification, and rate of duty applicable 

to entered merchandise. 

The current edition contains a section entitled "Informed Compliance." A key component 

of informed compliance is the shared responsibility between U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection and the import community, wherein CBP communicates its requirements to 

the importer, and the importer, in turn, uses reasonable care to assure that CBP is 

provided accurate and timely data pertaining to his or her importation. 

Single copies may be obtained from local offices of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, or from the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20229. An on-line version is 

available at the CBP web site. Importing Into the United States is also available for 

sale, in single copies or bulk orders, from the Superintendent of Documents by calling 

(202) 512-1800, or by mail from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7054. 

Informed Compliance Publications 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has prepared a number of Informed Compliance 

publications in the “What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know 

About:...” series. Check the Internet web site http://www.cbp.gov for current 

publications. 

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Value Publications 

Customs Valuation under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 is a 96-page book 

containing a detailed narrative description of the customs valuation system, the customs 

valuation title of the Trade Agreements Act (§402 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. §1401a)), the Statement of 

Administrative Action which was sent to the U.S. Congress in conjunction with the TAA, 

regulations (19 C.F.R. §§152.000-152.108) implementing the valuation system (a few 

sections of the regulations have been amended subsequent to the publication of the 

book) and questions and answers concerning the valuation system. 

Customs Valuation Encyclopedia (with updates) is comprised of relevant statutory 

provisions, CBP Regulations implementing the statute, portions of the Customs 

Valuation Code, judicial precedent, and administrative rulings involving application of 

valuation law. A copy may be purchased for a nominal charge from the Superintendent 

of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-

7054. This publication is also available on the Internet web site of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

The information provided in this publication is for general information 

purposes only. Recognizing that many complicated factors may be 

involved in customs issues, an importer may wish to obtain a ruling under 

CBP Regulations, 19 C.F.R. Part 177, or obtain advice from an expert 

(such as a licensed Customs Broker, attorney or consultant) who 

specializes in customs matters. Reliance solely on the general 

information in this pamphlet may not be considered reasonable care.

Additional information may also be obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

ports of entry. Please consult your telephone directory for an office near you. The 

listing will be found under U.S. Government, Department of Homeland Security. 

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“Your Comments are Important” 

The Small Business and Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and 10 regional 

Fairness Boards were established to receive comments from small businesses about 

Federal agency enforcement activities and rate each agency’s responsiveness to small 

business. If you wish to comment on the enforcement actions of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, call 1-888-REG-FAIR (1-888-734-3247). 

REPORT SMUGGLING 1-800-BE-ALERT OR 1-800-NO-DROGA 

Visit our Internet web site: http://www.cbp.gov

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