Your client wants to refine metal-bearing ores from the African continent. The finished product from the plant will be for export only. The client has a large shipment of metal-bearing ores that is due to arrive in the United States within the next month to undergo the refining process. Your client wants to avoid the payment of duty, if possible. Which ONE of the following should you advise?
A) Pay duty and later file for drawback.
B) Enter the ore into a Class 7 warehouse.
C) Enter the ore into a Class 8 warehouse.
D) Enter the ore as a Temporary Importation under Bond.
E) Admit the ore into a Foreign Trade Zone because the operation cannot be undertaken in a Customs warehouse.
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The Answer is: B
Citation: 19 CFR 19.1(a)(7)
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