Which importation is INELIGIBLE for a rejected merchandise drawback claim?
A. A company in Fargo imports 150 cases of Italian wine that is cleared in Houston on January 15, 2005, and shipped the next day to Fargo, where it sits on the dock of the shipping company for two days. When the importer picks up the shipment and opens it, the wine is frozen.
B. A San Juan resort imports 125 dozen “personalized” golfing tees from China and discovers the tees have the resort’s name misspelled
C. A San Francisco company opens what should have been a shipment of imported latex gloves and finds latex sheets instead
D. An importer finds a shipment of 3,000 crates of oranges, lemons and limes also includes 500 crates of unordered pineapples
E. Women’s raincoats imported by a large U.S. retailer and sold in its stores are being returned by customers because the pockets were sewn shut
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The Answer is: A
Citation: 19 CFR 191.41
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