Assists

Questions and answers about Assists – Tooling

  • Assists – Tooling Q&A 25

    Are assists an international requirement of valuation? (We are a global company and will want to write a global procedure and train all necessary personnel on this theory) Does one simply show a line item on the commercial invoice describing the assist and the value? Is a known good part provided to the manufacturer as […]

  • Assists – Tooling Q&A 26

    I was just at a seminar where we were told that “Reimbursing a foreign manufacturer for its tooling expense is not an assist. Only the cost in purchasing tools, dies and molds to be used in the production of the importer-ordered merchandise is dutiable.” Also this person stated that an assist should be declared on […]