Rate of duty on articles shipped from within the U.S. Customs Zone

  1. Law
  2. US Virgin Islands Code
  3. Taxation and Finance
  4. Miscellaneous Internal Revenue Taxes
  5. Normal Taxes and Surtaxes
  6. Customs Duties
  7. Rate of duty on articles shipped from within the U.S. Customs Zone

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  • The amount of customs duty to be paid on any article of foreign origin imported into the Virgin Islands which article has been shipped from within the United States Customs Zone shall be that amount which when added to the duty paid to the United States on said article equals six percent of the value of the article when imported into the Virgin Islands. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, the amount of the duty paid in the United States shall be construed to be the greater of the following:

    • (1) The amount of duty actually paid on said articles to the United States as shown on a receipt from the U.S. Customs Service or by other documentation acceptable to the U.S. Customs Service officials in the Virgin Islands.

    • (2) The amount of duty that would be payable on said article to the United States based on the rates of duty on such articles shown in the tariff schedules of the United States, as amended (12 U.S.C. § 1202), and the value of such article when imported into the United States.

  • In the case of (2) above, documentation acceptable to the U.S. Customs Service officials in the Virgin Islands showing that the item has been shipped from within the United States Customs Zone shall be required of the importer. Should the amount of duty paid to the United States on an article as computed under (1) or (2) above be six percent or greater of the value of the article when imported into the Virgin Islands, then such article shall enter the Virgin Islands free of duty. For the purposes of this section, an article is not shipped from within the United States Customs Zone if it is shipped from a duty-free warehouse located in the United States, if it is transshipped through the United States without incurring a customs duty in the United States, or if it is shipped in any other manner which avoids the payment of a customs duty in the United States.


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