Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110
§1755 Responsibilities of Fair Operator
Title 19 › CHAPTER 6 — TRADE FAIR PROGRAM › § 1755
Summary
A fair operator named by the Secretary of Commerce is the only importer and consignee for all items brought in under section 1752 for that fair. The operator must pay back the United States for the actual customs costs tied to those items. That includes fees for entry, inspection, appraisal, custody, abandonment, destruction, or release, and the salaries of customs officers who handle them. Money repaid goes back into the same government fund that paid the costs, under the process in section 1524.
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Title 19, §1755
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(a)Sole consignee and importer
Each fair operator designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 1751 of this title shall be deemed the sole consignee and importer of all articles entered under section 1752 of this title for the fair for which such operator has been designated.
(b)Reimbursement of customs charges and expenses
The actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraisement, custody, abandonment, destruction, or release of articles entered under section 1752 of this title, together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the accounting for, custody of, and supervision over, such articles, shall be reimbursed to the United States by the operator of the fair for which they are entered. Receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 1524 of this title.
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19 U.S.C. § 1755
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110