Form 247 Cost Submission

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

OMB No. 1651-0028
Exp. 03-31-2011

COST SUBMISSION
19 U.S.C. 1508 through 1509

COST SUBMISSION
BY

For the Period

through

CERTIFICATION
This declaration of actual costs, inclusive of attached Exhibits A through D and required supporting
schedules, is complete, accurate, and responsive to the instructions listed hereon to the best of my
knowledge. Any omission resulting in the under payment of duties could result in the assessment of
penalties under the provisions of Section 592, Tariff Act of 1930.

Name and Official Company Title

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Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not
required to respond to this information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The
control number for this collection is 1651-0028. The estimated average time to complete this application is 50 hours. If you
have any comments regarding the burden estimate you can write to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of
Regulations and Rulings, 799 9th Street, NW., Washington DC 20229.

HOW TO PREPARE THE COST SUBMISSION
EXHIBIT A
1. Materials and Components
Components which are of U.S. manufacturer and which are in condition ready to assemble
without further fabrication are not dutiable. You must maintain auditable records, which
demonstrate that these components were not just purchased in the U.S., but were also
made in the U.S.
Components which are further manufactured prior to assembly are dutiable.
Components of foreign or undetermined origin are dutiable. The value of the components
shall include transportation and related transportation expenses to the border.
2. Foreign Operating Expenses
All costs incurred in the foreign assembly plant are reported in this category. Do not fail to
report costs considered "non-dutiable.'' Attach an explanation and schedule for non-dutiable
items.
3. Assist Costs
Assists are items of value supplied to the producer of the imported merchandise, free or at
reduced cost, directly or indirectly by the buyer of merchandise. These items are limited to
the following:
a. Components (See item 1 above)
b. Tools, dies, molds and similar items. This category includes machines and machine tools
furnished to the assembler.
c. Merchandise consumed in production (glue, thread, nails, lubricating oils) in addition to
item 1 above.
d. Engineering development, artwork, design work and plans and sketches undertaken
elsewhere than in the U.S. Design work performed in the U.S. is now expressly
non-dutiable.
e. General purpose equipment, such as sewing machines, ovens, drill presses, etc.
used abroad in production. Depreciation expense would be dutiable.

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The actual profit and general expenses of the assembler will generally be used, unless
that figure is unusual for goods of the same class or kind as good being valued which are
made in the country of exportation for export to the U.S.
5. Total Value
This amount is the total of all costs and value declared for the reporting period.
6. Non-Dutiable Costs
This item sums up all deductibles: Item 9802.00.80 is for all qualifying components, i.e.,
those which were produced in the U.S and were exported in condition ready to assemble
without further fabrication. Item 9801.00.10 includes items, including packing, which are
of U.S. origin and are returned without having been advanced in value by any process. Item
9802.00.60 is for U.S. metal articles sent abroad for processing and returned for further
processing in the U.S. As the application of all those provisions involves highly
technical law, the advice of the import specialist will be particularly valuable.
EXHIBIT B
Summary of Entries
In Exhibit A, you summarized your costs for the reporting period. Exhibit B provides a format to
summarize the declared value and duty for the same period.
EXHIBIT C
Calculation of Duty
This page is a worksheet to be used to calculate the duty based on actual costs declared on Exhibit A
for comparison with total duty deposits shown on Exhibit B.
EXHIBIT D
Company Information
This information should be provided with every cost submission. Only changes need to be submitted
subsequently.

NOTE: Importers completing this form should contact CBP officials at the
appropriate port of entry for further clarification and/or assistance.

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EXHIBIT A
Page 1 of 3

Name of Company:
Cost Submission to CBP for period
dated

through

.

DESCRIPTION OF COSTS
1. Material Components Cost
a. Non-Dutiable Cost
Material
Scrap
Freight
b. Dutiable Cost
Material
Scrap
Freight
Total Material Components Cost

$

Comments on Material costs:
1.

If standard component costs are used in company records, add variance to arrive at actual
costs.

2.
3.

Supporting schedules may be attached for explanatory purposes.
Some acceptable methods of determining material costs include:
a. Shipments of materials to foreign subsidiary, with beginning and ending
inventory adjustments.
b. Reliable raw material cost control accounts.
c. Bills of materials.

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EXHIBIT A
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2. Foreign Operating Expenses
a. Direct Labor
b. Overhead:
Production
General & Administrative
Total Operating Expenses

(

c. Less: Non-Dutiable

)

d. Net Operating Expenses
Comments on Foreign Operating Expenses:
1.
2.
3.
4.

3.

Costs should be taken directly from the expense account in the Factory Ledger.
Internal operating statements summarizing expense accounts should be attached to this
submission.
A supporting schedule of non-dutiable expenses should be attached.
A supporting schedule of foreign currency conversion to U.S. dollars and methodology
should be attached.
U.S. Assist Costs* (other than materials included in item 1)
a. Tools, dies, molds and similar items
b. Merchandise consumed in production
c. Engineering, development, artwork, design work and plans
and sketches undertaken outside the United States
d. Depreciation of general purpose equipment
Total Assist Costs

$

The term "assists" is defined as items supplied free or at a reduced cost by the buyer of
imported goods to the producer.

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EXHIBIT A
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4.

Profit (Actual)*

4a.

Packing
U.S. Packing
Foreign Packing
Total

5.

Total Value

$

The above information constitutes your submission of actual costs and value.

SHOW MARK-UP AND HOW DETERMINED:
Less:
6.

7.

Non-Dutiable Costs
Item 9802.00.80

(

)

Item 9801.00.10 U.S. Packing

(

)

Item 9802.00.40

(

)

9802.00.60

(

)

Dutiable Value

* Comments on Profit (if there is no profit, place a zero in the blank and explain):

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EXHIBIT B
SUMMARY OF ENTRIES under item 9802.00.80 for period
Column (1)
Entry No.
and Date

Column (2)
Total
Entered
Value

Column (3)
Value Entered Non-Dutiable
9802.00.80

9801.00.10

through

Column (4)
Dutiable Value Entered Under Each Rate
%

%

%

Column (5)
Total
Dutiable
Value

Column (6)
Total
Duty
Deposited

Column (7)
Liquidation
Increase or
Decrease

Column (8)
Total
Duty
Paid

TOTALS
NOTE:
1. Exclude returned machinery, excess components, and all items generally not subjected to foreign labor or overhead. You may find it convenient to list by invoice. Use rounded figures from Column
(3) of the entry forms.
2. This Exhibit may also be used for entries involving HTSUS 9802.00.40 AND/OR 9802.00.60 by changing the item number in Column (3) or by adding additional columns as necessary.
3. Do not include the merchandise processing fee in column (6)
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EXHIBIT C
CALCULATION OF DUTY BASED ON ACTUAL COSTS

TOTALS

1. Duty Rates of Importations
(Exhibit B, Column 4)
2. Dutiable Values Entered Under Each Rate
(Exhibit B, Column 4)

%
$

3. Percentage of each Dutiable Value to Total
(Divide each value on line 2 by the total on
line 2)

%
$

%

%

%
$

%

$
%

$
%

4. Actual Dutiable Value
(Exhibit A, Line 7)

100%

$

5. Proration of Actual Dutiable Value:
(Percentage on Line 3 X value on line 4)

$

$

$

$

6. Duty on Actual Value
(Line 1 X line 5)

$

$

$

$

$

7. Duty Paid on Estimate Value
(Exhibit B, Column 8)

$

8. Total Duty Difference
(Line 6 minus line 7)

$

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EXHIBIT D
COMPANY INFORMATION
In order to familiarize the auditors with your company organization, please furnish the following
information:
(1)

Name and location of Parent Company.

(2)

Names and locations of principal U.S. Divisions.

(3)

Name and location of foreign subsidiaries.

(4)

Identify the relationship of the subsidiaries to Divisions and Parent (i.e., materials furnished,
assistance, shipments of finished goods to U.S. companies and how product is used). Identify the
relationship of the Foreign Assembly Plant Operation to the Parent Company (i.e., materials
furnished, assistance, shipments of finished goods to U.S. companies and how product is used).

(5)

Furnish names of principal managers of the foreign subsidiaries.

(6)

Identify the products manufactured or assembled by technical name. Show duty rate and
the HTSUS Number item under which each is imported into the United States.

(7)

Furnish a description of the manufacturing or assembly process for the imported articles.

(8)

Does your company use a standard cost system for pricing inventories or raw materials,
work-in process, and finished goods? Are these standard costs the basis on which estimated
duties have been paid on CBP entries?

(9)

On what date did your foreign subsidiary from which you import assembled products begin
operations? If the period of this reconciliation between actual and estimated costs and duty
does not begin with the inception of operations, state the reason, e.g., similar reconciliation may
have been submitted to CBP previously. Also, state why the reconciliation does not coincide
with the fiscal and/or calendar year and provide a schedule to demonstrate differences between
period used and fiscal or calendar year.

(10)

Identify any royalty payments or patent costs relating to imported merchandise.

(11)

Furnish information on automated record storage devices (e.g., magnetic discs, and tapes,
computer programs necessary to retrieve information in a usable form, the computer language
used, and the types of computerized accounting records used by the company.
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EXHIBIT D
COMPANY INFORMATION
CONTINUATION SHEET

Please use this additional page, if needed. (Continued from Previous page).
Please number your comments according to the question you are answering.

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