§ 1530.300 - Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them:

(a) Additional U.S. note 3 means paragraph (c) of additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 17 of the HTS.

(b) Agent means a licensed customs house broker, freight forwarder, or other person authorized to act on behalf of the licensee.

(c) Date of entry is the date when the U.S. Customs Service entry form is properly executed and deposited, together with any estimated duties and special import fees and any related documents required by law or regulation to be filed with such form at the time of entry with the appropriate customs official.

(d) Drawback and drawback entry have the meanings ascribed to them in 19 CFR part 191.

(e) Enter or entry, with respect to sugar imported into customs territory of the United States, refers to sugar that is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption.

(f) HTS means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

(g) License means a license, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Licensing Authority, which permits the entry, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, of raw cane sugar described in subheading 1701.11.02 of the HTS for the sole purpose of producing (other than by distillation) polyhydric alcohols, except polyhydric alcohols for use as a substitute for sugar in human food consumption.

(h) Licensee means a manufacturer to whom a license has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this subpart.

(i) Licensing Authority means the Team Leader, Import Quota Programs, Import Policies and Trade Analysis Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or the Team Leader's designee.

(j) Manufacturer means a person who is engaged in the production (other than by distillation) of polyhydric alcohols from sugar.

(k) Number 11 contract price means the daily closing price per pound of raw sugar for the nearby Number 11 contract of the New York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange.

(l) Number 14 contract price means the daily closing price per pound of raw sugar for the nearby Number 14 contract of the New York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange.

(m) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, estate, trust or any other business enterprise or legal entity.

(n) Program means the licensing program provided for in the regulations in this subpart and includes the requirements and limitations of HTS subheading 1701.11.02 and additional U.S. note 3.

(o) Sugar means raw cane sugar described in subheading 1701.11.02 of the HTS.