This kind of question has been asked before, but I can’t find an answer for this specific issue.
Can someone point me at the relevant US law, a website or general information that relates to a non-US citizen selling a US
boat to a US citizen? or even the terminology used in this case. It is something to do with relief from
import duty on US built and duty paid vessels
Background: This is how I understand it. When a non-US citizen buys a used US
boat in the US it loses its USCG
documentation status and is assumed to have the flag of the owner. Say, after a year going around the Great American Loop the foreign owner wants to sell it to a US citizen it seems it has to be imported, but with relief from
import duty and/or using some special process, maybe involving a
broker. I’m trying to find out where this is stated. Or is there another mechanism altogether?