[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR142.16]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 142--ENTRY PROCESS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Entry Summary Documentation
 
Sec. 142.16  Entry summary documentation.

    (a) Entry summary not filed at time of entry. When the entry 
documentation is filed before the entry summary documentation, one copy 
of the entry document and the commercial invoice, or the documentation 
filed in place of a commercial invoice in the instances listed in 
Sec. 141.83(d) of this chapter, shall be returned to the importer after 
Customs authorizes release of the Merchandise. The importer may use 
these documents in preparing the entry summary, Customs Form 7501, and 
shall file them with the entry summary documentation within the time 
period stated in Sec. 142.12(b). The entry summary documentation also 
shall include any other documents required for a particular shipment 
unless a bond for missing documents is on file, as provided in 
Sec. 141.66 of this chapter.
    (b) Entry summary filed at time of entry. When the entry summary 
documentation is filed at time of entry, the documentation listed in 
Sec. 142.3 shall be filed at the same time, except that Customs Form 
3461 or 7533 shall not be required. The importer also shall file any

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additional invoice required for a particular shipment.

(R.S. 251, as amended (19 U.S.C. 66), secs. 484, 624, 46 Stat. 722, as 
amended, 759 (19 U.S.C. 1484, 1624); sec. 301, 80 Stat. 379 (5 U.S.C. 
301), Pub. L. 95-410 (Oct. 3, 1978); Pub. L. 96-511 (Dec. 11, 1980))

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46821, Aug. 9, 1979; T.D. 80-26, 45 FR 3901, Jan. 
21, 1980, as amended by T.D. 84-129, 49 FR 23168, June 5, 1984]