[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR10.9]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 10--ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC.--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.9  Articles exported for processing.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the following 
documents shall be filed in connection with the entry of articles which 
are returned after having been exported for further processing and which 
are claimed to be subject to duty only on the value of the processing 
performed abroad under subheading 9802.00.60, Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS):
    (1) A declaration by the person who performed the processing abroad, 
in substantially the following form:

     I, ----------, declare that the articles herein specified are the 
articles which, in the condition in which they were exported from the 
United States, were received by me (us) on ------------, 19 ------, from 
---------------- (name and address of owner or exporter in the United 
States); that they were received by me (us) for the sole purpose of 
being processed; that only the processing described below was effected 
by me (us); that the full cost or (when no charge is made) value of such 
processing and the value of the articles after processing are correctly 
stated below; and that no substitution whatever has been made to replace 
any of the articles originally received by me (us) from the owner or 
exporter thereof mentioned above.

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                                               Full cost or
                                                 (when no
                                                 charge is
                                 Description    made) value  Total value
                                 of articles        of       of articles
       Marks and numbers            and of      processing      after
                                  processing       (see       processing
                                                subchapter
                                                II, chapter
                                                98, HTSUS)
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                                .............  ............  ...........
                                .............  ............  ...........
                                .............  ............  ...........
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________________________________________________________________________
(Date)

________________________________________________________________________
(Address)

________________________________________________________________________
(Signature)

________________________________________________________________________
(Capacity)

    (2) A declaration by the owner, importer, consignee, or agent having 
knowledge of the pertinent facts in substantially the following form:

 I, ----------, declare that the (above) (attached) declaration by the 
person who performed the processing abroad is true and correct to the 
best of my knowledge and belief; that the articles were manufactured in 
the United States by ---------------- (name and address) or, if of 
foreign origin, were subjected to ---------------- (show processes of 
manufacture, such as molding, casting, machining) in the United States 
by ---------------- (name and address); that the articles were not 
manufactured or produced in the United States under subheading 
9813.00.05, HTSUS; that the articles were exported for processing and 
without benefit of drawback from ---------------- (port) on ------------
, 19 ------; that the articles entered in their processed condition are 
otherwise the same articles that were exported on the above date and 
that are identified in the (above) (attached) declaration; and that the 
returned articles will be subjected to ---------------- (describe 
processing to be performed in the United States) by ---------------- 
(name and address of U.S. processor).___________________________________

________________________________________________________________________
(Date)

________________________________________________________________________
(Address)

________________________________________________________________________
(Signature)

________________________________________________________________________
(Capacity)

    (b) The port director may require such additional documentation as 
is deemed necessary to prove actual exportation of the articles from the 
United States for processing, such as a foreign customs entry, foreign 
customs invoice, foreign landing certificate, bill of lading, or an 
airway bill.
    (c) If the port director concerned is satisfied, because of the 
nature of the articles or production of other evidence, that the 
articles are imported under circumstances meeting the requirements of 
subheading 9802.00.60, HTSUS, and related section and additional U.S. 
notes, he may waive submission of the declarations provided for in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) The port director shall require at the time of entry a deposit 
of estimated duties based upon the full cost or value of the processing. 
The cost or

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value of the processing outside the United States, which is to be set 
forth in the invoice and entry papers as the basis for the assessment of 
duty under subheading 9802.00.60, HTSUS, shall be limited to the cost or 
value of the processing actually performed abroad, which will include 
all domestic and foreign articles used in the processing but shall not 
include the exported United States metal article or any of the expenses 
incurred in this country whether by way of engineering costs, 
preparation of plans or specifications, furnishing of tools or equipment 
for doing the processing abroad, or otherwise.

[T.D. 94-47, 59 FR 25568, May 17, 1994]