[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR123.24]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 123--CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C--Shipments in Transit Through Canada or Mexico
 
Sec. 123.24  Sealing of conveyances or compartments.

    (a) Sealing required. Merchandise in transit proceeding under the 
provisions of this subpart shall be transported in sealed conveyances or 
compartments, except that:
    (1) Less than load or compartment lots may be forwarded in unsealed 
conveyances or compartments, without cording and sealing;
    (2) The Commissioner of Customs may authorize treatment of full 
loads or lots in the same manner as less than load or compartment lots;
    (3) Live animals identifiable by specific description in the 
manifest may be transported in the care of an attendant or customs 
inspector at the expense of the parties in interest, in unsealed 
conveyances or compartments.
    (b) Seals to be affixed. The carrier shall affix blue in-transit 
seals to all openings of conveyances and compartments containing in-
transit merchandise except that:
    (1) Sealable carload shipments on the Canadian border shall be 
sealed with yellow in-transit seals.
    (2) Conveyances or compartments sealed with U.S. Customs red in-
bound seals may go forward without additional seals.
    (c) Carrier relieved of responsibility. The port director may 
relieve the carrier of the responsibility of affixing in-transit seals 
by notification in writing that Customs inspectors will assume it.