[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR132.16]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 132--QUOTAS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Administration of Quotas
 
Sec. 132.16  Export certificate for lamb meat subject to tariff-rate quota.

    (a) Requirement. For fresh, chilled or frozen lamb meat classified 
in HTSUS subheading 0204.10.00, 0204.22.20, 0204.23.20, 0204.30.00, 
0204.42.20, or 0204.43.20, that is the subject of a tariff-rate quota as 
provided in subchapter III of Chapter 99, HTSUS, and that is the product 
of a participating country, as defined in 15 CFR 2014.2(c), the importer 
must possess a valid export certificate in order to claim the in-quota 
tariff rate of duty on the lamb meat at the time it is entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. The importer must record the 
distinct and unique identifying number of the export certificate for the 
lamb meat on the entry summary or warehouse withdrawal for consumption 
(Customs Form 7501, column 34), or its electronic equivalent.
    (b) Validity of export certificate. To be valid, the export 
certificate must meet the requirements of 15 CFR 2014.3(b), and with 
respect to the requirement of 15 CFR 2014.3(b)(3), the export 
certificate covering the lamb meat must have a distinctly and uniquely 
identifiable number.
    (c) Retention and production of certificate to Customs. The export 
certificate is subject to the recordkeeping requirements of part 163 of 
this chapter (19 CFR part 163). Specifically, the certificate must be 
retained for a period of 5 years in accordance with Sec. 163.4(a) of 
this chapter, and must be made available to Customs upon request in 
accordance with Sec. 163.6(a) of this chapter.

[T.D. 99-87, 64 FR 67483, Dec. 2, 1999]