[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: 19CFR132.17]

[Page 619]
 
                        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. 132.17  Export certificate for sugar-containing products subject to tariff-rate quota.

    (a) Requirement. For sugar-containing products described in 
additional U.S. Note 8 to chapter 17, HTSUS, that are classified in 
HTSUS subheading 1701.91.54, 1704.90.74, 1806.20.75, 1806.20.95, 
1806.90.55, 1901.90.56, 2101.12.54, 2101.20.54, 2106.90.78, or 
2106.90.95, and that are products of a participating country, as defined 
in 15 CFR 2015.2(e), the importer must possess a valid export 
certificate in order to claim the in-quota tariff rate of duty on the 
products at the time they are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption. The importer must record the unique identifier of the 
export certificate for these products 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 2015.3(b), and with 
respect to the requirement of 15 CFR 2015.3(b)(3) that the certificate 
have a distinct and uniquely identifiable number, this unique identifier 
must consist of 8 characters in any alpha/numeric combination.
    (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. 00-7, 65 FR 5431, Feb. 4, 2000]