[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: 19CFR134.23]

[Page 641]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 134--COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Marking of Containers or Holders
 
Sec. 134.23  Containers or holders designed for or capable of reuse.

    (a) Usual and ordinary reusable containers or holders. Except for 
goods of a NAFTA country which are usual containers, containers or 
holders designed for or capable of reuse after the contents have been 
consumed, whether imported full or empty, must be individually marked to 
indicate the country of their own origin with a marking such as, 
``Container Made in (name of country).'' Examples of the containers or 
holders contemplated are heavy duty steel drums, tanks, and other 
similar shipping, storage, transportation containers or holders capable 
of reuse. These containers or holders are subject to the treatment 
specified in General Rule of Interpretation 5(b), Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202).
    (b) Other reusable containers or holders. Containers or holders 
which give the whole importation its essential character, as described 
in General Rule of Interpretation 5(a) (19 U.S.C. 1202), must be 
individually marked to clearly indicate their own origin with a marking 
such as, ``Container made in (name of country).'' Examples of the 
containers contemplated are mustard jars reusable as beer mugs; shaving 
soap containers reusable as shaving mugs; fancy cologne bottles reusable 
as flower vases, and other containers which have a lasting value or 
decorative use.

[T.D. 72-262, 37 FR 20318, Sept. 29, 1972, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 
FR 51256, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 94-1, 58 FR 69471, Dec. 30, 1993]