[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR141.0a]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 141--ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 141.0a  Definitions.

    Unless the context requires otherwise or a different definition is 
prescribed, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated when 
used in connection with the entry of merchandise:
    (a) Entry. ``Entry'' means that documentation required by Sec. 142.3 
of this chapter to be filed with the appropriate Customs officer to 
secure the release of imported merchandise from Customs custody, or the 
act of filing that documentation. ``Entry'' also means that 
documentation required by Sec. 181.53 of this chapter to be filed with 
Customs to withdraw merchandise from a duty-deferral program in the 
United States for exportation to Canada or Mexico or for entry into a 
duty-deferral program in Canada or Mexico.
    (b) Entry summary. ``Entry summary'' means any other documentation 
necessary to enable Customs to assess duties, and collect statistics on 
imported merchandise, and determine whether other requirements of law or 
regulation are met.
    (c) Submission. ``Submission'' means the voluntary delivery to the 
appropriate Customs officer of the entry summary documentation for 
preliminary review or of entry documentation for other purposes.
    (d) Filing. ``Filing'' means:
    (1) The delivery to Customs of the entry documentation required by 
section 484(a), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1484(a)), to 
obtain the release of merchandise, or
    (2) The delivery to Customs, together with the deposit of estimated 
duties, of the entry summary documentation required to assess duties, 
collect statistics, and determine whether other requirements of law and 
regulation are met, or
    (3) The delivery to Customs, together with the deposit of estimated 
duties, of the entry summary documentation which shall serve as both the 
entry and the entry summary.
    (e) Presentation. ``Presentation'' is used only in connection with 
quota-class merchandise and is defined in Sec. 132.1(d) of this chapter.
    (f) Entered for consumption. ``Entered for consumption'' means that 
an entry summary for consumption has been filed with Customs in proper 
form, with estimated duties attached. ``Entered for consumption'' also 
means the necessary documentation has been filed with Customs to 
withdraw merchandise from a duty-deferral program in the

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United States for exportation to Canada or Mexico or for entry into a 
duty-deferral program in Canada or Mexico (see Sec. 181.53 of this 
chapter).
    (g) Entered for warehouse. ``Entered for warehouse'' means that an 
entry summary for warehouse has been filed with Customs in proper form.
    (h) Entered temporarily under bond. ``Entered temporarily under 
bond'' means that an entry summary supporting a temporary importation 
under bond has been filed with Customs in proper form.
    (i) Released conditionally. ``Released conditionally'' means any 
release from Customs custody before liquidation.

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46816, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 84-213, 49 
FR 41184, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 96-14, 61 FR 2911, Jan. 30, 1996]