[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR146.3]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 146--FOREIGN TRADE ZONES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 146.3  Customs supervision.

    (a) Assignment of Customs officers. Customs officers will be 
assigned or detailed to a zone as necessary to maintain appropriate 
Customs supervision of merchandise and records pertaining thereto in the 
zone, and to protect the revenue.
    (b) Supervision. Customs supervision over any zone or transaction 
provided for in this part will be in accordance with Sec. 101.2(c) of 
this chapter. The port director may direct a Customs officer to 
supervise any transaction or procedure at a zone. Supervision may be 
performed through a periodic audit of the operator's records, quantity 
count of goods in a zone inventory, spot check of selected transactions 
or procedures, or review of recordkeeping, security, or conditions of 
storage in a zone.

[T.D. 86-16, 51 FR 5049, Feb. 11, 1986, as amended by T.D. 98-22, 63 FR 
11826, Mar. 11, 1998]