[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR148.63]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 148--PERSONAL DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart G--Crewmember Declarations and Exemptions
 
Sec. 148.63  Articles for use while on temporary leave.

    (a) Exemption. Articles in the possession of and exclusively for use 
by any crewmember during the trip or voyage, such as necessary clothing, 
toiletries, and purely personal effects, may be landed by such 
crewmember for use on temporary leave without a written declaration or 
entry, and without payment of duty or internal revenue tax under 
subheading 9804.00.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), if the port director is satisfied that:
    (1) The articles are reasonable and appropriate for the crewmember's 
accommodation while on temporary leave, and are to be taken out of the 
United States, except for articles consumed in use;
    (2) The articles are intended exclusively for the crewmember's bona 
fide personal use;
    (3) The quantities are reasonable, depending on the circumstances in 
each particular case; and
    (4) In the case of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, the 
containers have been opened and the total quantity landed shall not 
exceed 50 cigars, 300 cigarettes, or 2 kilograms of smoking tobacco, or 
a proportionate amount of each, and 1 liter of alcoholic beverages.
    (b) Temporary leave. A crewmember is not considered to be on 
temporary leave from a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft

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engaged in international traffic or entitled to the exemption under this 
section upon disembarkation when he is to remain in the confines of a 
pier, terminal, airport, or area immediately adjacent thereto, in order 
to timely embark on the carrier in the course of a continuous journey or 
on a concurrently scheduled arrival and departure.

[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 80-179, 45 FR 
45580, July 7, 1980; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51265, Dec. 21, 1988]