[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR151.2]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 151--EXAMINATION, SAMPLING, AND TESTING OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 151.2  Quantities to be examined.

    (a)(1) Minimum quantities. Not less than one package of every 10 
packages of merchandise shall be examined, unless a special regulation 
permits a lesser number of packages to be examined. Port directors are 
specially authorized to examine less than one package of every 10 
packages, but not less than one package of every invoice, in the case of 
any merchandise which is:
    (i) Imported in packages the contents and values of which are 
uniform, or
    (ii) Imported in packages the contents of which are identical as to 
character although differing as to quantity and value per package.
    (2) Exceptions to minimum quantities. At ports of entry specifically 
designated by the Commissioner of Customs, the port director is 
authorized to release, without examination, merchandise of a character 
which the port director has determined need not be examined in every 
instance to ensure the protection of the revenue and compliance with the 
Customs laws and any other laws enforced by the Customs Service.

[T.D. 81-240, 46 FR 45130, Sept. 10, 1981]