[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR18.5]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 18--TRANSPORTATION IN BOND AND MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 18.5  Diversion.

    (a) Merchandise forwarded under any class of transportation entry 
may be diverted to any port other than the port named in the entry at 
the option of the consignee or agent. Except as provided for in 
paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this section, prior application or 
approval of such diversion is not required.
    (b) The director of the port to which merchandise is diverted may 
permit merchandise in transit under bond under any class of 
transportation entry to be entered at his port for consumption, 
warehouse, exportation, further transportation in bond, or under any 
provisions of the tariff laws.
    (c) When merchandise which has been delivered to the director of the 
port of original destination or port of diversion under any class of 
transportation entry is to be forwarded to another port or returned to 
the port of origin, a new transportation entry shall be required. If the 
merchandise is moving under cover of a carnet, the carnet may be 
accepted as a transportation entry.
    (d) If it is desired to split a shipment at a port of destination 
and to enter a portion for consumption or warehouse and forward the 
balance in bond, or to divert the entire shipment or a part thereof to 
more than one port, the director of the port where diversion takes place 
shall complete the original transaction and shall require the filing of 
a new transportation entry or entries for the portion or portions 
forwarded. In the case, however, of merchandise being transported under 
cover of a carnet, splitting up of a shipment shall not be permitted.
    (e) The diversion of shipments in bond which are subject on 
importation to restriction or prohibition under quarantines and 
regulations of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of 
Agriculture shall be allowed only upon written permission or under 
regulations issued by the agency concerned.
    (f) The diversion of in-bond shipments, which contain textiles or 
textile products subject to section 204, Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), during the in-bond movement shall be allowed 
only upon the prior written permission of the director of the port of 
origin.

[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4487, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 82-116, 47 FR 
27261, June 24, 1982; T.D. 84-207, 49 FR 38247, Sept. 28, 1984; T.D. 85-
38, 50 FR 8723, Mar. 5, 1985]