[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR19.1]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 19--CUSTOMS WAREHOUSES, CONTAINER STATIONS AND CONTROL OF MERCHANDISE THEREIN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 19.1  Classes of customs warehouses.

    (a) Customs warehouses shall be designated according to the 
following classifications:
    (1) Class 1. Premises owned or leased by the Government and used for 
the storage of merchandise undergoing examination by the Customs 
Officer, under seizure, or pending final release from Customs custody. 
Unclaimed merchandise stored in such premises shall be held under 
``general order.''

When such premises are not sufficient or available for the storage of 
seized and unclaimed goods, such goods may be stored in a warehouse of 
class 3, 4, or 5. So far as such warehouses are used for this purpose, 
they shall be designated ``bonded stores.'' If there are no warehouses 
of these classes available, the port director may, with the approval of 
Headquarters, U.S. Customs Service, rent suitable premises for the 
storage of seized and unclaimed goods.
    (2) Class 2. Importers' private bonded warehouses used exclusively 
for the storage of merchandise belonging or consigned to the proprietor 
thereof. A warehouse of class 4 or 5 may be bonded exclusively for the 
storage of goods imported by the proprietor thereof, in which case it 
shall be known as a private bonded warehouse.
    (3) Class 3. Public bonded warehouses used exclusively for the 
storage of imported merchandise.
    (4) Class 4. Bonded yards or sheds for the storage of heavy and 
bulky imported merchandise; stables, feeding pens, corrals, or other 
similar buildings or limited enclosures for the storage of imported 
animals; and tanks for the storage of imported liquid merchandise in 
bulk. If the port director deems it necessary, the yards shall be 
enclosed by substantial fences with entrances and exit gates capable of 
being secured by the proprietor's locks. The inlets and outlets to tanks 
shall be secured by means of seals or the proprietor's locks.
    (5) Class 5. Bonded bins or parts of buildings or of elevators to be 
used for the storage of grain. The bonded portions shall be effectively 
separated from the rest of the building.
    (6) Class 6. Warehouses for the manufacture in bond, solely for 
exportation, of articles made in whole or in part of imported materials 
or of materials subject to internal-revenue tax; and for the manufacture 
for home consumption or exportation of cigars in whole of tobacco 
imported from one country.
    (7) Class 7. Warehouses bonded for smelting and refining imported 
metal-bearing materials for exportation or domestic consumption.
    (8) Class 8. Bonded warehouses established for the purpose of 
cleaning, sorting, repacking, or otherwise changing in condition, but 
not manufacturing, imported merchandise, under Customs supervision and 
at the expense of the proprietor.
    (9) Class 9. Bonded warehouse, known as ``duty-free stores'', used 
for selling, for use outside the Customs territory, conditionally duty-
free merchandise owned or sold by the proprietor and delivered from the 
Class 9 warehouse to an airport or other exit point for exportation by, 
or on behalf of, individuals departing from the Customs territory for 
destinations other than foreign trade zones. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
1555(b)(8)(C), ``Customs territory'', for purposes of duty-free stores, 
means the Customs territory of the U.S. as defined in Sec. 101.1(e) of 
this chapter, and foreign trade zones (see part 146 of this chapter). 
All distribution warehouses used exclusively to provide individual duty-
free sales locations and storage cribs with conditionally duty-free 
merchandise are also Class 9 warehouses.
    (b) The whole or a part of any warehouse of class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
or 7 may be

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designated a constructive manipulation (class 8) warehouse when the 
exigencies of the service so require.

[T.D. 76-277, 41 FR 42649, Sept. 28, 1976, as amended by T.D. 82-204, 47 
FR 49368, Nov. 1, 1982; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51254, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 92-
81, 57 FR 37696, Aug. 20, 1992; T.D. 97-19, 62 FR 15834, Apr. 3, 1997]

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