[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: 19CFR19.37]

[Page 318-319]
 
                        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. 19.37  Crib operations.

    (a) Crib. A crib means a bonded area, separate from the storage area 
of a Class 9 warehouse, for the retention of a supply of articles for 
delivery to persons departing from the United States. It shall be 
located beyond the exit point, unless exception has been made under 
Sec. 19.39 (a) and (b) of this part. The crib may be a permanent 
location or a mobile facility which is periodically moved to a location 
beyond the exit point. The quantity of goods in the crib may be an 
amount requested by the proprietor which is commercially necessary for 
the delivery operations for a period, if approved by the port director. 
The port director may increase or decrease the quantity as deemed 
necessary for the protection of the revenue and proper administration of 
U.S. laws and regulations, or may order the return to the storage area 
of goods remaining unsold.
    (b) Delivery and removal of merchandise. Conditionally duty-free 
merchandise shall be delivered to the crib, or removed from the crib for 
return to the storage area, under the procedures in subpart D, part 125, 
and Sec. 144.34(a), of this chapter, or under a local control system 
approved by the port director wherein any discrepancy found in the 
merchandise will be treated as if it occurred in the bonded warehouse. 
If delivery is made by licensed cartman, cartage vehicles shall be 
conspicuously marked as provided in Sec. 112.27 of this chapter.
    (c) Delivery vehicles. Vehicles, including mobile cribs, containing 
conditionally duty-free merchandise for delivery to or from a crib shall 
carry a listing of the articles contained therein. The proprietor shall 
provide, upon request by Customs, a transfer document sufficient to 
account for each movement of inventory among its locations. The 
merchandise in the vehicles shall be subject to inspection by Customs.
    (d) Retention of records. Class 9 warehouse proprietors shall 
maintain records of conditionally duty-free merchandise transported 
beyond the exit point and returned therefrom, and Customs permits for 
such movements, for not less than 5 years after exportation of the 
articles. Such records need not be placed in permit file folders but 
must be filed by date of movement, destination site and warehouse entry 
number or by unique identifier where

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permitted by the port director (see Sec. 19.36(g)).

[T.D. 92-81, 57 FR 37698, Aug. 20, 1992, as amended by T.D. 97-19, 62 FR 
15840, Apr. 3, 1997]