[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR19.8]

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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. 19.8  Examination of goods by importer; sampling; repacking; examination of merchandise by prospective purchasers.

    Importers may, upon application approved by the port director on 
Customs Form 3499 examine, sample, and repack 12 or transfer 
merchandise in bonded warehouse. Where there will be no interference 
with the orderly conduct of Customs business and no danger to the 
revenue prospective purchaser may be permitted to examine merchandise in 
bonded warehouses upon the written request of the owner, importer, 
consignee, or transferee.
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    \12\ Repacking shall be considered a manipulation within the purview 
of sec. 562, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

[28 FR 14763, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-204, 47 FR 49371, 
Nov. 1, 1982]