[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR30.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
         CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 30--FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A--General Requirements--Exporters
 
Sec. 30.1  General statement of requirement for Shipper's Export Declarations.


    (a) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed by exporters or 
their agents in accordance with the definitions, specifications, and 
requirements of these regulations for all commodities, gold and silver, 
except as specifically exempted herein, shipped as follows:
    (1) To foreign countries or areas, including Foreign Trade Zones 
located therein, (see Sec. 30.58 for exemptions for shipments from the 
United States to Canada) from any of the following:
    (i) The United States, including the 50 States and the District of 
Columbia.
    (ii) Puerto Rico.
    (iii) Foreign Trade Zones in the United States or Puerto Rico.
    (iv) The Virgin Islands of the United States.
    (2) Between nonforeign areas as specified below then: \1\
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    \1\ Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for shipments 
from the United States or Puerto Rico to the United States Possessions, 
except to the Virgin Islands of the United States, or from a U.S. 
Possession destined to the United States, Puerto Rico, or another U.S. 
Possession.
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    (i) To Puerto Rico from the United States.
    (ii) To the United States from Puerto Rico.
    (iii) To the Virgin Islands of the United States from the United 
States or Puerto Rico.
    (b) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed for merchandise 
moving as described above regardless of the method of transportation. 
Instructions for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations for 
vessels, aircraft, railway cars, etc., when sold foreign appear in 
Sec. 30.33. Exemptions from these requirements and exceptions to some of 
the provisions of these regulations for particular types of transactions 
will be found in subparts C and D of this part.
    (c) In lieu of filing paper Shipper's Export Declarations as 
provided elsewhere in this section, exporters or their authorized agents 
have the option to file shipper's export information electronically, as 
provided in subpart E of this part. The Electronic filing requirements 
for filing shipper's export declaration information are contained in 
subpart E of this part, Electronic Filing Requirements-Shipper's Export 
Information.
    (d) Electronic transmissions and intangible transfers. Electronic 
transmissions to be received outside the United States and other 
intangible transfers, such as downloaded software, technical data, and 
technology, are not subject

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to this part, but may be subject to export control requirements under 
other laws and regulations. See 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 of the EAR.

[41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 29374, July 16, 1976; 41 
FR 42645, Sept. 28, 1976; 50 FR 13017, Apr. 2, 1985; 55 FR 49615, Nov. 
30, 1990; 64 FR 40976, July 28, 1999; 65 FR 42561, July 10, 2000]