[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: 15CFR30.33]

[Page 321-322]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
         CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 30--FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Special Provisions Applicable Under Particular Circumstances
 
Sec. 30.33  Vessels, planes, cargo vans, and other carriers and containers sold foreign.

    (a) Vessels, locomotives, rail cars, ferries, trucks, other 
vehicles, trailers, pallets, cargo vans, lift vans, or similar shipping 
containers are not considered ``shipped'' in terms of these regulations 
in this part when they are moving, either loaded or empty, without 
transfer of ownership or title, in their capacity as carriers of 
merchandise or as instruments of such carriers, and Shipper's Export 
Declarations are not required therefor when so moving.
    (b) However, Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed for such 
items, when moving as merchandise pursuant to sale or other transfer 
from ownership in the United States to ownership abroad. When a new 
vessel built in the United States for foreign account clears under a 
certificate of record (Commerce Form 1316) a Shipper's Export 
Declaration must be furnished by the agents or prepared by Customs for

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statistical purposes. If a vessel, car, vehicle, or container, whether 
in service or newly built or manufactured, is sold or transferred to 
foreign ownership while in the Customs area of the United States or at a 
port in such area, Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed in 
accordance with the general requirements of the regulations in this 
part, at the port through or from which the vessel, car, vehicle, or 
container first leaves the United States after sale or transfer. If the 
vessel, car, vehicle, or shipping container is outside the Customs area 
of the United States at the time of sale or transfer to foreign 
ownership, Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed at the last port 
of clearance or departure from the United States prior to sale or 
transfer. The country of destination to be shown on the Shipper's Export 
Declaration for vessels sold foreign is the country of new ownership. 
The country for which the vessel clears, or the country of registry of 
the vessel, should not be reported as the country of destination on the 
Shipper's Export Declaration unless such country is the country of new 
ownership.