[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: 15CFR30.34]

[Page 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. 30.34  Return of exported cargo to the United States prior to reaching its final destination.

    (a) When a vessel carrying cargo which cleared from a port in the 
U.S. Customs area returns to the U.S. Customs area before it reaches its 
destination and discharges any or all of its cargo in the United States, 
the Customs Director at the port of unlading shall notify the Foreign 
Trade Division, Bureau of the Census, of this fact. The letter of 
notification shall contain the following information: Name of the 
carrier, dates of clearance, manifest numbers assigned at the various 
Customs ports at which cargo was laden and the final disposition of all 
cargo. If the vessel returns to the port at which the cargo was 
originally laden, the letter of notification shall also include the bill 
of lading numbers shown on each export declaration filed at the time of 
clearance.
    (b) For shipments by air where the Shipper's Export Declarations are 
filed at the port of lading, if it becomes necessary because of an 
emergency to unload part or all of the cargo at another port in the U.S. 
Customs area (other than the port in Puerto Rico or U.S. Possession 
which is its final destination), the Shipper's Export Declarations filed 
at the port of lading need not be cancelled if the merchandise is 
reladen on another plane at the second port within a reasonable time and 
proceeds to its country of destination. If there is unreasonable delay 
in reloading, the originally filed declarations should be cancelled and 
new declarations should be filed at the second port of lading. If for 
any reason, the merchandise remains permanently in the United States, 
the Customs Director at the first port of lading must be notified to 
cancel the Shipper's Export Declarations which have been filed. This 
provision is not intended as an exception from the requirements of 
Sec. 30.12 as to the place at which Shipper's Export Declarations are 
required to be filed; it is intended only for cases where an emergency 
requires an unintended unloading after the requirements of Sec. 30.12 
have been met.