[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: 15CFR30.37]

[Page 322-323]
 
                  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. 30.37  Exceptions from the requirement for reporting complete commodity detail on the Shipper's Export Declaration.

    (a) Where it can be determined that particular types of U.S. 
Government shipments, or shipments for Government projects, are of such 
nature that they should not be included in the export statistics, and 
further, where no detriment to the export control program would be 
involved, special arrangements can sometimes be made to waive compliance 
with specific portions of the requirements of Sec. 30.7 with respect to 
the reporting of detailed information on the Shipper's. Export 
Declaration. Such exceptions will be made only upon application by the 
exporter and specific authorization to the Customs Director and the 
exporter for the particular project or shipment, approved by both the 
Bureau of the Census and the Office of Export Administration, and will 
be conditioned upon a prescribed identification which must appear upon 
the declarations. The particular types of shipments for which

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such exceptions may be possible are as follows:
    (1) Shipments to a contractor under a Department of Defense or other 
armed service contract for the construction of facilities for the use of 
the U.S. armed services.
    (2) Temporary exports by or to U.S. Government agencies.
    (3) Shipments of supplies and material to contractors in the Panama 
Canal Zone for the construction and/or maintenance of the Panama Canal 
Zone and its facilities.
    (b) Special exemptions to specific portions of the requirements of 
Sec. 30.7 with respect to the reporting of detailed information on the 
Shipper's Export Declaration may also be granted by the Bureau of the 
Census with the concurrence of the Office of Export Administration for 
certain Department of Defense shipments, or shipments made on behalf of 
the Department of Defense, to foreign governments under the cash 
reimbursable provisions of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program 
(military sales), if and when arrangements have been made for the Bureau 
of the Census to obtain the desired statistical information other than 
through the reporting of complete commodity detail on the Shipper's 
Export Declaration.