[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: 15CFR30.81]

[Page 340-341]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
         CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 30--FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart G--Special Provisions for Particular Types of Import 
                              Transactions
 
Sec. 30.81  Imports of merchandise into Guam.

    (a) Carriers of merchandise to Guam shall not be permitted to unload 
cargo in Guam until the master or other person in charge of the carrier 
shall deliver to the Government of Guam at the place of unloading a 
manifest, cargo list, freight list or equivalent document showing a 
detailed account of merchandise destined for Guam on board such carrier, 
with the numbers and description of the packages according to their 
usual name or designation.
    (b) For each shipment imported into Guam except as listed in 
paragraph (d) of this section, the importer in Guam shall furnish to the 
Government of Guam at the port of entry of the merchandise at the time 
of or prior to taking possession of such merchandise, the commercial 
invoice covering the shipment attached to a copy of the bill of lading 
or air waybill signed by the carrier. (Where the shipment is one for 
which no bill of lading (or air waybill) is utilized only a copy of the 
commercial invoice need be furnished.) In individual cases, where 
warranted in the opinion of the Government of Guam, the Government of 
Guam may release merchandise to the consignee prior to receipt of the 
commercial invoice and/or bill of lading or air waybill in the case of 
perishable articles or other merchandise, the immediate delivery of 
which is necessary.

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    (c) Information concerning individual transactions furnished to the 
Government of Guam pursuant to these regulations may not be disclosed by 
those having possession of or access to any copies of such information 
for official purposes, to anyone other than the exporter or importer 
except as specifically directed by the Bureau of the Census.
    (d) The following kinds of shipments are not to be included in the 
statistics on shipments from the United States to Guam and the 
documentation prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall 
not be required for statistical purposes:
    (1) Shipments to the U.S. Armed Forces;
    (2) Shipments of office furniture, office equipment, and office 
supplies, to and for the exclusive use of U.S. Government offices;
    (3) Baggage and personal effects, accompanied or unaccompanied, of 
persons leaving the U.S., and tools of trade, as described in 
Sec. 30.56(a) and (b).