[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR10.7]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 10--ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC.--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.7  Substantial containers or holders.

    (a) Substantial containers or holders, which are products of the 
United States, which are of the usual and ordinary types used in the 
shipment or transportation of goods, which are reusable for such 
purposes, and which are imported containing or holding merchandise, 
shall be entered under the general regulations governing the free entry 
of domestic products exported and returned. When such containers or 
holders are imported not containing or holding merchandise they may be 
admitted without entry if readily identifiable as products of the United 
States.
    (b) Substantial containers or holders, which are of foreign 
production and previously imported duty paid, which are of the usual or 
ordinary types used in the shipment or transportation of goods, which 
are reusable for such purpose, and which are imported containing or 
holding merchandise, shall be exempt from duty if (1) exported in 
accordance with the regulations contained in Sec. 10.5 (d) and (e), and 
(2) there is filed in connection with the entry a certificate of the 
foreign shipper in the form prescribed by paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) The certificate to be furnished by the foreign shipper for the 
use of the director of the port of entry shall be in the following form:

    I, ----------------, of ----------------, do hereby certify that to 
the best of my knowledge and belief the substantial containers and 
holders mentioned in (the annexed invoice) (invoice No. -------- of ----
----, 19--) * are of the manufacture of ---------------- and were 
exported from the United States at the port of ------------, per S.S. --
-------------- on ----------, 19--, and that the same are being returned 
to the United States (empty) filled with --------) (holdings ----------
----).*
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    *Cross out inapplicable words.
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                                                           Shipper      

    (d) The port director, after verification of the foreign shipper's 
certificate with the records of the director of the port of exportation 
in this country, shall allow free entry to the extent the basis for such 
allowance is verified. The procedure in the last two sentences of 
Sec. 10.6 shall be applicable.
    (e) If claim for exemption from duty for such containers or holders 
of foreign production previously imported duty paid is made at the time 
of entry, the certificate of the foreign shipper may be accepted if 
produced at any time prior to the liquidation of the entry.
    (f) When such containers or holders of foreign production previously 
imported duty paid are reimported empty, they may be admitted without 
entry if readily identifiable as having been previously imported duty 
paid.

[28 FR 14663, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35475, 
Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 86-118, 51 FR 22515, June 20, 1986; T.D. 97-82, 62 
FR 51769, Oct. 3, 1997]