[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR123.51]

[Page 608-609]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 123--CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart F--Commercial Traveler's Samples in Transit Through the United 
                            States or Canada
 
Sec. 123.51  Commercial samples transported by automobile through Canada between ports in the United States.


    (a) General provisions. A commercial traveler arriving at a U.S. 
frontier port desiring to transport his commercial samples by automobile 
through Canada to another place in the United States without displaying 
the samples in Canada may request a U.S. Customs officer at the port of 
departure to cord and seal the outer containers of the samples if they 
can be effectively corded and sealed.
    (b) List of samples. The traveler shall furnish the U.S. Customs 
officer at the port of exit a list, in duplicate, of all the articles in 
the containers, with their approximate values, in substantially the 
following form:

      Samples Carried in Transit Through Canada in Private Vehicle

________________________________________________________________________
(U.S. port of exit printed here)    (Date)
    I have checked the quantity and values of the below-listed articles 
carried by --------------------(Name and address of traveler) and owned 
by --------------------(Name and address of firm or company)
These articles are contained in -------- (Number) packages which have 
been corded and sealed for in-transit movement through Canada to ------
-- (U.S. port of reentry) in -------- (Year, make and license number of 
vehicle)

  ______________________________________________________________________
                                                (U.S. Customs Inspector)
    Description of merchandise      Value
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

When the traveler arrives at Customs with lists already prepared, the 
form may be inscribed ``as per list attached.''

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    (c) Checking, cording, and sealing by U.S. Customs officers. The 
Customs officer shall check the list with the articles and satisfy 
himself that the values shown are approximately correct. The Customs 
officer will cord and seal the containers with yellow in-transit seals. 
The traveler may be required to assist the Customs officer in the 
cording and sealing. The original of the list, signed by the Customs 
officer over his title and showing that the articles on the list have 
been checked by the officer against those in the containers shall be 
returned to the traveler for submission by him to Canadian customs upon 
his arrival in Canada.
    (d) In-transit manifest. The traveler shall execute and file Customs 
Form 7512-B or 7533-C, in the original only, at the U.S. port of 
departure, as an in-transit manifest covering the movement of the 
samples to the U.S. port through which the traveler will return. 
Descriptions, quantities, and values may be shown thereon by noting 
``Commercial Samples'' and the number of corded and sealed containers. 
The manifest shall be returned to the traveler to accompany the samples 
after being signed and dated by the Customs officer.
    (e) Presentation of in-transit manifest at U.S. port of reentry. 
Upon return to the United States, the traveler shall present Customs 
Form 7512-B or 7533-C and the corded and sealed samples to the U.S. 
Customs officer at the port where the samples are returned to this 
country. The Customs officer shall verify that there has been no 
irregularity.

[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 
35478, Aug. 16, 1982]