[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: 19CFR123.52]

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                        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. 123.52  Commercial samples transported by automobile through the United States between ports in Canada.

    (a) General provisions. A commercial traveler arriving from Canada 
may be permitted to transport effectively corded and sealed samples in 
his automobile without further sealing in the United States, upon 
compliance with this section and subject to the conditions of 
Sec. 18.20(b), since Customs bonded carriers as described in Sec. 18.1 
of this chapter are not considered to be reasonably available. Samples 
having a total value of not more than $200 may be carried by a 
nonresident commercial traveler through the United States without 
cording and sealing and without an in-transit manifest in accordance 
with Sec. 148.41 of this chapter.
    (b) Presentation of sample list at Canadian port of exit. A 
commercial traveler arriving from Canada desiring to transport without 
display in the United States commercial samples in his automobile 
through the United States to another port in Canada, may present his 
samples to a Canadian Customs officer at the Canadian port of exit. The 
traveler will be required to furnish the Canadian Customs officer a list 
in duplicate of all articles presented showing their approximate values. 
The list shall bear the traveler's name and address, and the name and 
address of the firm represented.
    (c) Checking, cording, and sealing by Canadian Customs officers. The 
Canadian Customs officer will examine the articles, identify them with 
the list, and satisfy himself that the values shown are approximately 
correct. The Canadian Customs officer will cord and seal the outer 
containers with uncolored in-transit seals and authenticate the list of 
samples with his signature and title. Cording and sealing may be waived 
with the concurrence of the United States and Canadian Customs officers.
    (d) Treatment at U.S. port of arrival. The list of samples properly 
authenticated shall be submitted upon arrival to the U.S. Customs 
officer at the port of arrival. After ascertaining that the samples are 
effectively corded and sealed, or that sealing has been waived, notation 
of the number of corded and sealed containers, or of the waiver shall be 
made on the list of samples and the list shall be retained by the 
Customs officer as a record of the shipment.
    (e) In-transit manifest. Movement of the samples from the port of 
arrival to the port of exit from the United States under this procedure 
shall be under an in-transit manifest on Customs Form 7512 executed and 
filed in triplicate by the traveler at the port of arrival in

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the United States. Descriptions, quantities, and values may be shown 
thereon by noting ``Commercial Samples,'' the number of corded and 
sealed containers, and the approximate total value of the samples. When 
cording and sealing has been waived with the concurrence of a Canadian 
Customs officer, samples must be identified on the manifest by suitable 
itemized descriptions and approximate values, or by attaching to the 
manifest a copy of the list of samples which has been initialed by the 
Customs officer.
    (f) Presentation of samples and manifest at U.S. port of exit. The 
manifest on Customs Form 7512 shall be presented to the Customs officer 
at the U.S. port of exit, together with the samples covered. If the 
seals are broken or cording and sealing has been waived, the Customs 
officer shall verify that there are no irregularities.

[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 
2449. Jan. 26, 1973; T.D. 87-75, 52 FR 20068, May 29, 1987]