[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR158.6]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 158--RELIEF FROM DUTIES ON MERCHANDISE LOST, DAMAGED, ABANDONED, OR EXPORTED--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A--Lost or Missing Packages and Deficiencies in Contents of 
                                Packages
 
Sec. 158.6  Deficiencies in contents of examination packages.

    Allowance for deficiency in the contents of any examination package 
reported to the port director by a Customs officer shall be made in the 
liquidation of the entry. No Customs officer except one making an 
examination contemplated by section 499, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 1499), shall report a supposed deficiency to the port 
director unless it is established to the satisfaction of the reporting 
officer that the merchandise was not imported.

(Sec. 499, 46 Stat. 728, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1499)