[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: 19CFR4.63]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.63  Outward cargo declaration; shippers' export declarations.

    (a) No vessel shall be cleared directly for a foreign port, or for a 
foreign port by way of another domestic port or other domestic ports 
(see Sec. 4.87(b)), unless there has been filed with the appropriate 
Customs officer at the port from which clearance is being sought:
    (1) A Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs Form 
1302-A. Copies of bills of lading or equivalent commercial documents 
relating to all cargo encompassed by the manifest must be attached in 
such manner as to constitute one document, together with a Vessel 
Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, and export 
declarations as are required by pertinent regulations of the Bureau of 
the Census, Department of Commerce; or
    (2) An incomplete Cargo Declaration as provided for in Sec. 4.75.
    (b) Except as hereafter stated, the number of the export declaration 
covering each shipment for which an authenticated export declaration is 
required shall be shown on the Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial 
Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, in the marginal column headed ``B/L No.'' If 
an export declaration is not required for a shipment, a notation shall 
be made on the Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms (Customs 
Form 1302-A) describing the basis for the exemption with a reference to 
the number of the section in the Census Regulations (see 15 CFR 30.39, 
30.50 through 30.57) where the particular exemption is provided. If 
shipments are exempt on the basis of value and destination, the 
appearance of the value and destination on a bill of lading or other 
commercial documents is acceptable as evidence of the exemption and 
reference to the applicable section in the Census Regulations is not 
required.
    (c) The following minimal information shall be included on the Cargo 
Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A (other 
information required to be on a Customs Form 1302-A as shown on the form 
itself must also be included thereon) or on attached copies of bills of 
lading or equivalent commercial documents:
    (1) Name and address of shipper;
    (2) Description of the cargo (see paragraph (d) of this section);
    (3) Number of packages and gross weight (see paragraph (d) of this 
section);
    (4) Name of vessel or carrier;
    (5) Port of exit (this shall be the port where the merchandise is 
loaded on the vessel); and
    (6) Port of destination (this shall be the foreign port of discharge 
of the merchandise).
    (d) If the bills of lading or equivalent commercial documents 
attached to the Customs Form 1302-A show on their face the cargo 
information required by columns 6, 7, and either column 8 or 9, of the 
Customs Form 1302-A, that information need not be shown again on the 
Customs Form 1302-A. However, in that case, the cargo information must 
be incorporated by a suitable reference on the face of the Customs Form 
1302-A such as ``Cargo as per attached commercial documents.''
    (e) For each shipment to be exported under an entry or withdrawal 
for exportation or for transportation and exportation, the Cargo 
Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, or 
commercial document attached to the Cargo Declaration and made a part 
thereof in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, shall 
clearly show for such shipment the number, date, and class of such 
Customs entry or withdrawal (i.e., T. & E., Wd. T. & E., I. E., Wd. Ex., 
or Wd. T., as applicable) and the name of the port where the merchandise 
is laden for exportation.

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    (f) Customs officers shall accept a Cargo Declaration Outward With 
Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, covering containerized or 
palletized cargo which indicates by the use of appropriate words of 
qualification (see Sec. 4.7a(c)(3)) that the declaration has been 
prepared on the basis of information furnished by the shipper.

[T.D. 84-193, 49 FR 35484, Sept. 10, 1984; T.D. 00-22, 65 FR 16515, Mar. 
29, 2000]