[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR10.37]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 10_ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC.

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  10.37  Extension of time for exportation.



    The period of time during which merchandise entered under bond under 

chapter 98, subchapter XIII, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (19 U.S.C. 1202), may remain in the Customs territory of the 

United States, may be extended for not more than two further periods of 

1 year each, or such shorter period as may be appropriate. Extensions 

may be granted by the director of the port where the entry was filed 

upon written application on Customs Form 3173, provided the articles 

have not been exported or destroyed before the receipt of the 

application, and liquidated damages have not been assessed under the 

bond before receipt of the application. Any untimely request for an 

extension of time for exportation shall be referred to the Director, 

Commercial Rulings Division, Customs Headquarters, for disposition. Any 

request for relief from a liquidated damage assessment in excess of a 

Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer's delegated authority shall be 

referred to the Director, International Trade Compliance Division, 

Customs Headquarters, for disposition. No extension of the period for 

which a carnet is valid shall be granted.



[T.D. 69-146, 34 FR 9799, June 25, 1969, as amended by T.D. 84-213, 49 

FR 41165, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51249, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 91-

77, 56 FR 46114, Sept. 10, 1991; T.D. 99-27, 64 FR 13675, Mar. 22, 1999]