[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: 19CFR123.14]



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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 123_CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_International Traffic

 

Sec.  123.14  Entry of foreign-based trucks, busses, and taxicabs in 

international traffic.



    (a) Admission without entry or payment of duty. Trucks, busses, and 

taxicabs, however owned, which have their principal base of operations 

in a foreign country and which are engaged in international traffic, 

arriving with merchandise or passengers destined to points in the United 

States, or arriving empty or loaded for the purpose of taking out 

merchandise or passengers, may be admitted without formal entry or the 

payment of duty. Such vehicles shall not engage in local traffic except 

as provided in paragraph (c) of this section.

    (b) Deposit of registration by vehicle not on regular trip. In any 

case in which a foreign-based truck, bus, or taxicab admitted under this 

section is not in use on a regularly scheduled trip, the port director 

may require that the registration card for the vehicle be deposited 

pending the return of the vehicle for departure to the country from 

which it arrived, or the port director may take other appropriate 

measures to assure the proper use and departure of the vehicle.

    (c) Use in local traffic. Foreign-based trucks, busses, and taxicabs 

admitted under this section shall not engage in local traffic in the 

United States unless the vehicle comes within one of the following 

exceptions:

    (1) The vehicle may carry merchandise or passengers between points 

in the United States if such carriage is incidental to the immediately 

prior or subsequent engagement of that vehicle in international traffic. 

Any such carriage by the vehicle in the general direction of an export 

move or as part of the return of the vehicle to its base country shall 

be considered incidental to its engagement in international traffic. An 

alien driver will not be permitted to operate a vehicle under this 

paragraph, unless the driver is in compliance with the applicable 

regulations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

    (2) A foreign-based truck trailer may carry merchandise between 

points in the United States on its departure for a foreign country under 

the same conditions as are prescribed for ``other foreign railroad 

equipment'' in Sec.  123.12(a)(2).

    (d) Penalty for improper use. The use of any vehicle referred to in 

this section in violation of this section may result in liabilities 

being incurred under section 592, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 1592).



[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 79-160, 44 FR 

31956, June 4, 1979; T.D. 83-118, 48 FR 23385, May 25, 1983; T.D. 99-10, 

64 FR 7504, Feb. 16, 1999]