[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: 19CFR123.29]



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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 C_Shipments in Transit Through Canada or Mexico

 

Sec.  123.29  Procedure on arrival at port of reentry.



    (a) Presentation of documents. At the first port in the United 

States after transportation through Canada or Mexico under the 

provisions of this subpart, the carrier shall present to Customs the in-

transit manifest or manifests for each loaded conveyance. For mixed 

ladings, that is, ladings made up of several shipments, the waybills 

shall be available at the port of return or discharge for use by Customs 

officers. For a railroad train for which a consolidated manifest was not 

used the conductor shall also present a train sheet showing the car 

numbers and initials.

    (b) Vessels and rail shipments continuing in-transit movement--(1) 

Vessels. In the case of a vessel carrying in-transit merchandise, the 

master's copies of the in-transit or in-bond manifest covering the 

merchandise given final Customs release at that port shall be retained 

by Customs at that port and the manifests covering merchandise to be 

discharged at subsequent ports of arrival shall be returned to the 

master of the vessel for presentation to Customs at the next port.

    (2) Rail shipments. An in-transit rail shipment arriving at an 

intermediate port of reentry or exit intended for further in-transit 

movement through Canada may be permitted to go forward under the 

accompanying in-transit manifest after verification by Customs that the 

manifest satisfactorily identifies the shipment.

    (c) Checking and breaking of seals--(1) Checking seals. The Customs 

officer at the port of arrival shall check customs seals applied to the 

conveyance or compartment for unlocked or missing seals. Where the seals 

are unlocked or missing, the merchandise shall be treated as having been 

imported from the transited country.

    (2) Breaking seals. In-bond seals shall be broken only by a Customs 

officer or by a person acting under the direction of a Customs officer. 

In-transit seals may be broken by any carrier's employee, or by a 

consignee at any time or place after the merchandise under such seals 

has been released by Customs.

    (d) Proper manifest. In-transit merchandise shall not be released 

until proper in-transit manifests are received except that it may be 

treated as imported merchandise.

    (e) Substitution of merchandise. Any instance of substitution of 

merchandise shall be reported to the Commissioner of Customs, and the 

merchandise shall be detained.