[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: 19CFR123.42]



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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 E_United States and Canada In-Transit Truck Procedures

 

Sec.  123.42  Truck shipments transiting the United States.



    (a) Manifest required. Trucks with merchandise transiting the United 

States from point to point in Canada will be manifested on United 

States-Canada Transit Manifest, Customs Form 7512-B Canada 8\1/2\. The 

driver, in accordance with Canadian Customs regulations, shall present 

the manifest in four copies to Canadian Customs at the Canadian port of 

departure for review and validation.

    (b) Procedure at Canadian port of departure. The Customs officer 

receiving the manifest shall validate it by stamping each copy in the 

lower right hand corner to show the port name and date and by initialing 

each copy. All copies of the validated manifest then will be returned to 

the driver for presentation to U.S. Customs at the United States port of 

entry.

    (c) Procedure at United States port of arrival--(1) Presentation of 

manifest. The driver shall present a validated United States-Canada 

Transit Manifest, Customs Form 7512-B Canada 8\1/2\, in four copies to 

the U.S. Customs officer, who shall review the manifest for accuracy and 

verify its validation by Canadian Customs. If the manifest is found not 

to be validated properly, the truck will be required to be returned to 

the Canadian port of departure so that the manifest may be validated in 

accordance with Canadian Customs regulations. If the manifest is 

validated properly and no irregularity is found the truck will be sealed 

unless sealing is waived by U.S. Customs. The U.S. Customs officer shall 

note on the manifest over his initials the seal numbers or the waiver of 

sealing, retain the original, and return three copies of the manifest to 

the driver for presentation to U.S. Customs at the United States port of 

exit.

    (2) Sealing or waiver of sealing. Trucks transiting the United 

States will be sealed with red in-bond seals at the United States port 

of arrival unless sealing is waived in accordance with Sec.  18.4 of 

this chapter. If a truck cannot be sealed effectively and sealing is



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deemed necessary to protect the revenue or to prevent violation of the 

Customs laws or regulations, the truck will not be permitted to transit 

the United States under bond.

    (d) Procedure at United States port of exit. The driver shall 

present the three validated copies of the manifest to the U.S. Customs 

officer at the U.S. port of exit. The Customs officer shall check the 

numbers and condition of the seals and record and certify his findings 

on all copies of the manifest, returning two certified copies to the 

driver (one to be presented to Canadian Customs at the Canadian port of 

reentry, the other for the carrier's records), and the truck will be 

allowed to proceed to Canada. The check of the seals shall be made as 

follows:

    (1) If the seals are intact, they will be left unbroken unless there 

is indication that the contents should be verified.

    (2) If the seals have been broken, or there is other indication that 

the contents should be verified, all merchandise will be required to be 

unladen and a detailed inventory made against the waybills.



If sealing has been waived, the Customs officer shall verify the goods 

against the accompanying waybills in sufficient detail to detect any 

irregularity.

    (e) Procedure at Canadian port of reentry. The driver of a truck 

reentering Canada after transiting the United States shall present a 

certified copy of the United States-Canada Transit Manifest, Customs 

Forms 7512-B Canada 8\1/2\, to the Canadian Customs officer. If this 

copy of the manifest does not bear the certification of a U.S. Customs 

officer at the United States port of exit, the driver will be allowed to 

return to that port to have it certified.

    (f) Proof of exportation from United States. The certified copy of 

the manifest returned to the driver by the U.S. Customs officer at the 

U.S. port of exit will serve as proof of exportation of the shipment 

from the U.S.

    (g) Forwarding procedure. Except as otherwise provided in this 

section, merchandise transported in trucks shall be forwarded in 

accordance with the general provisions for transportation in bond 

(Sec. Sec.  18.1-18.8 of this chapter).



[T.D. 81-85, 46 FR 21991, Apr. 15, 1981, as amended by T.D. 84-212, 49 

FR 39047, Oct. 3, 1984; T.D. 00-22, 65 FR 16518, Mar. 29, 2000]