[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: 19CFR123.51]



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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 F_Commercial Traveler's Samples in Transit Through the United 

                            States or Canada

 

Sec.  123.51  Commercial samples transported by automobile through 

Canada between ports in the United States.





    (a) General provisions. A commercial traveler arriving at a U.S. 

frontier port desiring to transport his commercial samples by automobile 

through Canada to another place in the United States without displaying 

the samples in Canada may request a U.S. Customs officer at the port of 

departure to cord and seal the outer containers of the samples if they 

can be effectively corded and sealed.

    (b) List of samples. The traveler shall furnish the U.S. Customs 

officer at the port of exit a list, in duplicate, of all the articles in 

the containers, with their approximate values, in substantially the 

following form:



      Samples Carried in Transit Through Canada in Private Vehicle



________________________________________________________________________

(U.S. port of exit printed here) (Date)

    I have checked the quantity and values of the below-listed articles 

carried by --------------------(Name and address of traveler) and owned 

by --------------------(Name and address of firm or company)

These articles are contained in -------- (Number) packages which have 

been corded and sealed for in-transit movement through Canada to ------

-- (U.S. port of reentry) in -------- (Year, make and license number of 

vehicle)



________________________________________________________________________

                                                (U.S. Customs Inspector)

    Description of merchandise Value

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________





When the traveler arrives at Customs with lists already prepared, the 

form may be inscribed ``as per list attached.''



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    (c) Checking, cording, and sealing by U.S. Customs officers. The 

Customs officer shall check the list with the articles and satisfy 

himself that the values shown are approximately correct. The Customs 

officer will cord and seal the containers with yellow in-transit seals. 

The traveler may be required to assist the Customs officer in the 

cording and sealing. The original of the list, signed by the Customs 

officer over his title and showing that the articles on the list have 

been checked by the officer against those in the containers shall be 

returned to the traveler for submission by him to Canadian customs upon 

his arrival in Canada.

    (d) In-transit manifest. The traveler shall execute and file Customs 

Form 7512-B or 7533-C, in the original only, at the U.S. port of 

departure, as an in-transit manifest covering the movement of the 

samples to the U.S. port through which the traveler will return. 

Descriptions, quantities, and values may be shown thereon by noting 

``Commercial Samples'' and the number of corded and sealed containers. 

The manifest shall be returned to the traveler to accompany the samples 

after being signed and dated by the Customs officer.

    (e) Presentation of in-transit manifest at U.S. port of reentry. 

Upon return to the United States, the traveler shall present Customs 

Form 7512-B or 7533-C and the corded and sealed samples to the U.S. 

Customs officer at the port where the samples are returned to this 

country. The Customs officer shall verify that there has been no 

irregularity.



[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 

35478, Aug. 16, 1982]