[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: 19CFR123.52]



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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.  123.52  Commercial samples transported by automobile through the 

United States between ports in Canada.



    (a) General provisions. A commercial traveler arriving from Canada 

may be permitted to transport effectively corded and sealed samples in 

his automobile without further sealing in the United States, upon 

compliance with this section and subject to the conditions of Sec.  

18.20(b), since Customs bonded carriers as described in Sec.  18.1 of 

this chapter are not considered to be reasonably available. Samples 

having a total value of not more than $200 may be carried by a 

nonresident commercial traveler through the United States without 

cording and sealing and without an in-transit manifest in accordance 

with Sec.  148.41 of this chapter.

    (b) Presentation of sample list at Canadian port of exit. A 

commercial traveler arriving from Canada desiring to transport without 

display in the United States commercial samples in his automobile 

through the United States to another port in Canada, may present his 

samples to a Canadian Customs officer at the Canadian port of exit. The 

traveler will be required to furnish the Canadian Customs officer a list 

in duplicate of all articles presented showing their approximate values. 

The list shall bear the traveler's name and address, and the name and 

address of the firm represented.

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

Canadian Customs officer will examine the articles, identify them with 

the list, and satisfy himself that the values shown are approximately 

correct. The Canadian Customs officer will cord and seal the outer 

containers with uncolored in-transit seals and authenticate the list of 

samples with his signature and title. Cording and sealing may be waived 

with the concurrence of the United States and Canadian Customs officers.

    (d) Treatment at U.S. port of arrival. The list of samples properly 

authenticated shall be submitted upon arrival to the U.S. Customs 

officer at the port of arrival. After ascertaining that the samples are 

effectively corded and sealed, or that sealing has been waived, notation 

of the number of corded and sealed containers, or of the waiver shall be 

made on the list of samples and the list shall be retained by the 

Customs officer as a record of the shipment.

    (e) In-transit manifest. Movement of the samples from the port of 

arrival to the port of exit from the United States under this procedure 

shall be under an in-transit manifest on Customs Form 7512 executed and 

filed in triplicate by the traveler at the port of arrival in



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the United States. Descriptions, quantities, and values may be shown 

thereon by noting ``Commercial Samples,'' the number of corded and 

sealed containers, and the approximate total value of the samples. When 

cording and sealing has been waived with the concurrence of a Canadian 

Customs officer, samples must be identified on the manifest by suitable 

itemized descriptions and approximate values, or by attaching to the 

manifest a copy of the list of samples which has been initialed by the 

Customs officer.

    (f) Presentation of samples and manifest at U.S. port of exit. The 

manifest on Customs Form 7512 shall be presented to the Customs officer 

at the U.S. port of exit, together with the samples covered. If the 

seals are broken or cording and sealing has been waived, the Customs 

officer shall verify that there are no irregularities.



[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 

2449. Jan. 26, 1973; T.D. 87-75, 52 FR 20068, May 29, 1987]