[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR141.0a]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 141_ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  141.0a  Definitions.



    Unless the context requires otherwise or a different definition is 

prescribed, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated when 

used in connection with the entry of merchandise:

    (a) Entry. ``Entry'' means that documentation required by Sec.  

142.3 of this chapter to be filed with the appropriate Customs officer 

to secure the release of imported merchandise from Customs custody, or 

the act of filing that documentation. ``Entry'' also means that 

documentation required by Sec.  181.53 of this chapter to be filed with 

Customs to withdraw merchandise from a duty-deferral program in the 

United States for exportation to Canada or Mexico or for entry into a 

duty-deferral program in Canada or Mexico.

    (b) Entry summary. ``Entry summary'' means any other documentation 

necessary to enable Customs to assess duties, and collect statistics on 

imported merchandise, and determine whether other requirements of law or 

regulation are met.

    (c) Submission. ``Submission'' means the voluntary delivery to the 

appropriate Customs officer of the entry summary documentation for 

preliminary review or of entry documentation for other purposes.

    (d) Filing. ``Filing'' means:

    (1) The delivery to Customs of the entry documentation required by 

section 484(a), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1484(a)), to 

obtain the release of merchandise, or

    (2) The delivery to Customs, together with the deposit of estimated 

duties, of the entry summary documentation required to assess duties, 

collect statistics, and determine whether other requirements of law and 

regulation are met, or

    (3) The delivery to Customs, together with the deposit of estimated 

duties, of the entry summary documentation which shall serve as both the 

entry and the entry summary.

    (e) Presentation. ``Presentation'' is used only in connection with 

quota-class merchandise and is defined in Sec.  132.1(d) of this 

chapter.

    (f) Entered for consumption. ``Entered for consumption'' means that 

an entry summary for consumption has been filed with Customs in proper 

form, with estimated duties attached. ``Entered for consumption'' also 

means the necessary documentation has been filed with Customs to 

withdraw merchandise from a duty-deferral program in the United States 

for exportation to Canada or Mexico or for entry into a duty-deferral 

program in Canada or Mexico (see Sec.  181.53 of this chapter).

    (g) Entered for warehouse. ``Entered for warehouse'' means that an 

entry summary for warehouse has been filed with Customs in proper form.

    (h) Entered temporarily under bond. ``Entered temporarily under 

bond'' means that an entry summary supporting a temporary importation 

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bond has been filed with Customs in proper form.

    (i) Released conditionally. ``Released conditionally'' means any 

release from Customs custody before liquidation.



[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46816, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 84-213, 49 

FR 41184, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 96-14, 61 FR 2911, Jan. 30, 1996]