[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: 19CFR141.52]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 141_ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart D_Quantity of Merchandise To Be Included in an Entry

 

Sec.  141.52  Separate entries for different portions.



    If the port director is satisfied that there will be no prejudice 

to: Import admissibility enforcement efforts; the revenue; and the 

efficient conduct of Customs business, separate entries may be made for 

different portions of all merchandise arriving on one vessel or vehicle 

and consigned to one consignee under any of the following circumstances:

    (a) Each portion of a consolidated shipment addressed to one 

consignee



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for various ultimate consignees may be entered separately under the 

procedure set forth in Sec.  141.54.

    (b) One or more of the enclosed packages in a packaged package may 

be entered separately under any appropriate form of formal or informal 

entry. No entry is required for an enclosed package which contains 

merchandise unconditionally free of duty and not exceeding $250 in 

value. A packed package is an outer package in which are contained inner 

packages addressed for delivery to two or more different persons, as 

described in section 484(f), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

1484(f)). Each outer container shall be marked to indicate that it is a 

packed package.

    (c) The consignee desires to enter different portions under 

different forms of entry, for transportation to different ports of 

entry, or for warehousing in separate warehouses.

    (d) Appraisement is being withheld upon merchandise of the class or 

kind for which a separate entry is tendered.

    (e) The several portions of the consignment for which separate 

entries are tendered are covered by separate bills of lading.

    (f) The consignment consists of different classes of merchandise 

which are to be processed by different Customs commodity specialist 

teams.

    (g) The consignment contains merchandise subject to entry under a 

bond given to assure accounting for final disposition, such as a 

temporary importation under bond.

    (h) The consignment consists of different importations which arrived 

under a consolidated entry for immediate transportation made pursuant to 

Sec.  18.11(g) of this chapter.

    (i) A special application is submitted to the Commissioner of 

Customs with the recommendation of the port director concerned and is 

approved by the Commissioner.



[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 84-171, 49 

FR 31253, Aug. 3, 1984; T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41184, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 

85-38, 50 FR 8723, Mar. 5, 1985]