[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: 19CFR142.16]



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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 142_ENTRY PROCESS--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Entry Summary Documentation

 

Sec.  142.16  Entry summary documentation.



    (a) Entry summary not filed at time of entry. When the entry 

documentation is filed before the entry summary documentation, one copy 

of the entry document and the commercial invoice, or the documentation 

filed in place of a commercial invoice in the instances listed in Sec.  

141.83(d) of this chapter, shall be returned to the importer after 

Customs authorizes release of the Merchandise. The importer may use 

these documents in preparing the entry summary, Customs Form 7501, and 

shall file them with the entry summary documentation within the time 

period stated in Sec.  142.12(b). The entry summary documentation also 

shall include any other documents required for a particular shipment 

unless a bond for missing documents is on file, as provided in Sec.  

141.66 of this chapter.

    (b) Entry summary filed at time of entry. When the entry summary 

documentation is filed at time of entry, the documentation listed in 

Sec.  142.3 shall be filed at the same time, except that Customs Form 

3461 or 7533 shall not be required. The importer also shall file any 

additional invoice required for a particular shipment.



(R.S. 251, as amended (19 U.S.C. 66), secs. 484, 624, 46 Stat. 722, as 

amended, 759 (19 U.S.C. 1484, 1624); sec. 301, 80 Stat. 379 (5 U.S.C. 

301), Pub. L. 95-410 (Oct. 3, 1978); Pub. L. 96-511 (Dec. 11, 1980))



[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46821, Aug. 9, 1979; T.D. 80-26, 45 FR 3901, Jan. 

21, 1980, as amended by T.D. 84-129, 49 FR 23168, June 5, 1984]