[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: 19CFR142.17]



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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.  142.17  One entry summary for multiple entries.



    (a) Requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this 

section, the port director may permit the filing of one entry summary 

for merchandise the subject of separate entries if:

    (1) The merchandise has the same country of exportation, and the 

same country of origin,

    (2) The merchandise arrives by land, by the same vessel or by the 

same air carrier,

    (3) The merchandise is consigned to the same consignee,

    (4) The time between the date of the first entry and the date of the 

last entry does not exceed 1 week,

    (5) The entry summary document is filed within 10 working days from 

the date of the first entry, and

    (6) Each entry is identified separately by entry number on the entry 

summary.

    (b) Merchandise not eligible. One entry summary shall not be used 

for multiple entries of the following:

    (1) Quota-class merchandise,

    (2) Prohibited merchandise,

    (3) Merchandise subject to restrictions which require processing and 

documentation more frequently than on a weekly basis,

    (4) Merchandise for which liquidation has been withheld, and

    (5) Merchandise classifiable under the same Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States subheading number, to the eight-digit 

level having different rates of duty for which entries or immediate 

transportation entries have been filed. However, this provision is not 

applicable in the following circumstances:

    (i) Entries. Entries may be consolidated if the time of entry is:

    (A) Before the date of change in rate of duty, or



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    (B) On or after the date of change in rate of duty.

    (ii) Immediate transportation entries. Immediate transportation 

entries may be consolidated if the date of acceptance is:

    (A) Before the date of change in the rate of duty, or

    (B) On or after the date of change in rate of duty.

    (c) Entry documentation not in proper form. If an entry summary 

covering multiple entries refers to entry documentation which is not in 

proper form, the entry summary and the entry documentation shall be 

returned for correction.



[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46821, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 

51262, Dec. 21, 1988]