[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: 19CFR142.46]



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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 D_Line Release

 

Sec.  142.46  Presentation of invoice and assignment of entry number.



    (a) Presentation of invoice. When merchandise that has been approved 

for Line Release is imported at a Line Release site, the carrier, 

importer or filer shall present Customs with an invoice with the bar 

code or codes printed or affixed and, according to the method of 

transportation, the appropriate manifest document.

    (b) Verification of data. If after scanning the bar code at the Line 

Release site, the Customs officer verifies the data on the bar code with 

the information on the invoice, he will key the quantity on the invoice 

and an entry



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number will be automatically assigned to the transaction. If there are 

any differences between the system data and the invoice and bar code, 

including any differences in entry filer, the Customs officer shall 

order an examination.

    (c) Other agency documentation. If the Line Release shipment 

requires other agency documentation, the Customs officer at the Line 

Release site will be alerted to that requirement electronically when he 

verifies the data on the bar code with the information on the invoice. 

If the required form is presented to the officer with the documentation 

package, the shipment may be released.