[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: 19CFR146.32]



[Page 101-102]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 146_FOREIGN TRADE ZONES--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart C_Admission of Merchandise to a Zone

 

Sec.  146.32  Application and permit for admission of merchandise.



    (a) Application on Customs Form 214 and permit. Merchandise may be 

admitted into a zone only upon application on a uniquely and 

sequentially numbered Customs Form 214 (``Application for Foreign Trade 

Zone Admission and/or Status Designation'') and the issuance of a permit 

by the port director. Exceptions to the Customs Form 214 requirement are 

for merchandise temporarily deposited (Sec.  146.33), transiting 

merchandise (Sec.  146.34), or domestic merchandise admitted without 

permit (Sec.  146.43). The applicant for admission shall present the 

application to the port director and shall include a statistical copy on 

Customs Form 214-A for transmittal to the Bureau of Census, unless the 

applicant has made arrangements for the direct transmittal of 

statistical information to that agency.

    (b) Supporting documents--(1) Commercial documentation. The 

applicant shall submit with the application two copies of an examination 

invoice meeting the requirements of subpart F, part 141, of



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this chapter, for any merchandise, other than that excepted in paragraph 

(a) of this section, to be admitted to a zone. The notation of tariff 

classification and value required by Sec.  141.90 of this chapter need 

not be made, unless the merchandise is to be admitted in privileged 

status.

    (2) Evidence of right to make entry. The applicant for admission 

shall submit with the application a document similar to that which would 

be required as evidence of the right to make entry for merchandise in 

Customs territory under Sec.  141.11 or Sec.  141.12 of this chapter.

    (3) Release order. Merchandise will not be authorized for delivery 

by Customs to a zone until a release order has been executed by the 

carrier which brought the merchandise to the port, unless the 

merchandise is released back to that same carrier for delivery to the 

zone (see Sec.  141.11 of this chapter). When a release order is 

required, it will be made on any of the forms specified in Sec.  141.111 

of this chapter, or by the following statement attached to Customs Form 

214:



    Authority is hereby given to release the merchandise described in 

this

application to__________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________



Name of Carrier_________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________



Signature and title of carrier

representative__________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

    A blanket or qualified release order may be authorized for the 

transfer of merchandise to a zone as provided for in Sec.  141.111 of 

this chapter.



    (4) Application to unlade. For merchandise unladen in the zone 

directly from the importing carrier, the application on Customs Form 214 

will be supported by an application to unlade on Customs Form 3171.

    (5) Other documentation. The port director may require additional 

information or documentation as needed to conduct an examination of 

merchandise under Customs selective entry processing criteria, or to 

determine whether the merchandise is admissible to the zone.

    (c) Conditions for issuance of a permit. The port director will 

issue a permit for admission of merchandise to a zone when:

    (1) The application is properly executed and includes the zone 

status desired for the merchandise, as provided in subpart D of this 

part;

    (2) The operator's approval appears either on the application or in 

a separate specific or blanket approval;

    (3) The merchandise is retained for examination at the place of 

unlading, the zone, or other location designated by the port director, 

except for merchandise for direct delivery to a zone under Sec. Sec.  

146.39 and 146.40. The merchandise may be examined as if it were to be 

entered for consumption or warehouse; and

    (4) All requirements have been fulfilled.

    (d) Blanket application for admission of merchandise. Merchandise 

may be admitted to a zone under blanket application upon presentation of 

a Customs Form 214 covering more than one shipment of merchandise. A 

blanket application for admission is for:

    (1) Shipments which arrive under one transportation entry as 

described in Sec.  141.55 of this chapter, or

    (2) Shipments which are destined to the same zone applicant on a 

single business day, in which case the applicant shall:

    (i) Present the examination invoices required by paragraph (b) of 

this section to the port director before the merchadise is admitted into 

the zone,

    (ii) Have been approved for the direct transmittal of statistical 

trade information to the Bureau of Census under an agreement with that 

agency; and

    (iii) Have examination invoices containing a unique identifier to 

trace the shipment to the manifest of the carrier that brought the 

merchandise to the port having jurisdiction over the zone, as well as to 

the inventory control and recordkeeping system of the operator as 

described in subpart B.