[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: 19CFR146.43]



[Page 106-107]

 

                        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 D_Status of Merchandise in a Zone

 

Sec.  146.43  Domestic status.



    (a) General. Domestic status may be granted to merchandise:

    (1) The growth, product, or manufacture of the U.S. on which all 

internal-revenue taxes, if applicable, have been paid;

    (2) Previously imported and on which duty and tax has been paid; or

    (3) Previously entered free of duty and tax.

    (b) Application. No application or permit is required for the 

admission of domestic status merchandise, including domestic packing and 

repair material, to a zone, except upon order of the Commissioner of 

Customs. No application or permit is required for the manipulation, 

manufacture, exhibition, destruction, or transfer to Customs territory 

of domestic status merchandise, including packing and repair materials, 

except: (1) When it is mixed or



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combined with merchandise in another zone status, or (2) upon order of 

the Commissioner of Customs. When the Commissioner orders a permit to be 

required for domestic status merchandise, he may also order the 

procedures, forms, and terms under which the permit will be received and 

processed.

    (c) Return of merchandise of Customs territory. Upon compliance with 

the provisions of this section, any of the merchandise specified in 

paragraph (a) of this section, may subsequently be returned to Customs 

territory free of quotas, duty, or tax.