[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: 19CFR146.44]



[Page 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.  146.44  Zone-restricted status.



    (a) General. Merchandise taken into a zone for the sole purpose of 

exportation, destruction (except destruction of distilled spirits, 

wines, and fermented malt liquors), or storage will be given zone-

restricted status on proper application. That status may be requested at 

any time the merchandise is located in a zone, but cannot be abandoned 

once granted. Merchandise in zone-restricted status may not be removed 

to Customs territory for domestic consumption except where the Board 

determines the return to be in the public interest.

    (b) Application. Application for zone-restricted status will be made 

on Customs Form 214.

    (c) Merchandise considered exported--(1) For Customs purposes. If 

the applicant desires a zone-restricted status in order that the 

merchandise may be considered exported for the purpose of any Customs 

law, all pertinent Customs requirements relating to an actual 

exportation shall be complied with as though the admission of the 

merchandise into zone constituted a lading on an exporting carrier at a 

port of final exit from the U.S. Any declaration or form required for 

actual exportation will be modified to show the merchandise has been 

deposited in a zone in lieu of actual exportation, and a copy of the 

approved Customs Form 214 may be accepted in lieu of any proof of 

shipment required in cases of actual exportation.

    (2) For other purposes. If the merchandise is to be considered 

exported for the purpose of any Federal law other than the Customs laws, 

the port director shall be satisfied that all pertinent laws, 

regulations, and rules administered by the Federal agency concerned have 

been complied with before the Customs Form 214 is approved.

    (d) Merchandise entered for warehousing transferred to a zone. 

Merchandise entered for warehousing and transferred to a zone, other 

than temporarily for manipulation and return to Customs territory as 

provided for in Sec.  146.33, will have the status of zone-restricted 

merchandise when admitted into the zone. The application on Customs Form 

214 will state that zone-restricted status is desired for the 

merchandise.