[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: 19CFR148.17]



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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 148_PERSONAL DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart B_Declarations

 

Sec.  148.17  Declaration on arrival incidental to further foreign travel.



    (a) Declaration on incidental arrival. A resident who enters the 

United States merely as an incident of foreign travel and who will 

continue his foreign travel before finally returning to the United 

States from a continuous trip shall declare, but need not clear through 

Customs, any articles he has acquired or had repaired or altered while 

abroad. The incidental character of the arrival shall be made known to 

the Customs officer.

    (b) Treatment of articles on incidental arrival. In order that a 

resident may claim the $400, $600, or $1,200 exemption upon his final 

arrival in the United States from a continuous trip, articles 

accompanying him at the time of an incidental arrival may be exported 

directly from Customs custody or after transportation in bond, or the 

articles may be left in Customs custody if the resident upon his final 

return is to arrive at the Customs facility where the articles are 

deposited.

    (c) Failure to advise of incidental character of arrival. If the 

traveler fails to advise the Customs officer of the incidental character 

of his arrival, or for other reason declares any articles for allowance 

of the $400, $600, or $1,200 exemption, such declaration shall mark the 

beginning of the respective period or periods during which a further 

exemption cannot be granted.



[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 86-118, 51 FR 

22516, June 20, 1986; T.D. 97-75, 62 FR 46441, Sept. 3, 1997]