[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: 19CFR148.63]



[Page 151-152]

 

                        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 G_Crewmember Declarations and Exemptions

 

Sec.  148.63  Articles for use while on temporary leave.



    (a) Exemption. Articles in the possession of and exclusively for use 

by any crewmember during the trip or voyage, such as necessary clothing, 

toiletries, and purely personal effects, may be landed by such 

crewmember for use on temporary leave without a written declaration or 

entry, and without payment of duty or internal revenue tax under 

subheading 9804.00.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), if the port director is satisfied that:

    (1) The articles are reasonable and appropriate for the crewmember's 

accommodation while on temporary leave, and are to be taken out of the 

United States, except for articles consumed in use;

    (2) The articles are intended exclusively for the crewmember's bona 

fide personal use;

    (3) The quantities are reasonable, depending on the circumstances in 

each particular case; and

    (4) In the case of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, the 

containers have been opened and the total quantity landed shall not 

exceed 50 cigars, 300 cigarettes, or 2 kilograms of smoking tobacco, or 

a proportionate amount of each, and 1 liter of alcoholic beverages.

    (b) Temporary leave. A crewmember is not considered to be on 

temporary leave from a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft



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engaged in international traffic or entitled to the exemption under this 

section upon disembarkation when he is to remain in the confines of a 

pier, terminal, airport, or area immediately adjacent thereto, in order 

to timely embark on the carrier in the course of a continuous journey or 

on a concurrently scheduled arrival and departure.



[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 80-179, 45 FR 

45580, July 7, 1980; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51265, Dec. 21, 1988]