[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: 19CFR151.2]



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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 151_EXAMINATION, SAMPLING, AND TESTING OF MERCHANDISE--Table of 

Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  151.2  Quantities to be examined.



    (a)(1) Minimum quantities. Not less than one package of every 10 

packages of merchandise shall be examined, unless a special regulation 

permits a lesser number of packages to be examined. Port directors are 

specially authorized to examine less than one package of every 10 

packages, but not less than one package of every invoice, in the case of 

any merchandise which is:

    (i) Imported in packages the contents and values of which are 

uniform, or

    (ii) Imported in packages the contents of which are identical as to 

character although differing as to quantity and value per package.

    (2) Exceptions to minimum quantities. At ports of entry specifically 

designated by the Commissioner of Customs, the port director is 

authorized to release, without examination, merchandise of a character 

which the port director has determined need not be examined in every 

instance to ensure the protection of the revenue and compliance with the 

Customs laws and any other laws enforced by the Customs Service.



[T.D. 81-240, 46 FR 45130, Sept. 10, 1981]