[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: 19CFR158.2]



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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 158_RELIEF FROM DUTIES ON MERCHANDISE LOST, DAMAGED, ABANDONED, OR 

EXPORTED--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart A_Lost or Missing Packages and Deficiencies in Contents of 

                                Packages

 

Sec.  158.2  Shortages in packages released under immediate delivery or 

entry.



    An importer may file an entry summary for consumption or an entry 

summary for warehouse for less than the invoiced and manifested number 

of packages in a shipment ``permitted'' and delivered to him or 

deposited in a bonded warehouse under the immediate delivery procedure 

in Sec.  142.21 of this chapter, or under the entry documentation in 

Sec.  142.3(a), if he files with the entry summary a Customs Form 5931 

in triplicate. The Customs Form 5931 shall be completed by the importer 

with attached copies of the dock receipt or other documents evidencing 

nonreceipt of the lost or missing packages.



[T.D. 85-159, 50 FR 38520, Sept. 23, 1985]



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