[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 19, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 19CFR18.1] [Page 315-317] TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 18_TRANSPORTATION IN BOND AND MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT--Table of Contents Sec. 18.1 Carriers; application to bond. General Provisions Sec. 18.1 Carriers; application to bond. 18.2 Receipt by carrier; manifest. 18.3 Transshipment; transfer by bonded cartman. 18.4 Sealing conveyances and compartments; labeling packages; warning cards. 18.4a Containers or road vehicles accepted for transport under customs seal; requirements. 18.5 Diversion. 18.6 Short shipments; shortages; entry and allowance. 18.7 Lading for exportation, verification of. 18.8 Liability for shortage, irregular delivery, or nondelivery; penalties. 18.9 Examination by inspectors of trunk line associations or agents of the Surface Transportation Board. 18.10 Kinds of entry. 18.10a Special manifest. [[Page 316]] Immediate Transportation Without Appraisement 18.11 Entry; classes of goods for which entry is authorized; form used. 18.12 Entry at port of destination. Shipment of Baggage in Bond 18.13 Procedure; manifest. 18.14 Shipment of baggage in transit to foreign countries. Merchandise in Transit Through the United States to Foreign Countries 18.20 Entry procedure; forwarding. 18.21 Restricted and prohibited merchandise. 18.22 Procedure at port of exit. 18.23 Change of destination; change of entry. 18.24 Retention of goods on dock; splitting of shipments. Exportation From Customs Custody of Merchandise Unentered or Covered by an Unliquidated Consumption Entry, or Merchandise Denied Admission by the Government 18.25 Direct exportation. 18.26 Indirect exportation. 18.27 Port marks. Merchandise Transported by Pipeline 18.31 Pipeline transportation of bonded merchandise. Merchandise Not Otherwise Subject to Customs Control Exported Under Cover of a TIR Carnet 18.41 Applicability. 18.42 Direct exportation. 18.43 Indirect exportation. 18.44 Abandonment of exportation. 18.45 Supervision of exportation. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1551, 1552, 1553, 1623, 1624; Section 18.3 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1565; Section 18.4 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1322, 1323; Section 18.7 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1557; 1646a; Section 18.10 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1557; Section 18.11 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484; Section 18.12 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1448, 1484, 1490; Section 18.13 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1498(a); Section 18.14 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1498. Section 18.31 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1553a. Source: 28 FR 14755, Dec. 31, 1963, unless otherwise noted. General Provisions (a)(1) Merchandise to be transported from one port to another in the United States in bond, except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, shall be delivered to a common carrier, contract carrier, freight forwarder, or private carrier bonded for that purpose, but such merchandise delivered to a common carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder may be transported with the use of facilities of other bonded or nonbonded carriers. For the purposes of this section, the term ``common carrier'' means a common carrier of merchandise owning or operating a railroad, steamship, pipeline, or other transportation line or route. Only vessels entitled to engage in the coastwise trade (see Sec. 4.80 of this chapter) shall be entitled to transport merchandise under this section. (2) Merchandise to be transported from one port to another in the United States under cover of a TIR carnet (see part 114 of this chapter), except merchandise not otherwise subject to Customs control, as provided in Sec. Sec. 18.41 through 18.45, shall be delivered to a common carrier or contract carrier bonded for that purpose, but the merchandise thereafter may be transported with the use of other bonded or nonbonded common or contract carriers. The TIR carnet shall be responsible for liability incurred in the carriage of merchandise under the carnet, and the carrier's bond shall be responsible as provided in Sec. 114.22(d) of this chapter. (3) Merchandise to be transported from one port to another in the United States under cover of an A.T.A. or TECRO/AIT carnet (see part 114 of this chapter) shall be delivered to a common carrier or contract carrier bonded for that purpose, but the merchandise thereafter may be transported with the use of other bonded or nonbonded common or contract carriers. The A.T.A. or TECRO/AIT carnet shall be responsible for liability incurred in the carriage of merchandise under the carnet, and the carrier's bond shall be responsible as provided in Sec. 114.22(d) of this chapter. [[Page 317]] (b) Pursuant to Public Resolution 108, of June 19, 1936, (19 U.S.C. 1551, 1551a) and subject to compliance with all other applicable provisions of this part, the port director, upon the request of the party in interest, may permit merchandise entered and examined for Customs purposes to be transported in bond between the ports named in the resolution by bonded cartmen or lightermen duly qualified in accordance with the provisions of part 112 of this chapter, if the port director is satisfied that the transportation of such merchandise in this manner will not endanger the revenue. [28 FR 14755, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4485, Mar. 6, 1971; T.D. 71-263, 36 FR 20291, Oct. 20, 1971; T.D. 73-140, 38 FR 13550, May 23, 1973; T.D. 78-99, 43 FR 13061, Mar. 29, 1978; T.D. 82- 116, 47 FR 27261, June 24, 1982; T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35478, Aug. 16, 1982; 47 FR 39478, Sept. 8, 1982; T.D. 84-149, 49 FR 28698, July 16, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51254, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 96-18, 61 FR 6779, Feb. 22, 1996; T.D. 98-10, 63 FR 4167, Jan. 28, 1998]