[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: 19CFR18.13]



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                        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.  18.13  Procedure; manifest.



    (a) Baggage may be forwarded in bond to another port of entry, or to 

a Customs station listed in Sec.  101.4 of this chapter, at the request 

of the passenger, the transportation company, or the agent of either, 

with the use of a baggage manifest described in paragraph (b) of this 

section without examination or assessment of duty at the port or station 

of first arrival. For this purpose, the carrier shall furnish cards of 

bright red cardboard not less than 2\1/2\ by 4 inches in size with the 

following printed text, for attachment (by wire or cord) to the baggage:



                          United States Customs



Check No._______________________________________________________________

Baggage in bond:

Carrier_________________________________________________________________

From____________________________________________________________________



                            to port director



At (destination)________________________________________________________

    This baggage must be delivered by carrier to the director of the 

port of destination. Failure to do so renders the carrier liable to a 

fine.



    (b) A Customs manifest for baggage shipped in bond, Customs Form 

7512, shall be prepared in triplicate for each shipment.

    (c) Baggage arriving in bond or otherwise at a port on the Atlantic 

or Pacific coast, destined to a port on the opposite coast, may be laden 

under Customs supervision, without examination and without being placed 

in bond, on a vessel proceeding to the opposite coast, provided the 

vessel will proceed to the opposite coast without stopping at any other 

port on the first coast.



[28 FR 14755, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8222, May 

26, 1970; T.D. 77-241, 42 FR 54937, Oct. 12, 1977; T.D. 87-75, 52 FR 

20067, May 29, 1987; T.D. 00-22, 65 FR 16517, Mar. 29, 2000]