[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: 19CFR18.24]



[Page 329-330]

 

                        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.  18.24  Retention of goods on dock; splitting of shipments.



    (a) Upon written application of a party in interest and the written 

consent of the owner of the dock, the port director, in his discretion, 

may allow in-transit merchandise, including merchandise covered by a 

carnet, to remain on the dock under the supervision of a Customs officer 

without extra expense to the Government for a period



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not exceeding 90 days. Upon further application, additional extensions 

of 90 days or less, but not to exceed 1 year from the date of 

importation, may likewise be granted by the port director. The port 

director may take possession of the merchandise at any time.

    (b) The splitting up of a shipment for exportation shall be 

permitted when exportation in its entirety is not possible by reason of 

the different destinations to which portions of the shipment are 

destined, when the exporting vessel cannot properly accommodate the 

entire quantity, or in similar circumstances. In the case, however, of 

merchandise being transported under cover of a carnet, splitting up of a 

shipment shall not be permitted.



[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4489, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 82-116, 47 FR 

27262, June 24, 1982; T.D. 00-57, 65 FR 53574, Sept. 5, 2000]



Exportation From Customs Custody of Merchandise Unentered or Covered by 

 an Unliquidated Consumption Entry, or Merchandise Denied Admission by 

                             the Government