[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: 19CFR18.5]



[Page 321-322]

 

                        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.  18.5  Diversion.



    (a) Merchandise forwarded under any class of transportation entry 

may be diverted to any port other than the port named in the entry at 

the option of the consignee or agent. Except as provided for in 

paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this section, prior application or 

approval of such diversion is not required.

    (b) The director of the port to which merchandise is diverted may 

permit merchandise in transit under bond under any class of 

transportation entry to be entered at his port for consumption, 

warehouse, exportation, further



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transportation in bond, or under any provisions of the tariff laws.

    (c) When merchandise which has been delivered to the director of the 

port of original destination or port of diversion under any class of 

transportation entry is to be forwarded to another port or returned to 

the port of origin, a new transportation entry shall be required. If the 

merchandise is moving under cover of a carnet, the carnet may be 

accepted as a transportation entry.

    (d) If it is desired to split a shipment at a port of destination 

and to enter a portion for consumption or warehouse and forward the 

balance in bond, or to divert the entire shipment or a part thereof to 

more than one port, the director of the port where diversion takes place 

shall complete the original transaction and shall require the filing of 

a new transportation entry or entries for the portion or portions 

forwarded. In the case, however, of merchandise being transported under 

cover of a carnet, splitting up of a shipment shall not be permitted.

    (e) The diversion of shipments in bond which are subject on 

importation to restriction or prohibition under quarantines and 

regulations of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of 

Agriculture shall be allowed only upon written permission or under 

regulations issued by the agency concerned.

    (f) The diversion of in-bond shipments, which contain textiles or 

textile products subject to section 204, Agricultural Act of 1956, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), during the in-bond movement shall be allowed 

only upon the prior written permission of the director of the port of 

origin.



[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4487, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 82-116, 47 FR 

27261, June 24, 1982; T.D. 84-207, 49 FR 38247, Sept. 28, 1984; T.D. 85-

38, 50 FR 8723, Mar. 5, 1985]