[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: 19CFR19.1]



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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 19_CUSTOMS WAREHOUSES, CONTAINER STATIONS AND CONTROL OF MERCHANDISE THEREIN--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  19.1  Classes of customs warehouses.









Sec.

19.1 Classes of customs warehouses.



                           General Provisions



19.2 Applications to bond.

19.3 Bonded warehouses; alterations; relocation; suspensions; 

          discontinuance.

19.4 Customs and proprietor responsibility and supervision over 

          warehouses.

19.5 [Reserved]

19.6 Deposits, withdrawals, blanket permits to withdraw and sealing 

          requirements.

19.7 Expenses of labor and storage.

19.8 Examination of goods by importer; sampling; repacking; examination 

          of merchandise by prospective purchasers.

19.9 General order, abandoned, and seized merchandise.

19.10 Examination packages.



             Manipulation in Bonded Warehouses and Elsewhere



19.11 Manipulation in bonded warehouses and elsewhere.



                                Accounts



19.12 Inventory control and recordkeeping system.



                        Manufacturing Warehouses



19.13 Requirements for establishment of warehouse.

19.13a Recordkeeping requirements.

19.14 Materials for use in manufacturing warehouse.

19.15 Withdrawal for exportation of articles manufactured in bond; waste 

          or byproducts for consumption.

19.16 [Reserved]



                    Smelting and Refining Warehouses



19.17 Application to establish warehouse; bond.

19.18 Smelting and refining; allowance for wastage; withdrawal for 

          consumption.

19.19 Manufacturers' records; annual statement.

19.20 Withdrawal of products from bonded smelting or refining 

          warehouses.

19.21 Smelting and refining in separate establishments.

19.22 Withdrawal of metal refined in part from imported crude metal and 

          in part



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          from crude metal produced from imported materials.

19.23 Withdrawal for exportation from one port to be credited on 

          warehouse entry account at another port.

19.24 Theoretical transfer without physical shipment of dutiable metal.

19.25 Credit to be applied under various forms of withdrawals.



                  Space Bonded for the Storage of Wheat



19.29 Sealing of bins or other bonded space.

19.30 Domestic wheat not to be allowed in bonded space.

19.31 Bulk wheat of different classes and grades not to be commingled in 

          storage.

19.32 Wheat manipulation; reconditioning.

19.33 General order; transportation in bond.

19.34 Customs supervision.



                            Duty-Free Stores



19.35 Establishment of duty-free stores (Class 9 warehouses).

19.36 Requirements for duty-free store operations.

19.37 Crib operations.

19.38 Supervision of exportation.

19.39 Delivery for exportation.



                           Container Stations



19.40 Establishment, relocation or alteration of container stations.

19.41 Movement of containerized cargo to a container station.

19.42 Application for transfer of merchandise.

19.43 Filing of application.

19.44 Carrier responsibility.

19.45 Transfer of merchandise, approval and method.

19.46 Employee lists.

19.47 Security.

19.48 Suspension or revocation of the privilege of operating a container 

          station; hearings.

19.49 Entry of containerized merchandise.



    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1624;

    Section 19.1 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1311, 1312, 1555, 1556, 

1557, 1560, 1561, 1562;

    Section 19.6 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1555;

    Section 19.7 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1555, 1556;

    Section 19.11 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1556, 1562;

    Section 19.15 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1311;

    Sections 19.17-19.25 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1312;

    Sections 19.35-19.39 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1555;

    Section 19.40(a) also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1450, 1499, 1623;

    Sections 19.41-19.43 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1499;

    Section 19.44 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1448;

    Section 19.45 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1551, 1565;

    Section 19.48 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1499, 1623;

    Section 19.49 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484.



    Source: 28 FR 14763, Dec. 31, 1963, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Classifications. Customs warehouses shall be designated 

according to the following classifications:

    (1) Class 1. Premises that may be owned or leased by the Government, 

when the exigencies of the service as determined by the port director so 

require, and used for the storage of merchandise undergoing examination 

by Customs, under seizure, or pending final release from Customs 

custody. Merchandise will be stored in such premises only at Customs 

direction and will be held under ``general order.''

    (2) Class 2. Importers' private bonded warehouses used exclusively 

for the storage of merchandise belonging or consigned to the proprietor 

thereof. A warehouse of class 4 or 5 may be bonded exclusively for the 

storage of goods imported by the proprietor thereof, in which case it 

shall be known as a private bonded warehouse.

    (3) Class 3. Public bonded warehouses used exclusively for the 

storage of imported merchandise.

    (4) Class 4. Bonded yards or sheds for the storage of heavy and 

bulky imported merchandise; stables, feeding pens, corrals, or other 

similar buildings or limited enclosures for the storage of imported 

animals; and tanks for the storage of imported liquid merchandise in 

bulk. If the port director deems it necessary, the yards shall be 

enclosed by substantial fences with entrances and exit gates capable of 

being secured by the proprietor's locks. The inlets and outlets to tanks 

shall be secured by means of seals or the proprietor's locks.

    (5) Class 5. Bonded bins or parts of buildings or of elevators to be 

used for the storage of grain. The bonded portions shall be effectively 

separated from the rest of the building.



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    (6) Class 6. Warehouses for the manufacture in bond, solely for 

exportation, of articles made in whole or in part of imported materials 

or of materials subject to internal-revenue tax; and for the manufacture 

for home consumption or exportation of cigars in whole of tobacco 

imported from one country.

    (7) Class 7. Warehouses bonded for smelting and refining imported 

metal-bearing materials for exportation or domestic consumption.

    (8) Class 8. Bonded warehouses established for the purpose of 

cleaning, sorting, repacking, or otherwise changing in condition, but 

not manufacturing, imported merchandise, under Customs supervision and 

at the expense of the proprietor.

    (9) Class 9. Bonded warehouse, known as ``duty-free stores'', used 

for selling, for use outside the Customs territory, conditionally duty-

free merchandise owned or sold by the proprietor and delivered from the 

Class 9 warehouse to an airport or other exit point for exportation by, 

or on behalf of, individuals departing from the Customs territory for 

destinations other than foreign trade zones. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 

1555(b)(8)(C), ``Customs territory'', for purposes of duty-free stores, 

means the Customs territory of the U.S. as defined in Sec.  101.1(e) of 

this chapter, and foreign trade zones (see part 146 of this chapter). 

All distribution warehouses used exclusively to provide individual duty-

free sales locations and storage cribs with conditionally duty-free 

merchandise are also Class 9 warehouses.

    (10) [Reserved]

    (11) Class 11. Bonded warehouses, known as ``general order 

warehouses,'' established for the storage and disposition exclusively of 

general order merchandise as described in Sec.  127.1 of this chapter.

    (b) Manipulation. The whole or a part of any warehouse of class 1, 

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 11 may be designated a constructive manipulation 

(class 8) warehouse when the exigencies of the service so require.

    (c) General order. General order merchandise as described in Sec.  

127.1 of this chapter may be stored and disposed of in a class 11 

warehouse or a warehouse of class 3, 4, or 5, provided the class 3, 4, 

or 5 warehouse has also been certified by the port director as meeting 

the criteria for a class 11 warehouse, following an application under 

Sec.  19.2. So far as such warehouses are used for the purpose of 

handling general order goods, they will also be considered general order 

(class 11) warehouses. If there is no space at a warehouse of any of 

these classes available, the proprietor of such a warehouse, with the 

approval of the port director of the port nearest to where the warehouse 

is located, may rent or lease additional suitable premises for the 

storage of general order merchandise.



[T.D. 76-277, 41 FR 42649, Sept. 28, 1976, as amended by T.D. 82-204, 47 

FR 49368, Nov. 1, 1982; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51254, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 92-

81, 57 FR 37696, Aug. 20, 1992; T.D. 97-19, 62 FR 15834, Apr. 3, 1997; 

T.D. 02-65, 67 FR 68032, Nov. 8, 2002]



                           General Provisions