[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: 19CFR19.37]



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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.  19.37  Crib operations.



    (a) Crib. A crib means a bonded area, separate from the storage area 

of a Class 9 warehouse, for the retention of a supply of articles for 

delivery to persons departing from the United States. It shall be 

located beyond the exit point, unless exception has been made under 

Sec.  19.39 (a) and (b) of this part. The crib may be a permanent 

location or a mobile facility which is periodically moved to a location 

beyond the exit point. The quantity of goods in the crib may be an 

amount requested by the proprietor which is commercially necessary for 

the delivery operations for a period, if approved by the port director. 

The port director may increase or decrease the quantity as deemed 

necessary for the protection of the revenue and proper administration of 

U.S. laws and regulations, or may order the return to the storage area 

of goods remaining unsold.

    (b) Delivery and removal of merchandise. Conditionally duty-free 

merchandise shall be delivered to the crib, or removed from the crib for 

return to the storage area, under the procedures in subpart D, part 125, 

and Sec.  144.34(a), of this chapter, or under a local control system 

approved by the port director wherein any discrepancy found in the 

merchandise will be treated as if it occurred in the bonded warehouse. 

If delivery is made by licensed cartman, cartage vehicles shall be 

conspicuously marked as provided in Sec.  112.27 of this chapter.

    (c) Delivery vehicles. Vehicles, including mobile cribs, containing 

conditionally duty-free merchandise for delivery to or from a crib shall 

carry a listing of the articles contained therein. The proprietor shall 

provide, upon request by Customs, a transfer document sufficient to 

account for each movement of inventory among its locations. The 

merchandise in the vehicles shall be subject to inspection by Customs.

    (d) Retention of records. Class 9 warehouse proprietors shall 

maintain records of conditionally duty-free merchandise transported 

beyond the exit point and returned therefrom, and Customs permits for 

such movements, for not less than 5 years after exportation of the 

articles. Such records need not be placed in permit file folders but 

must be filed by date of movement, destination site and warehouse entry 

number or by unique identifier where



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permitted by the port director (see Sec.  19.36(g)).



[T.D. 92-81, 57 FR 37698, Aug. 20, 1992, as amended by T.D. 97-19, 62 FR 

15840, Apr. 3, 1997]