[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: 19CFR24.12]



[Page 379-380]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 24_CUSTOMS FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  24.12  Customs fees; charges for storage.



    (a) The following schedule of fees prescribed by law or hereafter in 

this paragraph shall be made available to the public at all Customs 

offices. When payment of such fee is received by a Customs employee a 

receipt therefor shall be issued.

    (1) [Reserved]

    (2) No fee will be charged for furnishing an official certificate if 

the request is made to Customs at the time the entry summary is filed. 

However, Customs shall charge and collect a fee of $10.00 for each hour 

or fraction thereof for time spent by each clerical, professional or 

supervisor in finding the documents and furnishing an official 

certification if the request is made after the entry documents are 

filed, plus a charge of 15 cents per page for photcopying. The fee may 

be revised periodically by publication of a general notice in the 

Federal Register and Customs Bulletin setting forth the revised fee. The 

published revised fee shall remain in effect until changed.

    (b) [Reserved]

    (c) The rates charged for storage in Government-owned or rented 

buildings shall not be less than the charges made at the port by 

commercial concerns for the storage and handling of merchandise. Except 

as to an examination package covered by an application for an entry by 

appraisement, storage shall be charged on any examination package for 

any period it remains in the appraiser's store after 2 full working days 

following the day on which the permit to release or transfer was issued. 

As to an examination package covered by an application for an entry by 

appraisement, storage shall be charged for any period it remains in the 

appraiser's store after 2 full working days following the day of 

issuance to the importer of oral or written notice of the amount of 

duties or taxes required to be deposited or that the package is ready 

for delivery. If the port director finds that circumstances make it 

impractical to remove examination packages from the appraiser's store 

within the 2-day period, he may extend the period for not to exceed 3 

additional working days, without storage charges. In computing the 2 

working days, and any authorized extension, (1) the day on which the 

permit to release or transfer is issued, or the day on which the notice 

is issued of the amount of duties or taxes that shall be deposited or 

that the package is ready for delivery, whichever is applicable, (2) 

Saturdays, (3) Sundays, and (4) National holidays, shall be excluded.

    (d) Pursuant to the progressive clearance procedures set forth in 

Sec.  122.88 of this chapter, when airlines commingle domestic 

(stopover) passengers who have already cleared Customs at their port of 

arrival and are continuing on to another U.S. destination, with 

international passengers who are arriving at their port of arrival and 

have not yet cleared Customs, a progressive clearance fee of $2.00 per 

domestic (stopover) passenger reinspection in the U.S. will be charged 

by Customs to the affected airlines to offset the additional cost to 

Customs of reinspecting passengers who have already been cleared. The 

fee is in addition to any other charges currently incurred, such as 

overtime services, but will not apply to passengers reinspected on an 

overtime basis if the cost of performing such reinspection is reimbursed 

to Customs in accordance with 19 U.S.C. 1451. The fee will not apply to 

the reinspection of non-revenue producing passengers, including but not 

limited to, employees of the carrier and their dependents, deadhead 

crew, employees of other carriers who may be assessed a service charge 

by the transporting carrier, and other persons to whom the carrier is 

authorized to provide free transportation pursuant to 14 CFR part



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233. The airline industry will be notified at least 90 days in advance 

of the date of any change in the amount of the fee necessitated by 

either an increase or decrease in costs to Customs, but no new fee shall 

take effect before January 1, 1986.



[28 FR 14808, Dec. 31, 1963]



    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  

24.12, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 

Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.