[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: 19CFR4.34]



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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 4_VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  4.34  Prematurely discharged, overcarried, and undelivered cargo.



    (a) Prematurely landed cargo. Upon receipt of a satisfactory written 

application from the owner or agent of a vessel establishing that cargo 

was prematurely landed and left behind by the importing vessel through 

error or emergency, the port director may permit inward foreign cargo 

remaining on the dock to be reladen on the next available vessel owned 

or chartered by the owner of the importing vessel for transportation to 

the destination shown on the Cargo Declaration, Customs Form 1302, of 

the first vessel, provided the importing vessel actually entered the 

port of destination of the prematurely landed cargo. Unless so forwarded 

within 30 days from the date of landing, the cargo shall be 

appropriately entered for Customs clearance or for forwarding in bond; 

otherwise, it shall be sent to general order as unclaimed. If the 

merchandise is so entered for Customs clearance at the port of unlading, 

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bond, other than by the importing vessel or by another vessel owned or 

chartered by the owner of the importing vessel, representatives of the 

importing vessel shall file at the port of unlading a Cargo Declaration 

in duplicate listing the cargo. The port director shall retain the 

original and forward the duplicate to the director of the originally 

intended port of discharge.

    (b) Overcarried cargo. Upon receipt of a satisfactory written 

application by the owner or agent of a vessel establishing that cargo 

was not landed at its destination and was overcarried to another 

domestic port through error or emergency, the port director may permit 

the cargo to be returned in the importing vessel, or in another vessel 

owned or chartered by the owner of the importing vessel, to the 

destination shown on the Cargo Declaration, Customs Form 1302, of the 

importing vessel, provided the importing vessel actually entered the 

port of destination. \67\

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    \67\ See Sec.  141.69(c) of this chapter for the conditions under 

which such merchandise and goods removed from a port of intended entry 

under these or certain other circumstances may subsequently be cleared 

under a consumption entry which had been filed therefore before the 

merchandise was removed from the port of intended entry.

    68-69 [Reserved]

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    (c) Inaccessibly stowed cargo. Cargo so stowed as to be inaccessible 

upon arrival at destination may be retained on board, carried forward to 

another domestic port or ports, and returned to the port of destination 

in the importing vessel or in another vessel owned or chartered by the 

owner of the importing vessel in the same manner as other overcarried 

cargo.

    (d) Application for forwarding cargo. When it is desired that 

prematurely landed cargo, overcarried cargo, or cargo so stowed as to be 

inaccessible, be forwarded to its destination by the importing vessel or 

by another vessel owned or chartered by the owner of the importing 

vessel in accordance with paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this section, 

the required application shall be filed with the local director of the 

port of premature landing or overcarriage by the owner or agent of the 

vessel. The application shall be supported by a Cargo Declaration, 

Customs Form 1302, in such number of copies as the port director may 

require. Whenever practicable, the application shall be made on the face 

of the Cargo Declaration below the description of the merchandise. The 

application shall specify the vessel on which the cargo was imported, 

even though the forwarding to destination is by another vessel owned or 

chartered by the owner of the importing vessel, and all ports of 

departure and dates of sailing of the importing vessel. The application 

shall be stamped and signed to show that it has been approved.

    (e) Manifesting prematurely landed or overcarried cargo. One copy of 

the Cargo Declaration, Customs Form 1302, shall be certified by Customs 

for use as a substitute traveling manifest for the prematurely landed or 

overcarried cargo being forwarded as residue cargo, whether or not the 

forwarding vessel is also carrying other residue cargo. If the 

application for forwarding is made on the Cargo Declaration, the new 

substitute traveling manifest shall be stamped to show the approval of 

the application. If the application is on a separate document, a copy 

thereof, stamped to show its approval, shall be attached to the 

substitute traveling manifest. An appropriate cross-reference shall be 

placed on the original traveling manifest to show that the vessel has 

one or more substitute traveling manifests. A permit to proceed endorsed 

on a Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, issued 

to the vessel transporting the prematurely landed or overcarried cargo 

to its destination shall make reference to the nature of such cargo, 

identifying it with the importing vessel.

    (f) Residue cargo procedure. A vessel with prematurely landed or 

overcarried cargo on board shall comply upon arrival at all domestic 

ports of call with all the requirements of part 4 relating to foreign 

residue cargo for domestic ports. The substitute traveling manifest, 

carried forward from port to port by the oncarrying vessel, shall be 

finally surrendered at the port where the last portion of the 

prematurely landed or overcarried cargo is discharged.

    (g) Cargo undelivered at foreign port and returned to the U.S. 

Merchandise



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shipped from a domestic port, but undelivered at the foreign destination 

and returned, shall be manifested as ``Undelivered-to be returned to 

original foreign destination,'' if such a return is intended. The port 

director may issue a permit to retain the merchandise on board, or he 

may, upon written application of the steamship company, issue a permit 

on a Delivery Ticket, Customs Form 6043, allowing the merchandise to be 

transferred to another vessel for return to the original foreign 

destination. No charge shall be made against the bond on Customs Form 

301, containing the bond conditions relating to international carriers 

set forth in Sec.  113.64 of this chapter. The items shall be 

remanifested outward and an explanatory reference of the attending 

circumstances and compliance with export requirements noted.



[28 FR 14596, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 77-255, 42 FR 56321, 

Oct. 25, 1977; T.D. 85-123, 50 FR 29952, July 23, 1985; T.D. 95-77, 60 

FR 50010, Sept. 27, 1995; T.D. 00-22, 65 FR 16515, Mar. 29, 2000]