[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR4.63]



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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.  4.63  Outward cargo declaration; shippers' export declarations.



    (a) No vessel shall be cleared directly for a foreign port, or for a 

foreign port by way of another domestic port or other domestic ports 

(see Sec.  4.87(b)), unless there has been filed with the appropriate 

Customs officer at the port from which clearance is being sought:

    (1) A Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs Form 

1302-A. Copies of bills of lading or equivalent commercial documents 

relating to all cargo encompassed by the manifest must be attached in 

such manner as to constitute one document, together with a Vessel 

Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, and export 

declarations as are required by pertinent regulations of the Bureau of 

the Census, Department of Commerce; or

    (2) An incomplete Cargo Declaration as provided for in Sec.  4.75.

    (b) Except as hereafter stated, the number of the export declaration 

covering each shipment for which an authenticated export declaration is 

required shall be shown on the Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial 

Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, in the



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marginal column headed ``B/L No.'' If an export declaration is not 

required for a shipment, a notation shall be made on the Cargo 

Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms (Customs Form 1302-A) 

describing the basis for the exemption with a reference to the number of 

the section in the Census Regulations (see 15 CFR 30.39, 30.50 through 

30.57) where the particular exemption is provided. If shipments are 

exempt on the basis of value and destination, the appearance of the 

value and destination on a bill of lading or other commercial documents 

is acceptable as evidence of the exemption and reference to the 

applicable section in the Census Regulations is not required.

    (c) The following minimal information shall be included on the Cargo 

Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A (other 

information required to be on a Customs Form 1302-A as shown on the form 

itself must also be included thereon) or on attached copies of bills of 

lading or equivalent commercial documents:

    (1) Name and address of shipper;

    (2) Description of the cargo (see paragraph (d) of this section);

    (3) Number of packages and gross weight (see paragraph (d) of this 

section);

    (4) Name of vessel or carrier;

    (5) Port of exit (this shall be the port where the merchandise is 

loaded on the vessel); and

    (6) Port of destination (this shall be the foreign port of discharge 

of the merchandise).

    (d) If the bills of lading or equivalent commercial documents 

attached to the Customs Form 1302-A show on their face the cargo 

information required by columns 6, 7, and either column 8 or 9, of the 

Customs Form 1302-A, that information need not be shown again on the 

Customs Form 1302-A. However, in that case, the cargo information must 

be incorporated by a suitable reference on the face of the Customs Form 

1302-A such as ``Cargo as per attached commercial documents.''

    (e) For each shipment to be exported under an entry or withdrawal 

for exportation or for transportation and exportation, the Cargo 

Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, or 

commercial document attached to the Cargo Declaration and made a part 

thereof in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, shall 

clearly show for such shipment the number, date, and class of such 

Customs entry or withdrawal (i.e., T. & E., Wd. T. & E., I. E., Wd. Ex., 

or Wd. T., as applicable) and the name of the port where the merchandise 

is laden for exportation.

    (f) Customs officers shall accept a Cargo Declaration Outward With 

Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, covering containerized or 

palletized cargo which indicates by the use of appropriate words of 

qualification (see Sec.  4.7a(c)(3)) that the declaration has been 

prepared on the basis of information furnished by the shipper.



[T.D. 84-193, 49 FR 35484, Sept. 10, 1984; T.D. 00-22, 65 FR 16515, Mar. 

29, 2000]