[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR26.1]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 26_LIQUORS AND ARTICLES FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS--Table of 
 
                     Subpart A_Scope of Regulations
 
Sec.  26.1  Alcoholic products coming into the United States from Puerto Rico 


and the Virgin Islands.

    This part, ``Liquors and Articles from Puerto Rico and the Virgin 
Islands,'' relates to:
    (a) The production, bonded warehousing, and withdrawal of distilled 
spirits and denatured spirits, and the manufacture of articles in Puerto 
Rico and the Virgin Islands to be brought into the United States free of 
tax;
    (b) The collection of internal revenue taxes on taxable alcoholic 
products coming into the United States from Puerto Rico and the Virgin 
Islands;
    (c) The transfer, without payment of tax, of Puerto Rican and Virgin 
Islands spirits in bulk containers or by pipeline from customs custody 
to the bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant qualified under part 
19 of this chapter;
    (d) The deposit of the distilled spirits excise taxes, limited to 
the lesser of $10.50 or the rate in section 5001(a)(1) per proof gallon, 
into the Treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on all 
articles containing distilled spirits as defined in section 7652, 
produced by those two U.S. possessions, and transported into the United 
States (less certain amounts); and
    (e) The deposit of the distilled spirits excise taxes, limited to 
the lesser of $10.50 or the rate in section 5001(a)(1) per proof gallon, 
into the Treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on all rum 
imported into the United States (including rum from possessions other 
than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands), less certain amounts.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0277)

(Sec. 221, Pub. L. 98-67, 97 Stat. 369 (26 U.S.C. 7652)

[T.D. ATF-175, 49 FR 20803, May 16, 1984, as amended by T.D. ATF-203, 50 
FR 15887, Apr. 23, 1985]