[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR322.2]



[Page 327-328]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 322_EXPORTS \1\--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 322.2  Export certificates; instructions concerning issuance.



    (a) Upon application of the exporter, the inspector in charge is 

authorized to issue official export certificates for shipments of 

inspected and passed



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product to any foreign country. Certificates should be issued at the 

time the products leave the official establishment; if not issued at 

that time they may be issued later only after identification and 

reinspection of the products.

    (b) Official export certificates shall be issued with serial numbers 

and in triplicate form. Quadruplicate certificates may be issued for any 

exportation on request of the exporter. Each certificate shall show the 

names of the exporter and the consignee, the destination, the number and 

types of packages, the shipping marks, the kinds of products, and the 

weight of the products in accordance with Sec. 317.2 of this 

subchapter.

    (c) Only one certificate shall be issued for each consignment, 

except that for sufficient reasons new certificates in lieu of the 

original certificates may be issued. A certificate issued in lieu of 

another shall show in the left hand margin the notation ``Issued in lieu 

of * * *'', and the number of the certificate which is superseded. The 

certificate that is superseded when another is issued in lieu thereof, 

shall if available, be surrendered to the inspector in charge and marked 

by him to show in the left hand margin the number of the certificate 

which supersedes it, as follows: ``Superseded by No. ----''.

    (d) The original of the certificate shall be delivered to the 

shipper and may be furnished by him to the consignee for purposes of 

effecting the entry of product into the foreign country of destination.

    (e) The duplicate of the certificate shall be delivered to the 

shipper and shall be delivered by the shipper to the agent of the 

railroad or other carrier which transports the consignment from the 

United States otherwise than by water, or to the chief officer of the 

vessel on which the export shipment is made, or to the vessel's agent 

and shall be used only by such carrier and only for the purpose of 

effecting the transportation of the consignment certified. The chief 

officer of the vessel or the vessel's agent, shipper or shipper's agent 

shall file such duplicate with the Customs officer within four (4) 

business days of the clearance of the vessel at the time of filing the 

complete manifest. In the interim period, the vessel will be cleared by 

Customs on the basis of a statement, under the shipper's or agent's 

letterhead, containing the number of boxes, the number of pounds, the 

product name and the USDA export certificate number that covers the 

shipment of the product. No clearance shall be given to a vessel 

carrying meat products unless either the duplicate of the certificate or 

the prescribed statement referencing the certificate has been presented 

to Customs.

    (f) The triplicate of the certificate shall be retained in the 

circuit file.

    (g) Under no circumstances shall the original or the triplicate of 

such certificate be used for the purpose prescribed by paragraph (e) of 

this section for the duplicate.

    (h) Upon request, official export certificates may be issued by 

inspectors for export consignments of product of official establishments 

not under their supervision, provided the consignments are first 

identified as having been ``U.S. inspected and passed'' and are found to 

be neither adulterated nor misbranded, and marked as required by Sec. 

322.1.



[35 FR 15604, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 42 FR 11826, Mar. 1, 1977; 51 

FR 31938, Sept. 8, 1986]