(4) A detailed description of the terminal facilities employed by the principal at the points of origin and destination shown on the list of lines or routes.

(5) A statement showing that facilities are available for the segregation and safeguarding of the packages designated by the collector for examination from a particular shipment until such packages are called for by the public store cartman and removed to the public stores for examination.

(e) Canadian and Mexican common carriers by motor vehicles may be bonded for the transportation of merchandise between two ports in Canada or Mexico through the United States. (See § 5.11 of this chapter.)

(f) Carrier bonds may be discontinued at any time by the Bureau or the collector of customs at the headquarters port where the bond is filed. Bonded carriers desiring to discontinue such bonds shall make application therefor to such collector.

(Sec. 551, 46 Stat. 742, as amended, 49 Stat. 1538; 19 U.S.C. 1551, 1551a) [28 F.R. 14755, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 56107, 29 F.R. 2335, Feb. 11, 1964]

§ 18.2 Receipt by carrier; manifest.

(a) When merchandise is delivered to bonded carrier for transportation in bond, the carrier's receipt shall be given immediately to the lading inspector on the customs in-bond manifest covering the merchandise. The merchandise shall be laden on the conveyance under the supervision of a customs officer, unless the transporting conveyance is not to be sealed with customs seals or the lading inspector accepts the check of the carrier as to the merchandise laden thereon.

(b) A manifest, customs Form 7512, containing a description of the merchandise shall be prepared by the carrier or shipper and signed by the agent of the carrier. Except as prescribed in § 5.11 of this chapter, relating to merchandise in transit through the United States between ports in contiguous foreign territory, a separate set shall be prepared for each entry and, if the consignment is contained in more than one conveyance, a separate set shall be prepared for each conveyance.

(c) The manifest shall be filed in duplicate and, after the goods have been laden and the carrier has receipted all copies, one copy shall be delivered to the

conductor, master, or person in char to accompany the conveyance and | delivered to the collector at destinati for his record. An extra copy of custo Form 7512 may be required for use a permit to the inspector or custo warehouse officer at the point where t merchandise is to be laden. When copy of the carrier's manifest is lost cannot be produced, a copy shall be ma of whichever manifest is available. (Sec. 551, 46 Stat. 742, as amended; 19 U. S 1551)

§ 18.3 Transshipment; transfer bonded cartman.

(a) When bonded merchandise in of conveyance is to be transshipped und customs supervision to another sing conveyance while en route to the port destination or departure from the Unite States, the copy of the manifest customs Form 7512 accompanying ti merchandise to each such place of tran shipment shall be surrendered to the co lector of customs at that place f execution of a certificate of transf thereon and for return to the carrier || accompany the merchandise to such po of destination or departure.

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(b) When bonded merchandise is to i transshipped in accordance with par graph (a) of this section into more tha conveyance, there shall be pr pared by the carrier, agent of t shipper, or forwarder for each such co veyance on each transshipment one a ditional copy of the carrier's manifest customs Form 7512 which accompani the merchandise to that place. Ti Form 7512 which accompanies the ship ment to the place of transshipment sha be surrendered to the collector of cu toms there. After the execution by t customs officer supervising the tran shipment of a certificate of transfer each such additional copy, it shall delivered to the conductor, master. person in charge of the conveyance which the merchandise is forwarded, f delivery to the collector of customs the port of destination or departu from the United States for his record.

(c) If it becomes necessary at any poin in transit to remove the customs seal from a conveyance containing bonde merchandise for the purpose of trans ferring its contents to another convey

For provisions for transshipment or un lading due to accident or other casualty, § 4.81 of this chapter.

ce or to gain access to the shipment tause of casualty or other good reason, d it cannot be done under customs pervision because of the element of le involved or because there is no cusns officer stationed at such point, a ponsible agent of the carrier may rewe the seals, supervise the transfer or ndling of the merchandise, seal the veyance in which the shipment goes ward, and make appropriate notation the conductor's or master's copy of manifest of his action, including the te, serial number of the new seals aped, and the reason therefor. This thorization shall not apply in any case involving a real emergency.

(d) All transfers to or from the confance or warehouse of merchandise dergoing transportation in bond shall made under the provisions of Part 21 d at the expense of the parties in inest, unless the carrier's bond is liable the safekeeping and delivery of the rchandise while it is being transred.

cs. 551, 565, 46 Stat. 742, as amended, 747; U. S. C. 1551, 1565)

18.4 Sealing conveyances and compartments; labeling packages; warning cards.

(a) Conveyances or compartments in ich bonded merchandise is transrted shall be sealed with red in-bond stoms seals (except as otherwise proled for by § 5.11 (b) of this chapter) der customs supervision, except that en the compartment or conveyance nnot be effectively sealed, as in the se of merchandise shipped in open cars barges, or on the decks of vessels, or en it is known that any seals would cessarily be removed outside the juristion of the United States for the rpose of discharging or taking on rgo, or when it is known that the eaking of the seals will be necessary ventilate the hatches, or in other simir circumstances, such sealing may be lived with the consent of the carrier d an appropriate notation of such aiver shall be made on the manifest. he Commissioner of Customs may auorize the waiver of sealing of conveyices or compartments in which bonded erchandise is transported in other cases hen in his opinion the sealing thereof unnecessary to protect the revenue or prevent violations of the customs laws nd regulations.

(b) Ports at which the facilities are insufficient to maintain continuous customs supervision over vessels arriving with bonded cargo while the bonded merchandise is not under customs seals shall permit the vessels to proceed to destination without further sealing and notation to this effect shall be made on the manifest.

(c) Merchandise not under bond may be transported in sealed conveyances or compartments containing bonded goods when destined for the same place or places beyond, but not when intended for intermediate places.

(d) The seals to be used in sealing conveyances, compartments, or packages are prescribed by the Department and may be obtained in accordance with § 24.13 of this chapter.

(e) Except as otherwise provided for in this paragraph, packages shipped in bond or by a carrier permitted to transport articles under the last sentence of section 553 of the tariff act, as amended, shall be corded and sealed or, in lieu thereof, the carriers shall furnish and attach to each such package a warning label on bright red paper, not less than 5 by 8 inches in size, containing the following legend in black type of a conspicuous size:

U.S. CUSTOMS Transportation Entry No.

Two years' imprisonment or $5,000 fine or both, is the penalty for unlawful removal of this package or any of its contents.

Such cording and sealing or labeling of the packages so shipped is not required either when the packages are transported in a conveyance or compartment sealed with customs seals, or when the sealing of the conveyance or compartment in which the packages are transported is waived under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. When the packages are shipped in a railroad car the sealing of which is practicable but which is not sealed because merchandise not being transported in bond is or may be carried in the same car, the packages being transported in bond shall be corded and sealed or labeled.

(f) The warning label, when used, shall be pasted securely on the package under customs supervision as close as

practicable to the mark or number on the package. Additional labels may be required by the collector in such places on the package as he shall specify in any case where he is of the opinion that one is not adequate.

(g) When, in the case of crates and similar packages, it is impossible to attach the warning labels by pasting, bright red shipping tags of convenient size, large enough to be conspicuous and containing the same legend as the labels, shall be used in lieu of labels. Such tags shall be wired or otherwise securely fastened to the packages in such manner as not to injure the merchandise.

(h) Bonded carriers shall furnish and securely attach to the side doors of cars, to the doors of compartments, and on vehicles carrying bonded merchandise which are secured with customs seals, bright red cards, 8 by 104 inches in size, which shall be attached near such seals and on which shall be printed in large, clear, black letters the following:

United States Customs. Two years' imprisonment, or $5,000 fine, or both, is the penalty for the unlawful removal of United States customs seals on this car, vehicle, or compartment. United States customs officers only are authorized to break these seals. Car or vessel..

(a) Collectors of customs at ports of first arrival may permit merchandise forwarded under any class of transportation entry to be diverted to any other port than the port named in the entry upon application of the consignee or agent. An application to divert made under this section shall be furnished in the number of copies required for the puposes of local administration.

(b) The collector at an intermediate port may permit merchandise in transit under bond under any class of transportation entry to be entered at his port for consumption, warehouse, exportation, further transportation in bond, or under any bond provision of the tariff laws.

(c) Merchandise received at the port of original destination under any class of transportation entry may be forwarded to another port or returned to

the port of origin on the same tran portation entry, unless the merchand has been placed in general order which case a new transportation ent shall be required.

(d) If it is desirable to split a shipme at a port of destination and to enter portion for consumption or warehou and forwarded the balance in bond, or divert the entire shipment or a pa thereof to more than one port, the co lector at the port where such diversi takes place shall complete the origin transaction, notify the port of origin, and require the filing of a new transportation entry or entries for the portion or pa tions forwarded.

(e) The diversion of shipments in bon which are subject on importation restriction or prohibition under quaran tines and regulations administered the Bureau of Animal Industry or th Bureau of Entomology and Plant Qua antine shall be allowed only upon writte permission or under regulations issue by the agency concerned.

(Secs. 551-553, 46 Stat. 742, as amended; U. S. C. 1551-1553)

§ 18.6 Short shipments; shortages; entr and allowance.

(a) When there has been a short ship ment and the short-shipped packag are subsequently received, they may forwarded under a proper supplemente transportation entry bearing the origin entry number or, if a new bill of ladin has been issued therefor, under a ne transportation entry.

(b) When there is a shortage of one ( more packages or nondelivery of an en tire shipment, and inquiry discloses the the merchandise has been delivered d rectly to the consignee, entry therefo may be accepted if the merchandise ca be recovered intact without any of th packages having been opened. In sud cases, any shortage from the invole quantity shall be presumed to have o curred while the merchandise was in th possession of the bonded carrier.

(c) If the merchandise cannot be re covered intact, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, entry shall not b accepted and a copy of the collector report on customs Form 3861, showing the amount of duty or any internal revenue tax due, shall be sent to the initial carrier for its information, investigation, and report within 90 days.

(d) An allowance in duty on merchandise reported short at destination, in

luding merchandise found by the apraising officer to be damaged and worthless, and animals and birds found y the discharging officer to be dead on rrival at destination, shall be made in he liquidation of the entry.

(e) In the case of shipments arriving a the United States by rail or seatrain hich are forwarded under customs inond seals under the provisions of § 5.11 If this chapter, and §§ 18.11, 18.20, or 8.29, a notation shall be made by the arrier or shipper on the in-bond maniest, customs Form 7512, to show whether he shipment was transferred to the car designated in the manifest or whether it ras laden in the car in the foreign country, which shall be named.

Secs. 551, 552, 553, 46 Stat. 742, as amended; U.S.C. 1551, 1552, 1553)

18.7 Lading for exportation, verification of.

(a) When merchandise (including aggage) covered by an entry or withrawal for transportation and exporation is delivered to the exporting arrier at the port of destination, the devering carrier's copy of the in-bond Manifest shall be promptly delivered to he customs lading officer.

(b) The collector shall require only ach supervision of the lading for exortation of merchandise covered by an ntry or withdrawal for exportation or or transportation and exportation as reasonably necessary to satisfy him hat the merchandise has been laden on he exporting conveyance.

(c) Whenever the circumstances warant, and occasionally in any event, colectors shall request the Customs Agency ervice to check export entries and withrawals against the records of the exorting carriers. Such check or verifiation shall include an examination of he carrier's records of claims and settlenent of export freight charges, and any ther records which may relate to the ransaction.

Secs. 553, 557, 46 Stat. 742, as amended, 744, 8 amended, sec. 646, 67 Stat. 520; 19 U. S. C. 553, 1557, 1646a)

18.8 Liability of carrier for shortage, irregular delivery, or nondelivery; penalties.

(a) The initial bonded carrier shall e responsible for shortage, irregular deivery, or nondelivery at destination or ort of exit of bonded merchandise, reeceived by it for carriage. When sealing $ waived, any loss found to exist at des

tination shall be presumed to have occurred while the merchandise was in the possession of the carrier, unless conclusive evidence to the contrary is produced.

(b) Penalties imposed as liquidated damages under the carrier's bond for shortage, failure to deliver, or irregular delivery shall be as follows:

(1) In the case of shortage, failure to deliver, or delivery direct to the consignée or other person of any merchandise free of duty, an amount equal to the value of the missing merchandise, not to exceed in any one shipment the sum of $25.

(2) In the case of shortages or failure to deliver merchandise subject to duty, an amount equal to the duties on the missing merchandise or, if the duties cannot be estimated promptly, an amount equal to 70 per centum of the value shown on the manifest.

(3) In the case of unauthorized delivery directly to the consignee or other person of merchandise subject to duty, an amount equal to one and one-quarter times the estimated duty thereon, or, if the duties cannot be estimated promptly, an amount equal to 70 per centum of the value shown on the manifest.

(c) In addition to the penalties described in paragraph (b) of this section, the carrier shall pay any internalrevenue taxes or other taxes accruing to the United States on the missing merchandise, together with all costs, charges, and expenses caused by the failure to make the required transportation, report, and delivery.

(d) In any case in which liquidated damages imposed in accordance with this section do not aggregate over $20,000 and the collector is satisfied by evidence submitted to him with an application for relief from the payment thereof that any shortage, irregular delivery, nondelivery, or any failure to obtain customs supervision was without any intent to evade any law or regulation, the collector may cancel such claim upon the payment of any lesser amount or without the payment of any amount, as he may deem appropriate under the law and in view of the circumstances.

(Sec. 551, 623, 46 Stat. 742, as amended, 759, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1551, 1623)

representative of the Trunk Line Association, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Joint Rate Inspection Bureau of Chicago, or the Southern Weighing and Inspection Bureau of Atlanta, inspectors of customs in charge shall permit such applicant to open and examine packages containing in-bond merchandise described in the manifest in general terms for the purpose of ascertaining whether the merchandise is properly classified under the interstate commerce laws.

(b) The opening and examination of such packages shall be without expense to the Customs Service or the owner of the goods and shall be done in the presence of a customs officer. The contents of the cases shall not be removed or disturbed further than is necessary to ascertain the character thereof. The customs officer shall require the packages to be securely closed, and shall note on the manifest the packages so inspected, the date, and by whom inspected.

(Sec. 551, 46 Stat. 742, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1551)

§ 18.10 Kinds of entry.

(a) The following entries and withdrawals may be made for merchandise to be transported in bond:"

(1) Entry for immediate transportation without appraisement.

(2) Warehouse or rewarehouse withdrawal for transportation.

(3) Warehouse or rewarehouse withdrawal for exportation or for transportation and exportation.

(4) Entry for transportation and exportation.

(5) Entry for exportation.

(b) The copy of each entry or withdrawal made in any of the classes named in paragraph (a) of this section which is retained in the office of the forwarding collector shall be signed by the party making the entry or withdrawal. In the case of shipments to the Virgin Islands (U.S.) under paragraph (a), (3), (4), or (5) of this section, one additional copy of the entry or withdrawal on customs Form 7512 shall be filed and shall be mailed by the receiving collector to the collector of customs, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (U.S.). (Secs. 552, 553, 557, 46 Stat. 742, as amended, 744, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1552, 1553, 1557)

'Before shipping merchandise in bond to another port for the purpose of warehousing or rewarehousing, the shipper should ascertain whether warehouse facilities are available at the intended port of destination.

§ 18.10a Special manifest.

Merchandise for which no other type of bonded movement is appropriate may be shipped in bond from one port to an other when such shipment is authorized by the collector of customs having cus tody of the merchandise. For this pur pose customs Form 7512 prepared in quadruplicate shall be used as a special manifest.

IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT APPRAISEMENT

§ 18.11 Entry; classes of goods for which entry is authorized; form used (a) Entry for immediate transporta tion without appraisement may be made under section 552, Tariff Act of 1930, for merchandise in general-order ware house at any time within 1 year from the date of importation.

(b) The carrier bringing the mer chandise to the port of arrival, the carrier who is to accept the merchandise on its bond for transportation to the port of destination, or any person shown by the bill of lading or manifest, by a cer tificate of the importing carrier, or by any other document satisfactory to the collector to have a sufficient interest in the merchandise for that purpose may make entry for immediate transporta tion without appraisement.

(c) Before a shipment covered by an entry for immediate transportation or § manifest of baggage shipped in bond (other than baggage to be forwarded bond to a customs station-see § 18.13 (a)), shall be allowed to be transported directly to a place of deposit outside port of entry for examination and release as contemplated by section 484 (f), Tarif Act of 1930, as amended," the consent

"Any merchandise, other than explosive and merchandise the importation of which prohibited, arriving at a port of entry in the United States may be entered, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, for transportation in bond without appraisement to any other port of entry designated by the consignee, or his agent, and by such bonded carrier as he des ignates, there to be entered in accordance with the provisions of this Act." (Tariff Act of 1930, sec. 552; 19 U. S. C. 1552)

Special provisions concerning the shipment of baggage under this provision of law are contained in § 18.13.

in the case of articles not sub ject to a quantitative or tariff-rate quots entry for the entire quantity covered by a entry for immediate transportation made