19 Cfr 122.92

§ 122.91

19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–20 Edition)

Subpart J—Transportation in Bond
and Merchandise in Transit

kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB

§ 122.91 Application.
This subpart applies to the transportation in bond of merchandise arriving
in the U.S. by aircraft and entered:
(a) For immediate transportation to
another airport without appraisement;
or
(b) For transportation through the
U.S. and later exportation by aircraft.
§ 122.92 Procedure at port of origin.
(a) Forms required—(1) Customs Form
7512 or other document. Customs Form
7512 or other Customs approved documents, such as an air waybill (see paragraph (a)(3) of this section), shall be
used for both entry and manifest.
Three copies of the form or other document are required to be filed with Customs at the port of origin for merchandise for immediate transportation
without appraisement. Four copies of
the form or other document are required when merchandise for transportation and exportation is entered. (See
also, §§ 18.11 and 18.20(a) of this chapter). Each copy shall be signed by the
carrier or its authorized agent.
(2) Air Waybill. An air waybill may be
used for both entry and manifest.
Three copies of the air waybill are required unless the port director deems
additional copies necessary. Photocopies of the original air waybill are
acceptable. Either preprinted stock air
waybills or electronically generated air
waybills may be used. The air waybill
must:
(i) Contain the information required
of a universal air waybill as recognized
and accepted by the International Air
Transport Association (IATA), be legible and in the English language;
(ii) Display a unique 11-digit number,
the first three digits being the air carrier’s identification code;
(iii) Display the number of packages
based on the smallest external packaging unit (e.g., 14 packages is acceptable, 1 pallet is unacceptable);
(iv) Display the name of the final
port of destination in the U.S. or the
name of the ultimate country of destination of the cargo indicated by
available air carrier shipping documents. The ultimate destination must

be shown even though the air transportation may be scheduled to terminate
in a country prior to the cargo’s final
destination;
(v) Be modified to contain the following information which should appear in a block or attachment in the
upper right-hand corner as in this example. The numbers 1–8 correspond to
the descriptions that follow; the numbers do not have to appear on the AWB:
(1)
(2)
(3)

llllllllllllllllllllll
Origin
llllllllllllllllllllll
Entry Type
llllllllllllllllllllll

Destination
(4) llllllllllllllllllllll
Importing Carrier/Flight Number/Arrival
Date
(5) llllllllllllllllllllll
Bonded Carrier/Exporter
(6) llllllllllllllllllllll
Date
(7) llllllllllllllllllllll
Signature of Carrier’s Agent
(or Exporter)
(8) llllllllllllllllllllll
Customs Officer
Date

The item numbers correspond to the
following information:
Item 1—Origin— The numeric port
code as listed in Schedule D of the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United
States, or the port where the in-bond
entry is presented.
Item 2—Entry type— The appropriate
in-bond code number such as I.T./61 for
Immediate Transportation, T&E/62 for
Transportation and Exportation, and
I.E./63 for Immediate Exportation.
Item 3—Destination— The numeric
port code for the intended port of destination for entry or exportation.
Item 4—Importing Carrier/Flight Number/Arrival Date— This information
serves to identify the shipment in
terms of the inward foreign manifest of
the importing carrier. The ‘‘Arrival
Date’’ is the date of arrival of the importing conveyance in the U.S. The information must be supplied in all instances.
Item 5—Bonded Carrier/Exporter— The
bonded carrier or exporter who will be

844

VerDate Sep<11>2014

14:41 May 07, 2020

Jkt 250063

PO 00000

Frm 00854

Fmt 8010

Sfmt 8010

Q:\19\19V1.TXT

PC31

kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Treas.
liable for the proper movement, handling, and safekeeping of the merchandise once the in-bond movement is authorized by Customs. If this information is not supplied, the in-bond movement will be carried out under the
bond of the importing carrier. (See
Item 7 for further information on
transfer of liability.)
Item 6—Date— The date of the inbond entry preparation. Since an inbond entry can be prepared before the
date of entry presentation and/or acceptance, and prior to the actual arrival of the importing conveyance, this
date should only be used for duty assessment purposes when the date in
Item 8 is left blank. If a date is not
present, the date of in-bond preparation will be deemed to be the date of
arrival.
Item 7—Signature of Carrier’s Agent (or
Exporter)— This signature of the authorized agent of the bonded carrier or
exporter identified previously (See
Item 5) constitutes acceptance of the
liability for the in-bond shipment by
the party signing. A signature is required except when the in-bond movement is under the bond of the importing carrier. If unsigned, the submission
to Customs of an AWB requesting such
a movement is evidence of the acceptance of liability if the AWB is approved
by Customs.
Item 8—Customs Officer/Date— Signature of the Customs officer who authorizes the initiation of the in-bond movement and the date of such authorization. Customs will check to make sure
merchandise is released only to a bonded carrier. The date is used to start the
time limit for completion of the inbond movement and for consumption
entry purposes in accord with § 141.69(b)
of this chapter. Customs authorization
procedures which use a perforation device are acceptable in lieu of the appropriate Customs signature. The port director will determine whether a signature will be required in this block prior
to the time that the cargo is allowed to
move.
(b) Delivery of Customs form to carrier—(1) Merchandise entered for immediate transportation without appraisement. When merchandise is entered for
immediate transportation without appraisement, two copies of Customs

§ 122.92

Form 7512 or other Customs approved
document shall be delivered to the carrier.
(2) Merchandise entered for transportation and exportation. When merchandise is entered for transportation and
exportation, one copy of Customs For
7512 and any other Customs approved
document shall be delivered to the carrier.
(3) After delivery. After delivery, the
forms or other document shall accompany the merchandise to the port of
destination or exportation.
(c) Receipt and supervision. The agent
of a bonded air carrier shall give a receipt for any merchandise delivered to
it for transportation in bond, and no
supervision of the lading of the merchandise on the transporting aircraft
shall be required.
(d) Split shipment—(1) Departure within 24 hours. Merchandise covered by a
single entry and manifest (Customs
Form 7512 or other Customs approved
document) may be sent to the destination airport on one or more aircraft. A
separate manifest for each aircraft is
not required if the whole shipment is
sent within a single 24-hour period.
(2) Departure not within 24 hours. If
any part of a shipment is sent more
than 24 hours after the first part was
sent, the entry and manifest copy
which accompanies the first shipment
shall state that the rest of the shipment will follow by separate aircraft. A
single manifest shall be prepared for
each part of the shipment sent by separate aircraft. The manifest shall be
used as notice of each arrival at the
destination airport.
(e) Transhipment. Merchandise sent
under bond may be transferred at an
intermediate airport to one or more
aircraft of the same airline. This may
be done without Customs supervision
and notice of the transfer is not required. If merchandise covered by one
entry and manifest is transferred to
more than one aircraft, paragraph (d)
of this section applies.
(f) Sealing not required. The sealing of
aircraft, aircraft compartments carrying bonded merchandise, or the
cording and sealing of bonded packages
carried by the aircraft, is not required.
(g) Warning labels. The carrier shall
supply and attach the warning label, as

845

VerDate Sep<11>2014

14:41 May 07, 2020

Jkt 250063

PO 00000

Frm 00855

Fmt 8010

Sfmt 8010

Q:\19\19V1.TXT

PC31

§ 122.93

19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–20 Edition)

described in § 18.4(b)(3) of this chapter,
to each bonded package.
[T.D. 88–12, 53 FR 9292, Mar. 22, 1988, as
amended by T.D. 92–82, 57 FR 38276, Aug. 24,
1992; T.D. 00–22, 65 FR 16518, Mar. 29, 2000;
CBP Dec. 17–13, 82 FR 45405, Sept. 28, 2017]

§ 122.93 Procedure at destination or
exportation airport.
(a) Delivery to port director. When a
bonded shipment arrives at the destination or exportation airport, the
aircraft commander or agent shall deliver one copy of the entry and manifest (Customs Form 7512 or other Customs approved document) covering the
shipment to the port director of that
airport as notice of arrival. If the shipment was sent by separate aircraft
more than 24 hours after the first part
of the shipment was sent, then a manifest for each part of the shipment shall
be delivered to the port director.
(b) Delivery to consignee. When the
merchandise is sent under an entry for
immediate transportation without appraisal, one copy of the manifest covering the merchandise shall be delivered by the carrier to the consignee.
This copy is used to make entry, and
may also be used as a carrier certificate as provided in § 141.11(a)(4) of this
chapter.
[T.D. 88–12, 53 FR 9292, Mar. 22, 1988; T.D. 00–
22, 65 FR 16518, Mar. 29, 2000]

kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB

§ 122.94 Certificate of lading for exportation.
(a) Required filing. This section applies to merchandise entered for transportation and exportation by aircraft.
A certificate of lading for exportation
and a Customs Form 7512 or other Customs approved document (see § 122.93 of
this subpart) shall be filed when the
merchandise reaches the final departure airport. The form shall be filled
out and signed at the place where aircraft clearance for the merchandise is
given.
(b) Clearance not at place of final departure. If an aircraft is cleared at a
place other than the place of final departure from the U.S., the aircraft
commander or its authorized agent
shall:
(1) Promptly report arrival of any
bonded merchandise for export to the

Customs officer in charge at that place;
and
(2) Submit to the Customs officer in
charge the certificate received at the
place the merchandise was taken on
board. The clearance certificate is kept
by the Customs officer in charge until
departure.
This procedure shall be followed at
each place of landing before final departure.
[T.D. 88–12, 53 FR 9292, Mar. 22, 1988; T.D. 00–
22, 65 FR 15618, Mar. 29, 2000]

§ 122.95

Other provisions.

Part 18 of this chapter (Transportation in Bond and Merchandise in
Transit) applies to the transportation
of merchandise under this subpart unless stated otherwise.

Subpart K—Accompanied
Baggage in Transit
§ 122.101 Entry of accompanied baggage.
Passengers who enter the U.S. on one
aircraft and depart to a foreign area on
another aircraft with accompanying
baggage shall either:
(a) Submit their baggage to Customs
for inspection; or
(b) Arrange with the importing carrier for the baggage to be processed
under regular in-transit procedures.
When passengers choose not to have access to their baggage while in the U.S.,
the baggage shall be listed on the Air
Cargo Manifest as provided in § 122.48.
§ 122.102 Inspection
transit.

of

14:41 May 07, 2020

Jkt 250063

PO 00000

Frm 00856

Fmt 8010

in

(a) General baggage in transit may be
inspected upon arrival, while in transit, and upon exportation. Carriers
shall present in-transit baggage for inspection at any time found necessary
by the port director.
(b) In-transit baggage shall be presented to a Customs officer for inspection and clearance before the baggage
can be delivered to a passenger while in
the U.S.

846

VerDate Sep<11>2014

baggage

Sfmt 8010

Q:\19\19V1.TXT

PC31