PART 30-FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS

Subpart A-General Requirements-Exporters

Sec.

30.1 General statement of requirement for Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.2 Related export control requirements. 30.3 Shipper's Export Declaration forms. 30.4 Preparation and signature of Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.5 Number of copies of Shipper's Export Declaration required.

30.6 Requirements as to separate Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.7 Information required on Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.8 Additional information required on Shipper's Export Declaration for InTransit Goods (Form 7513).

30.9 Requirements for separation and alignment of items on Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.10 Continuation sheets for Shipper's Export Declaration.

30.11 Authority to require production of documents.

30.12 Time and place Shipper's Export Declarations required to be presented. [Reserved] [Reserved]

30.13

30.14

30.15 Procedure for presentation of declarations covering shipments from an interior point.

30.16 Corrections to Shipper's Export Declarations.

Subpart B-General Requirements-Exporting

Carriers

30.20 General statement of requirement for the filing of manifests and Shipper's Export Declarations by carriers. 30.21 Requirements for the filing of manifests.

30.22 Requirements for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations by departing carriers.

30.23 Requirements for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations by pipeline carriers.

30.24 Clearance or departure of carriers under bond on incomplete manifest or Shipper's Export Declarations.

Subpart C-Special Provisions Applicable Under Particular Circumstances

30.30 Values for certain types of transactions.

30.52 Special exemptions for shipments to the U.S. armed services.

30.53 Special exemptions for certain shipments to U.S. Government agencies and employees.

30.54 Special exemptions for mail shipments.

30.55 Miscellaneous exemptions. 30.56 Conditional exemptions. 30.57 Information on export declarations for shipments of types of goods covered by § 30.56 not conditionally exempt.

Subpart E-General Requirements—Importers 30.70 Statistical information required on import entries.

Subpart F-Special Provisions for Particular Types of Import Transactions

30.80 Merchandise entering U.S. Customs Territory from U.S. Foreign Trade Zones.

30.81 Imports of merchandise into Guam. 30.82 Identification of U.S. merchandise returned for repair and reexport. 30.83 Statistical copy of mail and informal

entries.

Subpart G-General Administrative Provisions Sec.

30.90 Confidential information, import entries and withdrawals.

30.91 Confidential information, Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.92 Statistical classification schedules.
30.93 Emergency exceptions.
30.94

Instructions to Customs. 30.95 Penalties for violations.

AUTHORITY: Sections 30.1 to 30.95 issued under R.S. 161; (5 U.S.C. 301); Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Department of Commerce Order No. 85, June 21, 1962, 27 FR 6397. Interpret or apply 76 Stat. 951, 77A Stat. (13 U.S.C. 301307; 19 U.S.C. 1202, 1484(e)).

SOURCE: 41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

NOTE: The term "Customs Director" or "District Director of Customs" as used in this Part 30 means the Regional Commissioner of Customs if the transaction is at the port of New York City; the district director of customs if at the headquarters port of a customs district other than New York City; and the customs officer in charge of the port if at a nonheadquarters port.

Subpart A-General RequirementsExporters

§ 30.1 General statement of requirement for Shipper's Export Declarations.

(a) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed by exporters or their agents in accordance with the definitions, specifications, and requirements of these regulations for all commodities, gold and silver, except as specifically exempted herein, shipped as follows:

(1) To foreign countries or areas (including the Canal Zone and Trust Territories under U.S. administration, and including Foreign Trade Zones in foreign countries or areas) from any of the following:

(i) The United States, including the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

(ii) Puerto Rico.

(iii) Foreign Trade Zones in the United States or Puerto Rico.

(iv) The Virgin Islands of the United States.

(2) Between nonforeign areas as specified below then:1

(i) To Puerto Rico from the United States.

(ii) To the United States from Puerto Rico.

(iii) To the Virgin Islands of the United States from the United States or Puerto Rico.

(b) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed for merchandise moving as described above regardless of the method of transportation. Instructions for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations for vessels, aircraft, railway cars, etc., when sold foreign appear in § 30.33. Exemptions from these requirements and exceptions to some of the provisions of these regulations for particular types of transactions will be found in Subparts C and D of this part.

[41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 29374, July 16, 1976; 41 FR 42645, Sept. 28, 1976]

§ 30.2 Related export control requirements.

(a) Under the provisions of the Export Administration Regulations of the Office of Export Administration in the Bureau of East-West Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce (15 CFR Parts 368-399), 2 Shipper's Export Declarations are also required for shipments of Merchandise from U.S. Possessions to foreign countries or areas. In these regulations, the term U.S. Possessions includes the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam Island, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Island, and Canton and Enderbury Islands.

(b) For all shipments to foreign countries or areas, the Shipper's Export Declaration is an export control document. In preparing and filing

'Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for shipments from the United States or Puerto Rico to the United States Possessions, except to the Virgin Islands of the United States, or from a U.S. Possession destined to the United States, Puerto Rico, or another U.S. Possession.

2See also the Export Administration Regulations of the Office of Export Administration, which may be purchased from the Government Printing Office or Department of Commerce District Offices.

export declarations for shipments to foreign countries and areas, therefore, the shipper must comply with all pertinent export control regulations as well as the requirements of the statistical regulations of this part. For convenience, a few provisions of the Export Administration Regulations and of the Customs regulations closely related to statistical requirements have been incorporated in these regulations. Information concerning export control regulations and information concerning agencies other than the Department of Commerce exercising export control authority for particular types of commodities may be obtained from the Office of Export Administration, Bureau of East-West Trade, Washington, D.C. 20230, or from Department of Commerce District Offices.

§ 30.3 Shipper's Export Declaration forms. (a) Official forms, or privately printed forms conforming in every respect to the official forms, shall be used in complying with requirements for Shipper's Export Declarations as follows:

(1) Except for shipments for which the Shipper's Export Declaration for In transit Goods (Commerce Form 7513) is required as specified below, the Shipper's Export Declaration shall be prepared on Commerce Form 7525V or on Commerce Form 7525-V-Alternate (Intermodal). The arrangement of Form 7525-V-Alternate (Intermodal) conforms to and is designed for simultaneous preparation with various other shipping documents commonly used, such as the dock receipt, short form bill of lading, etc. Form 7525-VAlternate (Intermodal) is acceptable in lieu of Form 7525-V without limitation.

(2) For merchandise shipped in transit through the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States from one foreign country or area to another, including such merchandise destined from one foreign place to another and transshipped in ports of the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for foreign merchandise exported from General Order Warehouses or from Foreign Trade Zones, the Shipper's Export