CHAPTER I-BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 40 50 60 70 Sec. 20.1 20.2 20.3 Training of foreign participants in census procedures and general statistics. Public information. Cutoff date for recognizing boundary changes for the 1970 censuses. PART 20-SEAL Authority. Description. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 20 issued under R.S. 161, as amended, sec. 3, 68 Stat. 1012, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 22, 13 U.S.C. 3. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 20 appear at 25 F.R. 2163, Mar. 16, 1960, unless otherwise noted. § 20.1 Authority. Pursuant to section 3 of Title 13, United States Code, the Bureau of the Census official seal and design thereof, which accompanies and is made a part of this document, is hereby approved. § 20.2 Description. Seal: On a shield an open book beneath which is a lamp of knowledge emitting rays above in base two crossed quills. Around the whole a wreath of single leaves, surrounded by an outer band bearing between two stars the words "U.S. Department of Commerce" in the upper portion and "Bureau of the Census" in the lower portion, the lettering concentric with an inner beaded rim and an outer dentilated rim. § 20.3 Custody. The seal shall remain in the custody of the Director, Bureau of the Census or Requirements as to separate Shipper's Export Declarations. 30.38 30.39 30.7 30.8 30.9 Information required on Shipper's Additional information required on 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. 30.13 Who can present Shipper's Export Declarations. 30.14 Procedure upon presentation of Shipper's Export Declarations. 30.15 Procedure for presentation of declarations covering shipments from an interior point. 30.16 Corrections to Shipper's Export Declarations. Exceptions from the requirement for reporting complete commodity detail on the Shipper's Export Declaration. [Reserved] Authorization for reporting statistical information other than by means of individual Shipper's Export Declarations filed for each shipment. 30.40 Single declaration for multiple consignees. 30.80 30.81 30.82 30.83 Merchandise entering U.S. Customs Imports of merchandise into Guam. Subpart G-General Administrative Provisions 30.90 Confidential information, import entries and withdrawals. Export Declarations. 30.91 30.92 Statistical classification schedules. 30.93 Emergency exceptions. 30.94 30.95 Instructions to Customs. Penalties for violations. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 30 issued under R.S. 161; sec. 2, 76 Stat. 951, 77A Stat.; 5 U.S.C. 22; 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 19 U.S.C. 1202, 722, 1484(c); Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Department of Commerce Order No. 85, June 21, 1962, 27 F.R. 6397. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 30 appear at 31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, unless otherwise noted. NOTE: The term "Customs Director" 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. See notice issued by the Commissioner of Customs and published in the FEDERAL REGISTER Of July 13, 1966 (31 F.R. 9529). Subpart A-General Requirements— Exporters § 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 the regulations in this part 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. (1) To Puerto Rico from the United States. (ii) To the United States from Puerto Rico. (iii) To U.S. Possessions from the United States or Puerto Rico. In the regulations in this part, 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) Shipper's Export Declarations 1 Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for shipments from a U.S. Possession destined to the United States, Puerto Rico, or another U.S. Possession. 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. [31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 34 F.R. 14592, Sept. 19, 1969] § 30.2 Related export control require ments. (a) Under the provisions of the export control regulations of the Office of Export Control in the Bureau of International Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce (Parts 368-399 of this title),a Shipper's Export Declarations are also required for shipments of merchandise from U.S. Possessions to foreign countries or areas. (b) For all shipments to foreign countries or areas, the Shipper's Export Declaration is an export control document. In preparing and filing 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 control regulations and of the Customs regulations closely related to statistical requirements have been incorporated in the regulations in this part. 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 Control, Bureau of International Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, or from Department of Commerce Field Offices. § 30.3 Shipper's Export forms. Declaration (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: 2 See also the Comprehensive Export Schedule of the Office of Export Control, which may be purchased from the Government Printing Office or Department of Commerce Field Offices. (1) Except for shipments for which the Shipper's Export Declaration for InTransit Goods (Commerce Form 7513) is required as specified below, the Shipper's Export Declaration shall be prepared on Commerce Form 7525-V or on Commerce Form 7525-V-Alternate. The arrangement of Form 7525-V-Alternate 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-V-Alternate 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 Declaration for In-Transit Goods (Commerce Form 7513) shall be filed. Form 7513 shall also be filed for merchandise subject to government inspection, examination, or permit arriving from a foreign country which is rejected and exported. (Although Form 7513 provides that it is to be used for foreign merchandise, it should be used also for U.S. merchandise which after having been exported has been returned to or through the United States and is again being exported under any of the conditions described in this paragraph. Except for rejected merchandise, Form 7513 is not to be used for the reexportation of goods for which entry has been made on Customs Forms 7501 or 7502.) 8 (b) The Shipper's Export Declaration and the Continuation Sheet to the Shipper's Export Declaration (both forms designated Commerce Form 7525-V), and the Shipper's Export Declaration for InTransit Goods (Commerce Form 7513) may be purchased for a nominal price from Customs Directors, Department of Commerce Field Offices, and the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or they may be privately printed. Supplies of the Alternate Shipper's Export Declaration and the Continuation Sheet 3 See $30.10 for instructions as to use of the Continuation Sheet. to the Alternate Shipper's Export Declaration (both forms designated Commerce Form 7525-V-Alternate) are not available from Government sales offices but must be privately printed. Sample official Alternate Forms and their Continuation Sheets may be obtained from the Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233, or from the New York Office, Foreign Trade Branch, Processing Division, Bureau of the Census, 434 Customhouse, New York, N.Y. 10004. Privately printed Shipper's Export Declaration forms must conform strictly to the respective official form in size, wording, color, quality (weight of paper stock) and arrangement, including the instructions printed on the reverse side and also the Budget Bureau Approval Number printed in the upper right-hand corner of the face of the form. The quality (weight) of paper stock used in printing the Shipper's Export Declaration form is not less than 16 nor more than 20 pounds commercial substance. Occasional shippers may obtain copies of Shipper's Export Declarations free of charge from local Customs Directors, Post Offices, and Department of Commerce Field Offices. § 30.4 Preparation and signature of Shipper's Export Declarations. (a) The Shipper's Export Declaration shall be prepared and signed by the shipper, owner, or consignor, or his properly authorized agent. For shipments to foreign countries, if the Shipper's Export Declaration is prepared by an agent his authority to sign such declaration shall be in the form of a properly executed power-of-attorney, signed by the shipper, owner, or consignor or in the less formal written authorization printed on the export declaration. The power-ofattorney shall be on file in the agent's office and available for inspection on demand. In every event the data required on the Shipper's Export Declaration shall be complete and correct and shall be based on personal knowledge of the facts stated, or on invoices or information furnished by the principal. Exporters who authorize the preparation of their export declarations by an agent shall provide the agent with information for this purpose which will in every respect meet the specifications in § 30.7. Particular attention is called to the fact that invoices and other commercial documents furnished to the agent for other purposes may not necessarily contain all |