No general license symbol is required on the wrapper. (f) General licenses GTDP, GTDU, and GTDS for technical data. (1) General license GTDP may be used for mailing technical data generally available in published form to any country. (2) General license GTDU may be used for mailing technical data not generally available in published form, except for certain data as specified by the Bureau of Foreign Commerce relating to civil aircraft, parts, accessories and electronic equipment used in connection therewith, and petroleum and petrochemical plants and processes. It may not be used to Cuba, Poland or any Soviet bloc country listed in paragraph (b) of this section, except for manuals, instruction sheets, or blueprints. (3) General license GTDS may be used for mailing unclassified scientific and educational technical data under prescribed conditions. (4) No general license symbol is required on the wrappers of packages mailed under licenses GTDP, GTDU, and GTDS. (g) General license GLSA. This license may be used for mailing commercial shipments of certain commodities to Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Germany (Soviet Zone including the Soviet sector of Berlin), Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Rumania, and the U.S.S.R. except the Maritime Province which comprises the Pacific coastal region of Siberia from the Bering Strait to and including Vladivostok. (h) General license BAGGAGE. General license "BAGGAGE" may be used to mail unaccompanied baggage of travellers, consisting of personal and household effects not intended for sale. (i) Other general licenses. General license GCU may be used only for food, medicines, and medical supplies to Cuba. General license GHK may be used only for shipments to Hong Kong and Macao. Other licenses (GO, GRO, GLV, etc.) may be used for shipments to any country not listed in paragraph (b) of this section, and general license GLV may be used for certain commodities valued at $25 or less to Hong Kong and Macao. § 142.3 Validated licenses. (a) Definition and use. A validated license is an individual document issued by the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, authorizing a specific exportation. Further information can be obtained as set forth in § 142.1. Before mailing a shipment under a validated license, the sender must put the license number on the wrapper. (b) Export declaration required. An export declaration (see Part 141 of this chapter) is required for every shipment covered by a validated license, except technical data. However, partial shipments of technical data must comply with paragraph (c) of this section. (c) Mailing under validated licenses. In making a shipment against a validated license, the mailer must surrender the license at the post office regardless of whether the total quantity shown on the license is mailed. However, if only a part of the licensed quantity is mailed, the mailer may, as an alternative, deposit the license with a collector of customs and surrender at the post office a shipper's export declaration (Commerce Form 7525-V) bearing the number of the license and an authorization dated and signed by the collector or by his representative for shipment of the goods shown on the declaration. This is in addition to the declarations required by Part 141 and paragraph (b) of this section. (d) Technical data licenses. Licenses issued by the Bureau of Foreign Commerce for exportations of technical data are similar in form to the usual type of validated license, but no shipper's export declaration is required, except for partial shipments (see paragraph (c) of this section). (e) Processing in post offices-(1) Entire shipments. The postal employees must see that the correct license number is shown on the wrapper of every package presented for mailing with a validated license. The number appears in the upper right portion of the license, adjacent to the validation stamp of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce. Compare the contents as shown on the customs declaration (or as stated by the mailer in the case of shipments mailed as printed matter) with the commodities stated on the license and on the shipper's export declaration when required. If no discrepancy is noted and the package is mailable, accept it and take the license and export declaration (if required) from the mailer. Write "Completed" on the back of the license and apply postmark. Send the license to the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C. Postmark the export declaration and dis pose of it as instructed in § 141.5 of this will postmark it and return it to the chapter. (2) Partial shipments. When a mailer presents an authenticated export declaration with a partial shipment in lieu of a validated license, as prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section, take the authenticated declaration, postmark it and send it to the Bureau of Foreign Commerce. If a validated license is presented with a partial shipment, take it up and dispose of it in the same manner as for an entire shipment. 143.1 143.2 143.3 Individual licenses. Processing licensed mailings. 143.4 Mailings exempt from license. 143.5 Government shipments. AUTHORITY: §§ 143.1 to 143.5 issued under R.S. 161, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 22, 39 U.S.C. 501, 505. SOURCE: 143.1 to 143.5 appear at 26 F.R. 8717, Sept. 19, 1961. § 143.1 Individual licenses. Exportation of certain arms or implements of war and related technical data requires individual licenses issued by the Office of Munitions Control, Department of State. Firearms of less than .22 caliber, those using only .22 caliber rim-fire ammunition, and shotguns are exempt. The mailer can obtain information as to the applicability of the State Department requirements and how to apply for individual licenses from the Office of Munitions Control, Department of State, Washington 25, D.C. § 143.2 Mailings under license. When the entire amount authorized by an individual license is mailed, the sender must surrender the license at the post office. If only a portion of the amount authorized is mailed, the sender must enter on the back of the license the amount being shipped and present it at the post office, where the accepting clerk mailer. § 143.3 Processing licensed mailings. (a) When a mailer presents a State Department license, the accepting clerk will compare the commodities or data indicated on the license with the contents as shown on the customs declaration or as stated by the mailer in the case of technical data mailed as printed matter. If no discrepancy is noted, and the contents are mailable under Part 115 of this chapter and not prohibited to the country of destination concerned, the clerk will accept it for mailing. The sender must mark the wrapper "State Department export license No. (b) If the mailing represents the entire amount authorized, the clerk will take up the license, mark it Completed, apply a legible postmark, and forward it to the Office of Munitions Control, Department of State, Washington 25, D.C. § 143.4 Mailings exempt from license. Technical data that has been published or is otherwise exempt from licensing under section 125.30 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, does not require individual State Department license for exportation. The mailer must mark the wrapper "22 CFR 125.30 * * applicable", identifying the specific subsection under which the exemption is claimed. Exportations under this exemption may not be made to the Soviet Union, any Soviet bloc country, Communist China, or the Communistcontrolled area of Vietnam. § 143.5 Government shipments. Shipments mailed by any agency of the United States Government require no license from the Department of State and no endorsement relating to 22 CFR 125.30 is needed on the wrapper. § 144.1 License requirements. A license is necessary to mail gold in any form or gold certificates from the continental United States to any destination outside its limits or from any U.S. post office outside the continental limits to another country, except as provided in §§ 144.2 and 144.3. Moreover, before acceptance, the postmaster at the office of mailing must receive instructions from the Post Office Department, or the Treasury Department, with a copy of the license. § 144.2 Gold held by nonresidents. Gold in any form other than coin is mailable without a license and specific instruction, if it is not held or owned by a person who is a resident of or domiciled in the continental United States. In such a case the mailer must place on the wrapper of the package and on the shipper's export declaration when required (see § 141.1 of this chapter) a statement that the gold contained therein is held or owned by a person who is not a resident of, or who is not domiciled in, the continental United States. § 144.3 Fabricated gold. (a) Definition. Fabricated gold is defined by the Treasury Department as processed or manufactured gold in any form (other than gold coin or scrap gold) which has a gold content the value of which does not exceed 90 percent of the total domestic value of the processed or manufactured gold and which has in good faith and not for the purpose of evading or enabling others to evade the provisions of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, the act of October 6, 1917, as amended, or the regulations of the Treasury Department, been processed or manufactured for some one or more specific and customary industrial, professional, or artistic uses. Fabricated gold is to be distinguished from semiprocessed gold, which may be exported only pursuant to Treasury License, and which is defined to include gold articles of which more than 90 percent of the total domestic value is attributable to the gold content thereof. (b) Mailing restricted. Fabricated gold is acceptable for mailing without being licensed by the Treasury Department and without specific instructions from the Post Office Department. However, the shipper is required to endorse the wrapper of the package with the Bureau of Census Schedule B statistical classification number of each specific commodity contained therein. The shipper's export declaration, when required (see § 141.1 of this chapter) shall contain, in addition to a specific description of the contents of the package, the following notation: Fabricated gold as defined by section 54.4 of the Gold Regulations, being exported pursuant to the authorization contained in section 54.25 (b) (2) of such regulations. (c) How to determine. To determine whether an article is semi-processed or fabricated gold, the value of the gold content is computed at $35 per fine troy ounce of gold and the total domestic value is determined on the basis of the cost of the article to the owner and not the selling price. In the case of a manufacturer or processor, the allowable elements of such value are the cost of material in the article, labor performed on the article, and processing losses and overhead applicable to the manufacture or processing of such article. In the case of a dealer or other person who holds or disposes of gold without further processing, total domestic value includes only the net purchase price paid by such person and any transportation costs incurred in obtaining delivery of such article to his usual place of business. (d) Gold coin made prior to April 5, 1933. Gold coin made prior to April 5, 1933, is acceptable for mailing without being licensed by the Treasury Department and without specific instructions from the Post Office Department. However, the shipper's export declaration, when required (see § 141.1 of this chapter) shall contain, in addition to a specific description of the package, the following notation: Rare gold coin as defined by section 54.20 of the Gold Regulations, being exported pursuant to the authorization contained in section 54.25 (b) (3) of such regulations. § 144.4 Gold coin, bullion, or gold dust. The acceptance in the postal union mail or parcel post for any country of any consignment of gold coin, gold bullion, or gold dust, having a value in excess of $100 is prohibited, even though a license has been granted to export such gold coin, gold bullion, or gold dust. § 144.5 Where to obtain licenses. The shipper may obtain the forms on which to apply for licenses to export gold from the Bureau of the Mint, Treasury Department, Washington 25, D.C. 145.1 Dried whole eggs. 145.2 Tobacco seed and plants. AUTHORITY: §§ 145.1 and 145.2 issued under R.S. 161, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 22, 39 U.S.C. 501, 505. SOURCE: $ 145.1 and 145.2 appear at 26 F.R. 8718, Sept. 19, 1961. § 145.1 Dried whole eggs. (a) Endorsements. When dried whole eggs purchased under a program of the Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture, are offered for export by mail, an endorsement must be written or stamped on each package by the sender waiving any right to withdraw it from the mail or have it returned. The endorsement must be properly completed and signed by the exporter or his authorized representative over his title. The parcel post forms accompanying such parcels should be completed by the senders to indicate that the parcels are to be abandoned in case of nondelivery. (b) Certificates. A certificate in the following form, prepared and completed by the sender, must be presented with the shipment: CERTIFICATE OF MAILING DRIED WHOLE EGGS I hereby certify that there has (have) been posted at this post office today by A single certificate may cover any number of parcels mailed by the same sender even though addressed to different countries. A charge of 5 cents will be made for each certificate of mailing issued to the sender, or for each parcel when a single certificate covers more than one parcel. Postage stamps to cover the charge for the certificate of mailing shall be fixed to the certificate and canceled by the postmark of the office of mailing. After postmarking, the certificate will be signed by the postmaster or his authorized representative and returned to the sender. § 145.2 Tobacco seed and plants. (a) Permit required. It is unlawful to export any tobacco seed and/or live tobacco plants except in pursuance of a written permit granted by the Secretary of Agriculture. (b) Endorsement of package. The sender must mark the wrapper of the package "Tobacco seed and plant export permit No. - (c) Surrender of permit. The permit is to be presented by mailer at the time of mailing. It will be postmarked and signed by the accepting postal employee. The permit will be retained by the post office and forwarded to the Tobacco Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D.C. (d) Charges. A charge of 5 cents will be made for each permit presented by the sender and for each package or parcel when a single permit covers more than one parcel. Postage stamps to cover the charge shall be affixed to the permit and canceled by the postmark of the office of mailing. Many countries require special documents to be prepared by the sender and either presented by the addressee or enclosed within the package. In some cases, certification by a recognized chamber of commerce in the United States, or legalization by a consulate of the country of destination, or both, are required. The mailer may inquire at the post office for information or see individual country items in § 168.5 of this chapter. (R.S. 161, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 22, 39 U.S.C. 501, 505) [26 F.R. 8718, Sept. 19, 1961] § 147.1 Description. Drawback is an arrangement provided for under the United States Customs Regulations whereby exporters of certain merchandise are entitled to claim a refund of (a) The duty paid on imported materials used wholly or in part in the manufacture or production of the articles to be exported, or (b) The internal revenue tax paid on domestic material used. § 147.2 Claiming drawback. (a) Instructions to mailers. Mailers intending to claim drawback on articles exported by mail must present three completed copies of a "Notice of Exportation (Customs Form 7511-A or 7511-B)" with the package or packages. Each package must also bear on the address side a waiver of the right to withdraw it from the mail. This waiver may be made on customs Form 3413 "Notice of Exportation" and pasted on the wrapper, or may be stamped or written in wording similar to the following: (b) Instructions to postmasters—(1) Postmaster's certificate. Postmark and sign the Postmaster's Certificate on the reverse side of Customs Form 7511-A or 7511-B, "Notices of Exportation" after verifying the marks and numbers on the form with those on the package and noting the presence of the sender's signed statement waiving the right to withdraw the package from the mail. (2) Disposal of forms. Dispose of completed Forms 7511-A and 7511-B as follows: (i) Return one copy to the mailer. (ii) Forward one copy to the collector of customs at the port where the claim is to be filed (shown on the front of the form). (iii) Retain one copy as an office record. Dispose of this copy after 3 years. § 147.3 Obtaining forms. Exporters may obtain Customs Forms 3413 "Notice of Exportation", 7511-A and 7511-B from collectors of customs. A charge of 75 cents per pad is made for the "Notice of Exportation". Sec. SUBCHAPTER P-IMPORTATIONS PART 151-CUSTOMS 151.1 What is subject to examination. 151.2 Separation points. 151.3 Examination. 151.4 Repacking. 151.5 Treatment at delivery office. 151.6 Unidentified items and discrepancies. AUTHORITY: §§ 151.1 to 151.6 issued under R.S. 161, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 22, 39 U.S.C. 501, 505. SOURCE: §§ 151.1 to 151.6 appear at 26 F.R. 8719, Sept. 19, 1961, except as otherwise noted. § 151.1 What is subject to examination. All mail believed to contain merchandise, including returned articles of United States origin, and printed matter are subject to customs examination, except mail addressed to Ambassadors and Ministers of foreign countries and arti (a) Exchange offices. Articles believed liable to customs duty are submitted immediately to local customs officers or redispatched for customs treatment to designated distribution offices, labeled "Supposed Liable to Customs Duty". (b) Distribution offices. Distribution offices will submit articles supposed liable to customs duty to customs officers as soon as possible after receipt. (c) Priority treatment of airmail. Airmail articles receive preferential customs treatment and are submitted to customs separately from surface mail. If delivery can be expedited, dispatch will be by air upon return from customs. |