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

(a) To meet the requirements of § 30.20 for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations, every departing carrier transporting merchandise as specified in § 30.20, including vessels, aircraft, rail carriers, trucks and other vehicles, ferries, and every other carrier shall deliver to the Customs Director at the port of exportation (for shipments from the United States to Puerto Rico, at the port of arrival in Puerto Rico), with the manifest of the carrier, if a manifest is required by the regulations in this part, Shipper's Export Declarations prepared and signed by the exporters, or their agents, covering all the cargo for which such Shipper's Export Declarations are required by the regulations in this part.

(b) The exporting carrier shall be responsible for the accuracy of the following items of information (where required) on the declaration: Name of carrier (including flag if vessel carrier), U.S. Customs port of exportation, method of transportation from the United States, foreign port of unloading, the bill of lading or air waybill number, and whether or not containerized. For shipments to Canada exempt from Shipper's Export Declaration filing requirements (See § 30.58), the exporting carrier shall enter the U.S. Customs port of exportation and method of transportation from the United States on the bill of lading, air waybill, or other documents that they prepare.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, when a transportation company finds, prior to the filing of declarations and manifest as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, that due to circumstances beyond the control of the transportation company or to inadvertence, a portion of the merchandise covered by an individual Shipper's Export Declaration has not been exported on the intended carrier, the transportation company shall correct the descriptions and the quantity, value and shipping weight (if any) amounts shown on the declaration to reflect the amount actually exported on the carrier named in the Shipper's Export Declaration. If a short shipment of this type is discovered by the carrier after the Shipper's Export Declaration in question has been delivered to the District Director of Customs, the transportation company will immediately notify the District Director of Customs so that a correction can be made by the Director on all copies of the declaration if it is still in his possession. If the statistical copy of the declaration has been transmitted by the Director to the Bureau of the Census at the time of such notification, the Director will require the exporter (or his agent) to file a “Correction Copy” of the originally filed Shipper's Export Declaration as described in § 30.16 of these regulations. If the balance of the short-shipped merchandise is subsequently exported, a new Shipper's Export Declaration, complete in all detail, will be required. If the short-shipped merchandise is exported on a carrier of the transportation company named in the original declaration, and if such exportation is made within a reasonable period, the District Director of Customs may accept a declaration executed by such transportation company; otherwise the new declaration shall be executed by the exporter or his agent. In any event, the new declaration shall contain the following statement:

(d) When a shipment by air covered by a single Shipper's Export Declaration is divided by the transportation company and exported in more than one aircraft of the transportation company, the “split shipment” procedure provided in § 30.41 shall be followed by the transportation company in delivering manifests and Shipper's Export Declarations to the District Director of Customs.

(e) Exporting carriers are authorized to amend incorrect shipping weights reported on Shipper's Export Declarations, and to prorate total shipping weights among the individual commodities, where such carriers are able to do so based upon information in their possession.