§ 12.131 - Entry of textiles and textile products.

(a) General. Separate shipments of textiles and textile products, including samples, which originate from a country subject to visa or export license requirements for exports of textiles and textile products, arriving in the customs territory of the United States for one consignee on the same conveyance on the same day, the combined value of which is over $250, shall not be entered under the informal entry procedures set forth in subpart C, part 143 or procedures set forth in § 141.52 of this chapter. Port directors shall refuse separate informal entries and require a formal entry and visa or export license, as appropriate, for all such merchandise. A consignee for purposes of this section is the ultimate consignee and does not include a freight forwarder or Customs broker not importing for its own account.

(b) Denial of entry pursuant to directive. Textiles and textile products subject to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), whether or not the requirements set forth in § 12.130 have been met, will be denied entry where the factory, producer or manufacturer named in the entry documents for such textiles or textile products is named in a directive published in the Federal Register by the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements as a company found to be illegally transshipping, closed or unable to produce records to verify production. In these circumstances, no additional information will be accepted or considered by Customs for purposes of determining the admissibility of such textiles or textile products.