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 Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: October 10, 2024)
 Title 19 - Customs Duties
 Chapter I - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury
 Part 19 - Customs Warehouses, Container Stations and Control of Merchandise Therein
 General Provisions

  § 19.8 - Examination of goods by importer; sampling; repacking; examination of merchandise by prospective purchasers.  

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  • § 19.8 Examination of goods by importer; sampling; repacking; examination of merchandise by prospective purchasers.

    Importers may, upon application approved by the port director on Customs Form 3499 examine, sample, and repack[12] or transfer merchandise in bonded warehouse. Where there will be no interference with the orderly conduct of Customs business and no danger to the revenue prospective purchaser may be permitted to examine merchandise in bonded warehouses upon the written request of the owner, importer, consignee, or transferee.

    [28 FR 14763, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-204, 47 FR 49371, Nov. 1, 1982]

    Footnotes - 19.8

    [12] Repacking shall be considered a manipulation within the purview of sec. 562, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.