§ 101-41.309-1 - International shipments.

(a) International ocean shipments. Each bill submitted by a freight or household goods forwarder for the payment of transportation charges for the overseas movement of personal property (including household goods, personal effects, and, for civil agencies, privately owned vehicles) shall be supported by a copy of the ocean freight bill along with the GBL. Also, each bill submitted by an ocean carrier or freight forwarder for the payment of charges for the transportation of personal effects of officers and employees of the United States, furnished in whole or in part by a foreign-flag carrier, shall be supported by the authorizing official's certification of the necessity for the use of the foreign-flag carrier. (See 4 CFR 52.2.)

(b) International air shipments. (1) Each bill for the payment of international air freight transportation charges not involving the use of foreign-flag carriers shall be supported:

(i) For air carriers, with a carrier's certification that only U.S.-flag service was used or, in the absence of such certification, with a copy of the air waybill or manifest showing the underlying carriers utilized, and

(ii) For air freight forwarders, with a copy of the air waybill or manifest.

(2) Each bill submitted by an air carrier or air freight forwarder for the payment of international air freight transportation charges involving, in whole or in part, the use of foreign-flag carriers shall be supported by:

(i) A copy of the air waybill or manifest showing the underlying carriers utilized, and

(ii) A certification, adequately explaining the nonavailability of U.S.-flag service, signed by the responsible official of the authorizing agency or the carrier having knowledge of the facts concerning such usage.