T. Ds. 37341, 38539. T. D. 39378. WAREHOUSE AND REWAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS FOR Art. 896. Form of entry-Time.-Merchandise may be withdrawn from warehouse for transportation to another port of entry on customs Form 7512, provided that the total period of time for which such merchandise may remain in bonded warehouse shall not exceed three years (or 10 months in the case of grain) from the date of importation. In such cases eight copies of customs Form 7512 will be required at the port of origin, five copies of which will be used as the entry and disposed of as follows: One copy to be retained by the collector at the port of origin as a record; One copy to be mailed to the collector at the port of destination; One copy to be mailed to the comptroller of customs in whose district the port of origin is located; One copy to be mailed to the comptroller of customs in whose district the port of destination is located; and One copy to be used at the port of origin for statistical purposes. Three copies of customs Form 7512 will be used as the manifest and will be disposed of in accordance with General Provisions, article 874 (c). Art. 897. Value, weight, gauge, or measure-Samples. (a) Withdrawals for transportation in bond shall show the value and the weight, gauge, or measure, as the case may be, of the individual packages, and the liquidated duty, and be compared with the warehouse ledger and recorded therein. (b) No invoice or extract from the original invoice will be required. The duty on samples withdrawn from the packages transported will be collected at the original port and a notation thereof made on the transportation entry. Art. 898. Forwarding procedure.-The merchandise will be forwarded in accordance with the general provisions for transportation in bond, articles 873 to 886. Art. 899. Procedure at destination. On arrival at destination the same procedure will be followed as is provided in articles 892 to 894 covering merchandise forwarded under immediate transportation without appraisement entry, except that no further examination and appraisal are necessary at the port of destination and the liquidation of the original warehouse entry must be followed. Art. 900. Withdrawal before liquidation, and before T. Ds. 7583, 34246. liquidation without deposit in warehouse.-(a) The merchandise may be withdrawn for transportation prior to liquidation of the warehouse entry. In such cases the transportation entry, customs Form 7512, shall be stamped "Not liquidated, liquidation to follow." Immediately after the warehouse entry has been liquidated, a statement of liquidation, customs Form 5263, verified by the comptroller, shall be forwarded to the port of destination. (b) All or any part of the merchandise covered by a warehouse entry may also be withdrawn for transportation immediately and before liquidation, without deposit in a bonded warehouse and, pending examination, appraisal, and liquidation, may be permitted to remain on the vessel or other vehicle or on the pier, which places may be deemed constructive warehouses. When any such merchandise not deposited in warehouse is not forwarded under the withdrawal on account of damage or other similar cause, the importer should be required to with. draw such merchandise immediately for consumption or export, or designate a warehouse to which it may be sent, and upon his failure so to do, it should be taken possession of as unclaimed. WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS FOR TRANSPORTATION Art. 901. Withdrawal procedure.-When merchandise is withdrawn from warehouse for transportation and exportation (see articles 329 to 335), seven copies of customs Form 7512 will be required at the port of origin, four copies of which will be used as the entry and disposed of as follows: One copy to be retained by the collector at the port of origin as a record; One copy to be mailed to the collector at the port of destination; One copy to be mailed to the comptroller of customs in whose district the port of origin is located; and One copy to be used at the port of origin for statistical purposes. Three copies of customs Form 7512 will be used as the manifest and will be disposed of in accordance with General Provisions, article 874 (c). 120950°-32-37 T. D. 39378. T. Ds. 22250, 24890, 30876, 32147, 34531, 37340. Art. 902. Forwarding procedure.-The merchandise will be forwarded in accordance with the general provisions for transportation in bond, articles 873 to 886. Art. 903. Procedure at destination.-On arrival at destination the same procedure will be followed as is provided in articles 892 to 894 covering merchandise forwarded under immediate transportation without appraisement entry, except as provided in articles 329 to 335. MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT THROUGH THE UNITED Art 904. Entry authorized.-Tariff act of 1930, section 553: Any merchandise, other than explosives and merchandise the importation of which is prohibited, shown by the manifest, bill of lading, shipping receipt, or other document to be destined to a foreign country, may be entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duties and exported under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and any baggage or personal effects not containing merchandise the importation of which is prohibited arriving in the United States destined to a foreign country may, upon the request of the owner or carrier having the same in possession for transportation, be entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duty, under such regulations as the Secretray of the Treasury may prescribe. Art. 905. Entry procedure.-(a) When there is to be no transshipment, five copies of customs Form 7512 will be required at the port of origin, three copies of which will be used as the entry and disposed of as follows: One copy to be retained by the collector at the port of origin as a record (and manifest); One copy to be mailed to the collector at the port of exportation; and One copy to be mailed to the comptroller of customs in whose district the port of origin is located. The collector's copy at the port of origin, together with the two additional copies of customs Form 7512, will be used as the manifest and will be disposed of in accordance with General Provisions, article 874 (c). (b) When the merchandise is to be transshipped, either at the port of origin or at the port of exportation, two additional copies (one for the discharging inspector and one for the lading inspector), or, in the case of transshipment en route, one additional copy (see art. 875) should be prepared for each transshipment for use of the customs officer at the port of transshipment. 40348. Art. 906. Restricted and prohibited merchandise.-(a) T. Ds. 40134, Merchandise subject upon importation to examination, disinfection, or further treatment by other governmental agencies can not be released for transportation or exportation except by permission of the governmental agency interested, or under regulations issued by such agency. (See Chapter X.) 39308. par. 814. (b) Merchandise such as intoxicating liquor for bever- T. Ds. 39084, age purposes, unpermitted narcotics, and other articles Tariff act 1930, prohibited admission into the commerce of the United States can not be entered for transportation and exportation, and any such merchandise so offered for entry should be seized. (c) Liquor for nonbeverage purposes may be shipped in transit through the United States upon compliance with Industrial Alcohol Regulations No. 2, as amended. (d) Narcotic drugs may be shipped in transit through the United States upon compliance with the regulations of the Commissioner of Narcotics. (e) Articles in transit manifested merely as drugs, medicines, or chemicals, without evidence to satisfy the collector that they are nonnarcotic, shall be detained and subjected, at the carrier's risk and expense, to such examination as may be necessary to satisfy the collector whether or not they are of a narcotic character. With a view to avoiding such inconvenience the carrier should not accept in-transit shipments of such articles unless accompanied by properly verified certificates of the shippers specifying the items in the shipment and stating whether narcotic or not. Art. 907. Forwarding procedure.-(a) The merchandise will be forwarded in accordance with the general provisions for transportation in bond, articles 873 to 886. (b) If the merchandise is not forwarded within 30 days from the date of the filing of the entry, the entry shall be canceled and the merchandise treated as unclaimed as of the date of original arrival. Art. 908. Procedure at destination.-(a) When the merchandise is to be transshipped at the port of exportation, the carrier shall provide two copies of customs Form 7513, "Export Declaration on In-Transit Bonded Goods, Transfer Ticket, and Permit to Export," one copy of which shall be for the use of the collector as a transfer ticket and permit, and the other copy for statistical purposes. The customs seals upon the cars may be re T. D. 40920. moved by the carrier upon authority from the collector and the contents of the cars delivered for transfer to the exporting vessel upon presentation to the discharging inspector of customs Form 7513, properly filled out. The transfer ticket (customs Form 7513) will accompany the merchandise to the exporting vessel and will be certified to by the lading inspector and delivered to the vessel to be attached to the outward manifest prior to clearance. (b) When upon arrival at the port of exit it becomes necessary to transfer bonded and unbonded merchandise on the same lighter for delivery to the export vessel, such fact shall be noted on the lighter manifest and such manifest carefully compared with the reports of the transfer inspector and lading inspector. (c) If any part of a shipment is not exported on the vessel named and is diverted to any other vessel or carrier for exportation, the inspector will note on customs Form 7513 the amount short shipped and diverted, and will prepare another transfer ticket (customs Form 7513) for the goods diverted. There must be at all times in the possession of the inspector on the station at which bonded goods are awaiting exportation a transfer ticket (customs Form 7513) covering such goods. This form (7513) will be used in lieu of an export declaration on customs Form 7525 for merchandise shipped in transit through the United States under customs bond, and such merchandise must not be exported until this form has been signed by the lading inspector. When the merchandise is transshipped at the port of exportation, the collector at that port will, after clearance of the exporting vessel, detach this form from the outward manifest and forward it to the section of customs statistics at the port of New York. (d) The collector at the port of exportation will transmit to the section of customs statistics at New York, on customs Form 7513, a daily statement giving the aggregate value of each of the various classes of intransit merchandise as to which no transshipment takes place at his port, and the countries to which destined, as prescribed by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. (e) Otherwise the same procedure will be followed as is provided in articles 892 to 894 covering merchandise forwarded under immediate transportation without appraise |