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Subtitle B-Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade

CHAPTER I-BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Public information.

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Training of foreign participants in census procedures and general statistics.
Special services and studies by the Bureau of the Census.

Cutoff date for recognizing boundary changes for the 1970 censuses.

PART 20-SEAL

20.1 Authority.

20.2 Description. 20.3 Custody.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 20 Issued under R.S. 161, as amended, sec. 8, 68 Stat. 1012, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 801, 18 U.S.C. 3.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 20 appear at 25 F.R. 2163, Mar. 16, 1960, unless otherwise noted.

$20.1 Authority.

Pursuant to section 3 of Title 13, United States Code, the Bureau of the Census official seal and design thereof, which accompanies and is made a part of this document, is hereby approved. $20.2 Description.

Seal: On a shield an open book beneath which is a lamp of knowledge emitting rays above in base two crossed quills. Around the whole a wreath of single leaves, surrounded by an outer band bearing between two stars the words "U.S. Department of Commerce" in the upper portion and "Bureau of the Census" in the lower portion, the lettering concentric with an inner beaded rim and an outer dentilated rim. $20.3 Custody.

The seal shall remain in the custody of the Director, Bureau of the Census or

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Sec. 30.4

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30.9

Preparation and signature of Ship-
per's Export Declarations.
Number of copies of Shipper's Export
Declaration required.

Requirements as to separate Shipper's
Export Declarations.

Information required on Shipper's
Export Declarations.
Additional information required on
Shipper's Export Declaration for In-
Transit Goods (Form 7513).
Requirements for separation and
alignment of items on Shipper's Ex-
port Declarations.

30.10 Continuation sheets for Shipper's Export Declaration.

30.11 Authority to require production of documents.

30.12 Time and place Shipper's Export Declarations required to be presented. [Reserved] [Reserved]

30.13 30.14 30.15 Procedure for presentation of declarations covering shipments from an interior point.

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30.16 Corrections to Shipper's Export Declarations.

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30.56

Miscellaneous exemptions. Conditional exemptions.

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30.24

Clearance or departure of carriers under bond on incomplete manifest or Shipper's Export Declarations.

Subpart C-Special Provisions Applicable Under Particular Circumstances

80.30 Values for certain types of transactions. 30.31

Identification of certain nonstatistical and other unusual transactions. 30.32 Exports of complete machines or other complete units in partial shipment lots.

30.33 Vessels, planes, cargo vans, and other carriers and containers sold foreign. 30.34 Return of exported cargo to the United States prior to reaching its final destination.

30.35 Shipments between U.S. points in transit through Canada diverted to Canada. [Reserved]

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30.37 Exceptions from the requirement for reporting complete commodity detail on the Shipper's Export Declaration.

Information on export declarations for shipments of types of goods covered by § 30.56 not conditionally exempt.

Subpart E-General Requirements-Importers 30.70 Statistical information required on import entries.

Subpart F-Special Provisions for Particular Types of Import Transactions

30.80 Merchandise entering U.S. Customs Territory from U.S. Foreign Trade Zones.

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Emergency exceptions.

30.94 30.95

Instructions to Customs.

Penalties for violations.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 30 issued under R.S. 161; sec. 2, 76 Stat. 951. 77A Stat.; 5 U.S.C. 301; 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 19 Plan No. 5 of 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Department of Commerce Order No. 85, June 21, 1962, 27 F.R. 6397.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 30 appear at 31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

NOTE: The term "Customs Director" as used in this Part 30 means the Regional Com

missioner of Customs if the transaction is at the port of New York City; the district director of customs if at the headquarters port of a customs district other than New York City; and the customs officer in charge of the port if at a nonheadquarters port. See notice issued by the Commissioner of Customs and published in the FEDERAL REGISTER Of July 13, 1966 (31 F.R. 9529).

Subpart A-General RequirementsExporters

§ 30.1 General statement of requirement for Shipper's Export Declarations.

(a) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed by exporters or their agents in accordance with the definitions, specifications, and requirements of the regulations in this part for all commodities, gold and silver, except as specifically exempted herein, shipped as follows:

(1) To foreign countries or areas (including the Canal Zone and Trust Territories under U.S. administration, and including Foreign Trade Zones in foreign countries or areas) from any of the following:

(1) The United States, including the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

(ii) Puerto Rico.

(iii) Foreign Trade Zones in the United States or Puerto Rico.

(iv) The Virgin Islands of the United States.

(2) Between nonforeign areas as specified below: 1

(1) To Puerto Rico from the United States.

(ii) To the United States from Puerto Rico.

(iii) To American Samoa and the Virgin Islands of the United States from the United States or Puerto Rico.

(b) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be filed for merchandise moving as described above regardless of the method of transportation. Instructions for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations for vessels, aircraft, railway cars, etc., when sold foreign appear in § 30.33. Exemptions from these requirements and exceptions to some of the provisions of these regulations for particular types

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of transactions will be found in Subparts C and D of this part.

[31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 34 F.R. 14592, Sept. 19, 1969; 35 F.R. 4948, Mar. 21, 1970]

§ 30.2 Related export control require

ments.

(a) Under the provisions of the export control regulations of the Office of Export Control in the Bureau of International Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce (Parts 368-399 of this title),' Shipper's Export Declarations are also required for shipments of merchandise from U.S. Possessions to foreign countries or areas.

In the regulations in this part, the term U.S. Possessions includes the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam Island, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Island, and Canton and Enderbury Islands.

(b) For all shipments to foreign countries or areas, the Shipper's Export Declaration is an export control document. In preparing and filing export declarations for shipments to foreign countries and areas, therefore, the shipper must comply with all pertinent export control regulations as well as the requirements of the statistical regulations of this part. For convenience, a few provisions of the export control regulations and of the Customs regulations closely related to statistical requirements have been incorporated in the regulations in this part. Information concerning export control regulations and information concerning agencies other than the Department of Commerce exercising export control authority for particular types of commodities may be obtained from the Office of Export Control, Bureau of International Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, or from Department of Commerce Field Offices.

[31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 35 F.R. 4948, Mar. 21, 1970; 37 F.R. 23251, Nov. 1, 1972]

§ 30.3 Shipper's Export Declaration forms.

(a) Official forms, or privately printed forms conforming in every respect to the official forms, shall be used in complying

2 See also the Export Control Regulations of the Office of Export Control, which may be purchased from the Government Printing Office or Department of Commerce field offices.

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