Such authorization will be subject to the requirement that a declaration covering all such shipments made during the month named on the declaration will be filed by the consignor with the Customs Director no later than the fifth working day of the month following the month covered, and also, except for shipments under subparagraph (4) of this paragraph, subject to the requirement that a Continuation Sheet or other attachment filed with the declaration will list the names of the individual consignees and the number of items shipped to each.

(b) In addition to the procedures authorized in paragraph (a) of this section, the Bureau of the Census, with the concurrence of the Office of Export Control, may, on an individual case basis, authorize exemption from the requirement of § 30.6 that an export declaration be filed for each shipment, the exemption to be conditioned upon the filing, after the close of each month, of a single export declaration or other statistical report, in an approved format including punch cards, computer tapes, etc., covering shipments made during the month to all destinations except countries in country groups S and Z, as defined in the Export Control Regulations of the Office of Export Control (Parts 368-399 of this title), as follows:

(1) Application for permission to file export information on a monthly basis may be made directly to the Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233, with a copy sent to the Office of Export Control, Bureau of International Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

(2) Authorization will be issued only when in the judgment of the Bureau of the Census complete and accurate information will be available on a monthly basis from the records of the applicant, and where the exemption from the filing of a Shipper's Export Declaration for individual shipments represents a reduction of reporting procedure in the individual case. (In general, these special reporting procedures will be limited to shippers who, on a continuing basis, make at least twenty (20) shipments per month out of an individual port by each of any one or more methods of trans

7 Country groups are established and maintained by the Office of Export Control. See Export Control Regulations (Parts 368-399 of this title) for lists of countries included in each country group.

portation, and who are able to furnish summary data each month in all the detail required for statistical processing in terms of the various classifications and cross-classifications now required for statistical purposes, such as commodity data by port, by method of transportation and/or by name of carrier.) Where export control is a consideration, such authorizations will be granted when in the judgment of the Office of Export Control the applicant also has demonstrated that it has established adequate internal operating procedures and has taken other satisfactory safeguards to assure compliance with export control regulations without government review of individual declarations.

(3) (i) Procedures for clearing individual shipments through Customs without the presentation of a declaration, and the exact type of monthly or other report to be delivered, will be discussed and specifications developed in connection with each application.

(ii) Such authorizations will be subject to the requirement that declarations or other approved summarizations containing the necessary statistical information for all such shipments made during a given month will be submitted no later than the fifth working day of the month following the month of export. Moreover, records must be maintained in such a manner that the Bureau of the Census, the Office of Export Control, or the Bureau of Customs may, if desired, verify that a given shipment was, in fact, included in a particular monthly report.

(c) Authorization for the filing of monthly declarations or other summarizations under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section may be terminated at any time.

(d) Part 386 of the Department of Commerce Export Control Regulations contains complete information on the requirements of the Office of Export Control in connection with the granting of authorizations for the filing of monthly summaries of export shipments.

[31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 34 F.R. 14593, Sept. 19, 1969; 37 F.R. 10435, May 23, 1972]

ments, other than those made to U.S. Government agencies, offices, establishments, or representatives of any of these, which are laden on one vessel or aircraft and destined to go to one port in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or the Canal Zone. For such shipments no consignee information need be furnished whether such shipments are made to one or several consignees.

[35 F.R. 4948, Mar. 21, 1970]

§ 30.41 "Split shipments" by air.

When a shipment by air covered by a single Shipper's Export Declaration is divided by the exporting transportation company at the port where the declaration is filed, and part of the shipment is exported on one aircraft and part on another aircraft of the same transportation company, the following procedure shall apply:

(a) The carrier will deliver the manifest copy of the declaration to the District Director of Customs with the manifest covering the flight on which the first part of the split shipment is exported, and will make no changes on the declaration. However, the manifest will show in the "number of packages" column the actual portion of the declared total quantity being carried and will carry a notation to indicate "Split Shipment".

(b) On each subsequent manifest covering a flight on which any part of a split shipment is exported, a prominent notation "Split Shipment" will be made adjacent to the item on the manifest for ready identification. For the last shipment the notation will read "Split Shipment, Final".

Each subsequent manifest covering a part of a split shipment shall also show in the "number of packages" column only the merchandise carried on that particular flight and a reference to the total amount originally declared for export, e.g., 5 of 11, or 5/11; and immediately following the line showing the portion of the split shipment carried on that flight, a notation will be made showing the air waybill number shown on the original Shipper's Export Declaration and the portions of the originally declared total carried on each previous flight together with the number and date of each such previous flight, e.g., original Shipper's Export Declaration AWB 123;

Subpart D-Exemptions From the Requirements for the Filing of Shipper's Export Declarations

§ 30.50 Procedure for shipments exempt from the requirements for Shipper's Export Declarations.

Except as provided below, where an exemption from the requirement for the filing of a Shipper's Export Declaration is provided in this subpart, a notation describing the basis for the exemption shall be made on the bill of lading, air waybill, or other loading document for carrier use, with a reference to the number of the section in this part where the particular exemption is provided so that the carrier at the time of lading, and the Customs Director at the time of exportation, may verify that no declaration is required. If none of the above named documents is used, the person transporting the merchandise must be prepared to identify to the Customs Director at the port of exportation, at the time of exportation but prior to departure, any merchandise which is exempt from the requirement for the filing of a Shipper's Export Declaration and explain to the Customs Director the basis for the exemption. Where shipments are exempt from the requirement for Shipper's Export Declaration on the basis of value and destination, the appearance of the value and destination on the bill of lading, air waybill, or other loading document for carrier use, shall be acceptable as evidence of the exemption, and no reference need be made to the particular section of the regulations in this part where the exemption is provided.

§ 30.51 Government shipments not generally exempt.

Except as provided below in this subpart, Shipper's Export Declarations are required for exports by or to U.S. Government agencies, whether or not shipped on a Government bill of lading. No general exemption is provided for Government shipments, as such.

§ 30.52 Special exemptions for shipments to the U.S. armed services. Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for the following types of shipments to the U.S. armed services:

(a) All commodities, whether shipped commercially or through Government channels, consigned to the United States armed services for their exclusive use, including shipments to armed services exchange systems. (This exemption does not apply to shipments which are for the ultimate use of the U.S. armed services but which are not consigned to the U.S. armed services. However, special exceptions to the requirements of the regulations in this part which may in some circumstances apply to shipments for the ultimate use of the U.S. armed services but not so consigned are provided in § 30.37.)

(b) Department of Defense Military Assistance Program Grant-Aid shipments being transported as Department of Defense cargo under the provisions of Bureau of Customs Circular Letters VES5-MA, March 8, 1954 (MC 133), VES-5MA, June 17, 1954 (MC 133 S.1), VES5-MA, May 24, 1956 (MC 133 S.2) and RES-20-MC, January 25, 1960 (CC 76). Under arrangements with the Department of Defense, information on these shipments for inclusion in U.S. export statistics will be furnished directly to the Bureau of the Census by the Department of Defense. This exception from the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations does not apply to Military Assistance Program Grant-Aid shipments to which a foreign government has taken title before exportation or to any Grant-Aid Military-Aid Program shipment moving in any manner other than as Department of Defense cargo. (See § 30.37 for possible exceptions to the full reporting requirements of § 30.7 for certain military sales shipments not exempt from the requirement for the Shipper's Export Declaration.)

§ 30.53 Special exemptions for certain shipments to U.S. Government agencies and employees.

Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for the following types of shipments to U.S. Government agencies or employees:

(a) Office furniture, office equipment, and office supplies shipped to and for the exclusive use of U.S. Government offices.

(b) Household goods and personal property shipped to and for the exclusive and personal use of U.S. Government employees.

(c) Food, medicines, and related items and other commissary supplies shipped to U.S. Government offices or employees for the exclusive use of such employees, or to U.S. Government employee cooperative or other associations for subsequent sale or other distribution to such employees.

(d) Books, maps, charts, pamphlets, and similar articles shipped by U.S. Government offices to U.S. or foreign libraries, Government establishments or similar institutions.

(e) All commodities shipped to and for the exclusive use of the Panama Canal Zone Government or the Panama Canal Company.

[31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 32 F.R. 20806, Dec. 27, 1967]

§ 30.54 Special exemptions for mail shipments.

Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for the following kinds of shipments by mail:

(a) Shipments (except shipments requiring a validated export license) where one or more of the following conditions are present:

(1) Either the consignor or the consignee is not a business concern. (2) The shipment is valued at $250 or under.

(3) The goods are not mailed for commercial consideration.

(b) Technical data regardless of value, licensing requirements, and the other criteria set forth in paragraph (a) of this section.

(31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 34 F.R. 14593, Sept. 19, 1969]

§ 30.55 Miscellaneous exemptions.

Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for the following kinds of shipments:

(a) Diplomatic pouches and their contents.

(b) Human remains and accompanying appropriate receptacles and flowers.

(c) Shipments from one point in the United States to another thereof by routes passing through Mexico or Canada.

(d) Shipments from one point in Canada or Mexico to another point thereof by routes through the United States.

(e) Shipments, other than by vessel, of merchandise for which no validated export licenses are required, transported in bond through the United States, and exported from another U.S. port, or transshipped and exported directly from the port of arrival.

(f) Shipments to foreign libraries, Government establishments, or similar institutions, as provided in § 30.53 (d).

(g) Shipments of single gift parcels as encompassed by Office of Export Control General License GIFT.

(h) Shipments (except shipments requiring a validated export license) between the United States and Puerto Rico, to American Samoa and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and to all countries except countries included in country groups S, W, Y, and Z, as defined in the Export Control Regulations of the Office of Export Control (Parts 368-399 of this title) where the value of the commodities classified under a single Schedule B number and shipped on the same exporting carrier from one exporter to one importer is $250 or under: Provided, however, That this exemption shall be conditioned upon the filing of such reports as the Bureau of the Census shall periodically require to compile statistics on $250 and under shipments.

(i) Shipments of interplant correspondence, executed invoices and other documents, and other shipments of company business records from a U.S. firm to its subsidiary or affiliate.

(j) Shipments of pets as baggage, accompanied or unaccompanied, of persons leaving the United States, including members of crews on vessels and aircraft.

(k) Shipments for use in connection with NASA tracking systems under Office of Export Control Project License DL-5355-S.

[31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 32 F.R. 20806, Dec. 27, 1967; 34 F.R. 812, Jan. 18, 1969; 35 F.R. 4948, Mar. 21, 1970; 35 F.R. 14389, Sept. 12, 1970; 36 F.R. 8138, Apr. 30, 1971] § 30.56

Conditional exemptions.

Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for the following classes of commodities when they are not shipped as cargo under a bill of lading or an air waybill and do not require a validated export license, but the exporter should

8 See footnote 7 to § 30.39.

be prepared to make oral declaration to the Customs Director, if required:

(a) Baggage and personal effects, accompanied or unaccompanied, of persons leaving the United States, including members of crews on vessels and aircraft, such as:

(1) Usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, medicinal supplies, food, souvenirs, games, and similar personal effects and their containers.

(2) Usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of furniture, household effects, household furnishings, and their containers.

(3) Usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of vehicles, such as passenger cars, station wagons, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, bicycles, tricycles, perambulators, and their containers: Provided, That the above-indicated baggage and personal effects (i) shall include only such articles as are owned by such person or members of his immediate family; (ii) shall be in his possession at the time of or prior to his departure from the United States for the foreign country; (iii) are necessary and appropriate for the use of such person or his immediate family; (iv) are intended for his use or the use of his immediate family; and (v) are not intended for sale.

(b) Tools of trade of persons leaving the United States covering usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of implements, instruments and tools of trade, occupation, or employment and their containers: Provided, That the aboveindicated tools of trade (1) shall include only such articles as are owned by such person; (2) shall be in his possession at the time of or prior to his departure from the United States for a foreign country; (3) are necessary and appropriate and intended for the personal use of such person; and (4) are not intended for sale.

(c) Carriers' stores (including merchandise carried in shops aboard carriers for sale to passengers), supplies, and equipment for departing vessels, planes, or other carriers, including usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of bunker fuel, deck engine, and steward department stores, provisions and supplies, medicinal and surgical supplies, food stores, slop chest articles, and saloon stores or supplies for use or consumption on board and not intended for unlading in a foreign country, and including usual and reasonable kinds and

quantities of equipment and spare parts for permanent use on the carrier when necessary for proper operation of such carrier and not intended for unlading in a foreign country. Hay, straw, feed, and other appurtenances necessary to the care and feeding of livestock while enroute to a foreign destination are considered part of carriers' stores of carrying vessels, trains, planes, etc.

(d) Dunnage of usual and reasonable kinds and quantities necessary and appropriate to stow or secure cargo on the outgoing or any immediate return voyage of an exporting carrier, when exported solely for use as dunnage and not intended for unlading in a foreign country. § 30.57 Information on export declarations for shipments of types of goods covered by § 30.56 not conditionally exempt.

(a) In those cases where Shipper's Export Declarations are required for articles enumerated in § 30.56 (a) through (d) only by virtue of their being shipped under a bill of lading or an air waybill (no validated license is required) the export declaration should clearly indicate in column 10, in lieu of the complete commodity description, that the shipment consists of baggage, personal effects, household effects, ship's stores, crew's effects, or as appropriate. In such cases, Schedule B commodity numbers should not be shown on the declarations.

(b) In those cases where the articles enumerated in § 30.56 (a) through (d) require a validated export license (whether or not shipped under a bill of lading or an air waybill), the Shipper's Export Declaration must identify the shipment as baggage, personal effects, etc., and must contain all the information normally required for any exportation made under a validated export license, i.e., complete commodity description, license number, Schedule B number, quantity, value, etc. Subpart E-General RequirementsImporters

(a) District and Port Code. (All forms.) The Customs district code number and the port code number (as shown in Schedule D, "Code Classification of U.S. Customs Districts and Ports") for the Customs port of entry or filing shall be supplied. (Where Customs does not require that the District and Port codes be inserted by importers, the codes will be filled in by Customs so that all entries and withdrawals received by the Bureau of the Census will bear these codes.)

(b) Importing vessel or carrier. (1) (Customs Forms 7501, 7502, 7512, and 7521.) Information is required as to the carrier or means of transportation by which the merchandise was transported from a foreign country to the first port of unloading in the United States. If the merchandise has been further transported in bond between ports in the United States after having been unladen from the carrier on which it arrived in the United States, the name of the domestic carrier shall not be substituted, and the information furnished shall reflect the name of the carrier or means of transportation by which the merchandise arrived in the first United States port of unlading.

(2) For merchandise arriving in the United States by vessel, the name of the importing vessel is required. The importing vessel is the vessel which transported the merchandise from the foreign port of lading to the first United States port of unlading.

(3) For merchandise arriving in the United States by air, the name and nationality of the importing airline is required. The importing airline is the airline which carried the merchandise from the foreign port of lading to the first United States port of unlading, and not

The information required for statistical purposes is in most cases also required by Customs regulations for other purposes. (See § 30.80 for special reporting instructions for merchandise entering U.S. Customs Territory from U.S. Foreign Trade Zones.