[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR10.103]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 10_ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC.

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  10.103  American goods returned.



    (a) Certificate required. Articles entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption in the name of an agency or office of the 

United States Government (with the exception of military scrap belonging 

to the Department of Defense) may be admitted free of duty under 

subheading 9801.00.10, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), upon the filing of a certificate on the 

letterhead of the agency or office in the following form in lieu of 

other entry documentation:



    I hereby certify:

    1. That the following articles imported in the --------------------

---- (Name of Carrier) at the port of ------------------------ (Port) on 

------------ (Date) consist of returned products which are the growth, 

produce, or manufacture of the United States, and have been returned to 

the United States without having been advanced in value or improved in 

condition by any process of manufacture or other means, and that no 

drawback has been or will be claimed on such articles, and that the 

articles currently belonging to and are for the further use of --------

---------------- (Agency or Office)





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                                                 General description of

 Number of containers   Bill of lading No.\1\           articles

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 \1\ If shipment arrives in the United States on a commercial carrier.



    2. That the shipment does not contain military scrap.

    3. That the shipment is entitled to entry under subheading 

9801.00.10, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) free 

of duty.

    4. That I am a military installation transportation officer having 

knowledge of the facts involved in this certificate.

 or

    I am an officer or official authorized by ---------------- (Agency 

or Office) (Whichever is applicable) to execute this certificate.

________________________________________________________________________

 (Name)

________________________________________________________________________



            (Rank and branch of service or Agency or Office)



    (b) Combined certificate when articles are intermingled. When 

articles claimed to be free under subheading 9801.00.10 and other 

articles claimed to be free under subheadings 9808.00.30, 9808.00.40, 

9808.00.50, HTSUS (19 U.S.C. 1202), are intermingled in a single 

shipment in a manner which precludes separation for the purpose of 

making claims for free entry under the separate categories, all the 

articles may be covered by a combined certificate which follows the 

requirements of Sec.  10.102(b) and paragraph (a) of this section.

    (c) Execution of certificate. The certificate required by paragraph 

(a) of this section may be executed by any military installation 

transportation officer having knowledge of the facts or by any other 

officer or official specifically designated or authorized to execute 

such certificates by the importing Government agency or office. If the 

merchandise arrived on a commercial carrier, the entry shall be 

supported by evidence of the right to make it.



[T.D. 77-23, 42 FR 2311, Jan. 11, 1977, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 

51251, Dec. 21, 1988]