[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 19CFR158.4]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 158_RELIEF FROM DUTIES ON MERCHANDISE LOST, DAMAGED, ABANDONED, OR 

EXPORTED--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart A_Lost or Missing Packages and Deficiencies in Contents of 

                                Packages

 

Sec.  158.4  Liability of carrier for lost or missing packages.



    Upon a joint determination or independent determination of quantity 

as set forth in Sec.  158.1 (a) or (b) resulting in the merchandise 

being ``permitted,'' the carrier shall be responsible only for any 

discrepancy between the manifested quantity and the ``permitted'' 

quantity. In the case of an importing carrier, when there is a 

difference between the quantity shown on the inward foreign manifest and 

the quantity ``permitted,'' liquidated damages or duties shall be 

assessed under the provisions of the carrier's bond or under the 

provisions of section 448, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

1448), unless the carrier corrects his manifest (see Sec.  4.12 of this 

chapter). In the case of a bonded carrier, liquidated damages for lost 

or missing merchandise shall be assessed in accordance with Sec.  18.8 

of this chapter.