Sec. 146.70  Transfer of zone-restricted merchandise into Customs 
          territory.

    (a) General. Zone-restricted merchandise may be transferred to 
Customs territory only for entry for exportation, for entry for 
transportation and exportation, for warehousing pending exportation, for 
destruction (except destruction of distilled spirits, wines and 
fermented malt liquors), for transfer from one zone to another, or for 
delivery to a qualified vessel or aircraft or as ground equipment of a 
qualified aircraft under section 309 or 317, Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 1309, 1317), unless the Board has ruled that the 
return of the merchandise to Customs territory for domestic consumption 
is in the public interest. With Board approval (See 15 CFR part 400), 
that merchandise may be entered for consumption, for warehousing, for 
immediate transportation without appraisement, or under any other 
provision of the Customs laws, unless the Board has specified the form 
of entry to be made.
    (b) For consumption. If the return of zone-restricted merchandise to 
Customs territory for consumption has been ruled by the Board to be in 
the public interest, the entry shall be endorsed by the port director to 
show the authority under which it was made, and that the merchandise is 
subject to the provisions of Chapter 98, Subchapter I, Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202).
    (c) For warehousing. Zone-restricted merchandise may be transferred 
from a zone to a Customs bonded warehouse for storage pending 
exportation. The Customs Form 7501 shall be endorsed by the port 
director to show that the merchandise may not be withdrawn for 
consumption. In the case of zone-restricted merchandise transported in 
bond to another port for warehousing and exportation, Customs Form 7512 
shall be endorsed by the port director to show that the merchandise is 
foreign trade zone merchandise in zone-restricted status, which shall be 
entered for warehouse with proper endorsement on Customs Form 7501, and 
which may not be withdrawn for consumption. Zone-restricted merchandise 
transferred from a zone to a Customs bonded warehouse may not be 
manipulated, except for packing or unpacking incidental to exportation.
    (d) For other purposes. Upon acceptance of an entry or withdrawal 
for zone-restricted merchandise for any purpose other than that 
described in a Board order, the entry shall be endorsed by the person 
making entry to show that actual exportation of the merchandise is 
required by the fourth proviso to section 3 of the Act, as amended, or 
the entry endorsed to require delivery to a qualified vessel or 
aircraft, under section 309 or 317, Tariff

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Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1309, 1317).

[T.D. 86-16, 51 FR 5049, Feb. 11, 1986, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 
51263, Dec. 21, 1988]