for separation and alignment of items on Shipper's Export 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. 30.13-30.14 [Reserved]

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

30.16 Corrections to Shipper's Export Dec

larations.

Subpart B-General Requirements-Exporting

Carriers

30.20 General statement of requirement for the filing of manifests and Shipper's Export Declarations by carriers. 30.21 Requirements for the filing of manifests.

30.22 Requirements for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations by departing carriers.

30.23 Requirements for the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations by pipeline carriers.

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

30.30 Values for certain types of transactions.

30.31 Identification of certain nonstatistical and other unusual transactions. 30.32 [Reserved]

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.

30.35-30.36 [Reserved]

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

[Reserved]

30.38 30.39 Authorization for reporting statistical information other than by means of individual Shipper's Export Declarations filed for each shipment.

30.40 Single declaration for multiple consignees.

30.41 "Split shipments" by air.

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.

30.51 Government shipments not generally

exempt.

30.52 Special exemptions for shipments to the U.S. armed services.

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

30.54 Special exemptions for mail shipments.

30.55 Miscellaneous exemptions. 30.56 Conditional exemptions. 30.57 Information on export declarations for shipments of types of goods covered by § 30.56 not conditionally exempt. 30.58 Exemption for shipments from the United States to Canada.

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

Subpart F-Special Provisions for Particular Types of Import Transactions [Reserved]

30.80 30.81

Imports of merchandise into Guam. 30.82 Identification of U.S. merchandise returned for repair and reexport.

30.83 Statistical copy of mail and informal

entries.

Subpart G-General Administrative Provisions

30.90 Confidential information, import entries and withdrawals.

30.91 Confidential information, Shipper's Export Declarations.

30.92 Statistical classification schedules. 30.93 Emergency exceptions.

Sec.

30.94

30.95

Instructions to Customs. Penalties for violations. 30.99 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

AUTHORITY: Title 13, United States Code, sections 301-307; and title 5 United States Code, section 301; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950; Department of Commerce Order No. 35-2A, August 4, 1975, 40 FR 42765.

SOURCE: 41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

NOTE: The term "Customs Director" or "District Director of Customs" as used in this Part 30 means the Regional Commissioner 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.

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 these regulations for all commodities, gold and silver, except as specifically exempted herein, shipped as follows:

(1) To foreign countries or areas, including Foreign Trade Zones located therein, (see § 30.58 for exemptions for shipments from the United States to Canada) from any of the following:

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

(i) To Puerto Rico from the United States.

(ii) To the United States from Puerto Rico.

(iii) To 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 of transactions will be found in Subparts C and D of this part.

[41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 29374, July 16, 1976; 41 FR 42645, Sept. 28, 1976; 50 FR 13017, Apr. 2, 1985; 55 FR 49615, Nov. 30,1990]

§ 30.2 Related export control require

ments.

(a) Under the provisions of the Export Administration Regulations of the Office of Export Administration in the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (15 CFR Parts 368-399), 2 Shipper's Export Declarations are also required for shipments of Merchandise from U.S. Possessions to foreign countries or areas. In these regulations, 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 con

2See also the Export Administration Regulations of the Office of Export Administration, which may be purchased from the Government Printing Office or Department of Commerce District Offices.

venience, a few provisions of the Export Administration Regulations and of the Customs regulations closely related to statistical requirements have been incorporated in these regulations. 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 Administration, International Trade Administration, Washington, D.C. 20230, or from Department of Commerce District Offices.

(13 U.S.C. 302; 5 U.S.C. 301; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950, Department of Commerce Order No. 35-2A, August 4, 1975, 40 FR 42765)

[41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 7213, Feb. 18, 1982]

§ 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 with requirements for Shipper's Export Declarations as follows:

(1) Except for shipments for which the Shipper's Export Declaration for In transit Goods (Commerce Form 7513) is required as specified below, the Shipper's Export Declaration shall be prepared on Commerce Form 7525V or on Commerce Form 7525-V-Alternate (Intermodal). The arrangement of Form 7525-V-Alternate (Intermodal) conforms to and is designed for simultaneous preparation with various other shipping documents commonly used, such as the dock receipt, short form bill of lading, etc. Form 7525-VAlternate (Intermodal) is acceptable in lieu of Form 7525-V without limitation.

(2) For merchandise shipped in transit through the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States from one foreign country or area to another, including such merchandise destined from one foreign place to another and transshipped in ports of the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for foreign merchandise exported from General Order Warehouses, the Shipper's Export Declaration for Intransit

Goods (Commerce Form 7513) shall be filed. Form 7513 shall also be filed for merchandise subject to government inspection, examination, or permit arriving from a foreign country which is rejected and exported. (Although Form 7513 provides that it is to be used for foreign merchandise, it should be used also for U.S. merchandise which after having been exported has been returned to or through the United States and is again being exported under any of the conditions described in this paragraph. Except for rejected merchandise, Form 7513 is not to be used for the reexportation of goods for which entry has been made on Customs Forms 7501 or 7502.)

(b) The Shipper's Export Declaration and the Continuation Sheet' to the Shipper's Export Declaration (both forms designated Commerce Form 7525-V), and the Shipper's Export Declaration for In-transit Goods (Commerce Form 7513) may be purchased for a nominal price from Customs Directors, Department of Commerce District Offices, and the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or they may be privately printed. Supplies of the Alternate Intermodal Shipper's Export Declaration and the Continuation Sheet to the Alternate Intermodal Shipper's Export Declaration are not available from Government sales offices but must be privately printed. Sample official Alternate Intermodal Forms and their Continuation Sheets may be obtained from the Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Privately printed Shipper's Export Declaration forms must conform strictly to the respective official form in size, wording, color, quality (weight of paper stock), and arrangement, including the Office of Management and Budget approval number printed in the upper-right hand corner of the face of form. The quality (weight) of paper stock used in printing the Shipper's Export Declaration form is not less than 16 nor more than 20 pounds commercial substance.

See, § 30.10 for instructions as to use of the continuations Sheet.

Occasional shippers may obtain copies of Shipper's Export Declarations free of charge from local Customs Directors, Post Offices, and Department of Commerce District Offices.

(13 U.S.C. 302; 5 U.S.C. 301; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950, Department of Commerce Order No. 35-2A, August 4, 1975, 40 FR 42765)

[41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 29829, July 9, 1982; 50 FR 23402, June 4, 1985]

§ 30.4 Preparation and signature of Shipper's Export Declarations.

(a) The Shipper's Export Declaration shall be prepared and signed by the shipper, owner, or consignor, or his properly authorized agent. For shipments to foreign countries, if the Shipper's Export Declaration is prepared by an agent his authority to sign such declaration shall be in the form of a properly executed power of attorney, signed by the shipper, owner, or consignor, or in the less formal written authorization printed on the export declaration. The powerof-attorney shall be on file in the agent's office and available for inspection on demand. In every event the data required in the Shipper's Export Declaration shall be complete and correct and shall be based on personal knowledge of the facts stated, or on invoices or information furnished by the principal. Exporters who authorize the preparation of their export declarations by an agent shall provide the agent with information for this purpose which will in every respect meet the specifications in § 30.7. Particular attention is called to the fact that invoices and other commercial documents furnished to the agent for other purposes may not necessarily contain all of the particular types of information needed for the preparation of the export declaration, and special arrangements should be made so that the information needed for the export declaration is noted upon or accompanies the commercial documents furnished to the agent, if he is to prepare the Shipper's Export Declaration.

(b) Shipper's Export Declarations shall be typewritten or prepared in ink or other permanent medium (except indelible pencil). The use of ditto, hec

tograph, or other duplicating process, as well as the overprinting of selected items of information, is acceptable.

(c) All copies of the Shipper's Export Declaration shall contain all of the information called for in the signature space as to name of firm, address, name of signer, capacity of signer, etc. The original Shipper's Export Declaration shall be signed in ink, but signature of other copies is not required. The use of signature stamps is acceptable as signature in ink. A duly signed legible carbon or other copy of the export declaration is acceptable as an "original" of the Shipper's Export Declaration.

§ 30.5 Number of copies of Shipper's Export Declaration required.

(a) Except as provided elsewhere in these regulations the Shipper's Export Declaration shall be delivered to the carrier or postmasters, as specified in §§ 30.12 and 30.15, in the following number of copies:

(1) In duplicate for shipments, except by mail, destined to all foreign countries except Canada.

(2) One copy only for shipments to Canada (see § 30.58 for exemption for shipments from the United States to Canada) and nonforeign areas.

(3) One copy only for mail shipments to all destinations.

(b) In addition to the standard requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, additional copies of Shipper's Export Declarations may be required for export control purposes by the regulations of the Office of Export Administration or other Government agencies or in particular circumstances by the Customs Director or by the postmaster.

[41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 55 FR 49615, Nov. 30, 1990]

§ 30.6 Requirements as to separate Shipper's Export Declarations.

Except as specifically provided in Subpart C, a separate Shipper's Export Declaration (in the required number of copies-see § 30.5) is required for each shipment (consisting of one or more kinds of merchandise) from one consignor to one consignee on a single carrier. In addition, more