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Code · CFR · Title 19 — Customs Duties · Part 158 — Relief from Duties on Merchandise Lost, Damaged, Abandoned, or Exported · § 158.42

§ 158.42. Abandonment by importer within 30 days after entry.

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Allowance in duties for merchandise abandoned to the Government in accordance with section 506(1), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1506(1)), shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a)Minimum quantity to be abandoned. The merchandise being abandoned shall represent 5 percent or more of the total value of all the merchandise of the same class or kind entered in the invoice in which the merchandise being abandoned appears.
(b)Application within 30 days. The importer shall file written notice of abandonment with the director of the port where the entry was filed within 30 days after the date of entry, or, in the case of examination packages, within 30 days after release, whether or not delivery is taken by the importer immediately after entry or release as the case may be.
(c)Delivery of merchandise. Within the 30-day period set forth in paragraph
(b)of this section, the importer shall deliver the abandoned merchandise to such place as the port director specifies, unless the port director is satisfied that the merchandise is so far destroyed as to be nondeliverable.
(d)Identification of merchandise. The importer shall identify the abandoned merchandise with that described in the invoice used in making entry to the satisfaction of the port director, who shall make such examination as may be necessary to verify such identification.
(e)Segregation and repacking. When repacking is necessary to segregate the abandoned merchandise from the remainder of the shipment, such repacking shall be done at the expense of the importer and under Customs supervision. (Sec. 506, 46 Stat. 732, as amended; 19 U.S.C. 1506)
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