feet should not be ignored but should be reported as "less than one-half M bd. ft.".)

If

(0) Gross (shipping) weight. In addition to specifying the net quantity in the units required by Schedule B, the gross shipping weight in pounds, including the weight of containers, shall be shown for all shipments by vessel and air. However, for containerized cargo in lift vans, cargo vans, or similar substantial outer containers, the weight of such containers should not be included in the gross weight of the commodities. gross shipping weight information is not available for individual Schedule B items for the reason that commodities covered by more than one Schedule B number are contained in the same shipping container, approximate shipping weights, estimated as accurately as is practicable, may be shown on the Shipper's Export Declarations for each Schedule B item in the container. The total of the estimated weights must equal the actual shipping weight of the entire container or containers and contents. Gross shipping weight is not required for shipments by mail or for shipments by methods of transportation other than vessel or air.

(p) "D" (Domestic) or “F” (Foreign). (1) The export declaration covering exports to foreign countries shall show foreign goods separately from goods of domestic production. Exports of foreign merchandise include those commodities which are the growth, produce, or manufacture of foreign countries which entered the United States as imports and which at the time of exportation have undergone no change in form or condition or enhancement in value by further manufacture in the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Possessions.

(2) Exports of domestic merchandise include those commodities which are the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Possessions (including commodities incorporating foreign components), and those articles of foreign origin which have been enhanced in value or changed from the form in which imported by further manufacture or processing in the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Possessions.

(3) The above distinction between domestic and foreign merchandise is intended only for use in reporting on the Shipper's Export Declaration and is intended for statistical purposes only.

(4) On the Shipper's Export Declaration in the column headed "Specify 'D' or 'F"," domestic merchandise shall be identified by the designation "D" and foreign merchandise shall be identified by the designation "F." On the Shipper's Export Declaration for InTransit Goods, Form 7513, one of the following statements, whichever is appropriate, shall be shown across the body of the form within columns 1 through 6: (i) For in-transit shipments of domestic (United States) merchandise, "The merchandise described herein is of the growth, production or manufacture of the United States;" and (ii) for intransit shipments of foreign merchandise, "The merchandise described herein is of foreign origin."

(q) Value. (1) In general, value shall be reported on the Shipper's Export Declaration in accordance with the definition at the top of the value column on the regular Shipper's Export Declaration (Commerce Form 7525-V): "Value at U.S. Port of Export (Selling price or cost if not sold, including inland freight, insurance and other charges to U.S. port of export) (Nearest whole dollar; omit cents figures)." "Selling price" for goods exported pursuant to sale is the exporter's price to his customer net of any unconditional discounts from list price, but without deducting any discounts which are conditional upon a particular act or performance on the part of the customer. Commissions to be paid by a U.S. exporter to his agent abroad, or to be deducted from the selling price by the exporter's agent abroad should be excluded. For goods shipped on consignment without a sale actually having been made at the time of export, the "selling price" to be reported on the Shipper's Export Declaration is the market value at the time of export at the United States port from which exported.

(2) The value reported on the Shipper's Export Declaration shall exclude: The cost of loading on the exporting vessel, aircraft, car or vehicle at the port of exportation; freight, insurance, and any other charges or transportation costs beyond the port of export; and any duties, taxes, or other assessments imposed by foreign countries. The value reported shall include inland or domestic freight or other charges to the seaport, airport, or border port of exportation.

(3) The value to be reported as defined above is (or is equivalent to) an f.a.s.

(Free alongside ship) value. Therefore, where goods are sold f.o.b. a U.S. point other than the port of exportation freight, insurance, and other costs to the border, sea, or airport of exportation shall be added to the selling price (as defined above) for purposes of reporting value on the Shipper's Export Declaration. If the actual amount of such domestic costs is not available, an estimate of the domestic costs shall be added. Where goods are sold at a "delivered" price, c.i.f. foreign destination, the cost of loading on the exporting carrier at the port of exportation, if any, and freight, insurance, and other costs beyond the port of exportation should be subtracted from the price for purposes of reporting value on the Shipper's Export Declaration. If the actual amount of such costs is not available, an estimate of the costs should be subtracted. Costs added to or subtracted from the selling price in accordance with the above instructions should not be itemized or shown separately on the Shipper's Export Declaration, but the value reported should be the value after the making of such adjustments, where they are required to arrive at "value at U.S. port of export." In the expression of values in export declarations, fractions of a dollar less than 50 cents should be ignored, and fractions of 50 cents or upward should be counted as $1.

(4) For definitions of the value to be shown on the Shipper's Export Declaration for special types of transactions where the commodities are not being exported pursuant to commercial sales, or where subsidies, Government financing or participation, or other unusual conditions are involved, see § 30.30.

(r) Date of exportation. Information as to date of exportation is not required to be reported for shipments by vessel or by mail. For other shipments, the date of departure (or date of clearance, if date of departure is not known) shall be shown on the Shipper's Export Declaration as the date of exportation.

(s) Designation of agent and signature. For information regarding the use of the space provided on Form 7525-V and 7525-V-Alternate for authorization of agent, and for requirements as to signature, see § 30.4.

[31 F.R. 11367, Aug. 27, 1966, as amended at 32 20805, Dec. 27, 1967]

§ 30.8

Additional information required on Shipper's Export Declaration for In-Transit Goods (Form 7513).

In addition to the information required under § 30.7, the following information shall be shown on the Shipper's Export Declaration for In-Transit Goods, Form 7513:

(a) U.S. port of arrival. The U.S. port at which the merchandise covered by the declaration arrived from a foreign country shall be shown.

(b) Country from which shipped. The name of the foreign country where the goods were loaded on the carrier which transported the merchandise to the United States from a foreign country shall be indicated.

(c) Date of arrival. The date on which the merchandise arrived in the United States shall be entered.

(d) Country of origin. The name of the country of origin as defined in § 30.70 (f) shall be indicated.

§ 30.9

Requirements for separation and alignment of items on Shipper's Export Declarations.

For each Schedule B classification (see § 30.7(1)) for which merchandise is included in the shipment, a separate item shall be shown on the Shipper's Export Declaration and the separate description of commodities, shipping weight, "D" or "F" designation, Schedule B commodity number, net quantity and value for the item shall be correctly aligned horizontally, and clearly distinguishable from information applying to other Schedule B items on the same declaration. However, where merchandise covered by a single Schedule B classification is moving under more than one general license, under more than one validated export license, or under a validated export license which shows two or more listings for the same Schedule B number, a separate item shall be shown on the Shipper's Export Declaration for each license or for each listing on the license." For merchandise moving under validated license, information required by export control regulations as to export license number and expiration date, and information as to whether the export is a partial or complete shipment against the license, shall be shown immediately

5 See § 30.6 for prohibition against reporting general license commodities on the same Shipper's Export Declaration with commodities moving under a validated license.

below the corresponding description of commodities on the Shipper's Export Declaration. Where two or more items are classified under the same Schedule B number and moving under the same general license, or where no license is required, the quantities, values and shipping weights of such invoice items, wherever practical, should be combined and the information shown on a single horizontal line of the Shipper's Export Declaration. Commodities of U.S. manufacture incorporating foreign components shall be reported under the Schedule B number for the exported commodity, and a separate item shall not be shown for the imported components. If the exporter desires to record the imported components separately on the export declaration for purposes of identification with a temporary import bond, a notation may be made in column 10 as to the imported components which have been incorporated in the exported commodity. In the preparation of the export declaration, shippers shall conform to the line spacing on all copies. § 30.10 Continuation sheets for Shipper's Export Declaration.

When more horizontal lines than the number provided on the Shipper's Export Declaration form are required to list all of the merchandise covered by the declaration, continuation sheets should be utilized. In lieu of official continuation sheets, additional copies of the Shipper's Export Declaration form, with no portion torn off or removed, may be used as continuation sheets. All continuation sheets shall be numbered in proper sequence and securely stapled to the first sheet, which must be the export declaration itself. Each continuation sheet shall show the Customs port of exportation and the country of ultimate destination for the shipment. The following statement with the blank filled in as appropriate, shall be inserted on the last line of the Shipper's Export Declaration itself between columns 9 and 15:

This declaration consists of this sheet and continuation sheets.

30.8, and for other purposes under the regulations in this part, Customs is authorized to require the owners and operators of exporting carriers, as well as the exporters or their agents, either at the time of exportation or within a period of 3 years subsequent thereto, to produce for inspection or copying shipping documents, invoices, orders, packing lists, correspondence, as well as any other relevant documents and to furnish other information bearing upon a particular exportation. The Bureau of the Census is similarly authorized to require the production of such documents. Customs shall refuse to accept Shipper's Export Declarations containing known errors and omissions, and may require their correction, but acceptance by the Customs Director shall not be construed as evidence that all requirements have been met, and such acceptance shall not relieve the exporter of the responsibility to furnish complete and correct information at a later time if all requirements have in fact not been properly met. § 30.12 Time and place Shipper's Export Declarations required to be presented.

For shipments by mail, the Shipper's Export Declaration as required in § 30.1 shall be presented to the Postmaster with the packages at the time of mailing. For shipments other than by mail, the Shipper's Export Declaration in the number of copies required by § 30.5 shall be presented to the Customs Director at the port of exportation, as defined below in this section. For shipments by vessel or air to foreign countries, except Canada, the Shipper's Export Declaration must be presented to the Customs Director for authentication in accordance with the procedure outlined in § 30.14(a), and an authenticated copy of the Shipper's Export Declaration delivered to the exporting carrier prior to exportation. With respect to such vessel or air shipments, it is the duty of the exporter (or his agent) to deliver the required number of copies of the Shipper's Export Declaration to the exporting carrier prior to exportation; failure of the exporter (or his agent) to do so constitutes a violation of the provisions of these regulations, and renders such exporter (or his agent) subject to the penalties provided for in § 30.95. For all other shipments, except by pipeline, the Shipper's Export Declaration must be presented in accordance with the applicable procedures out

lined in § 30.14 (a) or (b) prior to exportation. For exports by pipeline, Shipper's Export Declarations may be presented after exportation, at the end of each month, in accordance with procedures outlined in § 30.14 (c). For purposes of these regulations, the port of exportation is defined as the Customs port at which or nearest to which the land surface carrier transporting the merchandise crosses the border of the United States into foreign territory, or, in the case of exportation by vessel or air, the Customs port where the merchandise is loaded on the vessel or aircraft which is to carry the merchandise to a foreign country or to a nonforeign area of ultimate destination. Except as otherwise specifically provided,' declarations should not be filed at the place where the shipment originates if it is to be transshipped within the United States area before being dispatched to a foreign country or its final destination in a nonforeign area. This applies to shipments originating in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands of the United States being forwarded to the United States for transshipment to another destination, and to shipments originating in the United States and being forwarded to Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands of the United States for transshipment, as well as to merchandise being transshipped in Customs Districts within the States of the United States. In such cases, the declarations should be filed only with the Customs Director at the actual port of exportation. It is permissible for exporters to arrange for presentation of the declaration by the carrier, as authorized above in this section, and for this purpose the declarations may be delivered by the exporter to the carrier at the original port of lading.

[34 F.R. 6183, Apr. 5, 1969, as amended at 36 F.R. 5411, Mar. 23, 1971; 36 F.R. 5839, Mar. 30, 1971]

§ 30.13 Who can present Shipper's Export Declarations.

The Shipper's Export Declaration shall be presented to the Customs Director (or to the Postmaster in the case of mail shipments) by the exporter or his agent. Declarations duly executed and signed by the exporter or his agent may be presented by a carrier transporting the merchandise but not otherwise

7 For provisions permitting the filing of declarations at other ports, see § 30.36.

acting as forwarding agent, without specific authorization therefor.

§ 30.14

Procedure upon presentation of Shipper's Export Declarations.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, upon presentation of the required copies to the Customs Director an authenticated copy of the Shipper's Export Declaration will be returned to the exporter or his agent by Customs. Where presentation is made by the exporter or by an agent of the exporter other than the exporting carrier, the authenticated copy so returned shall be delivered to the exporting carrier prior to exportation, to be delivered to the Customs Director by the carrier as a condition for clearance or departure, as provided in § 30.22. Where the exporting carrier acts as agent of the exporter to present the declarations to Customs, all required copies will be submitted, and the authenticated copy returned by Customs will be delivered again to Customs by the carrier as provided in § 30.22.

(b) For shipments where the ultimate destination is Canada or a nonforeign area, the requirement for advance presentation of the export declaration and subsequent delivery of an authenticated copy by the carrier may be waived in those cases where the exporting carrier acts as agent of the exporter to present the declarations to Customs, unless prior presentation with opportunity to review documents or inspect the merchandise prior to authentication is deemed necessary in order to accomplish the objectives of the regulations in this part and the Customs Director so notifies the carrier. Where the requirements for advance presentation and for delivery of an authenticated copy by the carrier are waived, presentation prior to clearance or departure of the carrier of the required number of copies of the Shipper's Export Declaration by the exporting carrier, acting as agent of the exporter, will satisfy the requirement of this section for presentation by the exporter as well as the requirement of § 30.22 for presentation by the carrier.

(c) For shipments by pipeline, the Shipper's Export Declaration is not required to be presented prior to exportation, and exportation will be permitted upon the understanding that the exporter or his agent, within four working days after the end of each calendar month, will file with the Customs Director hav

ing jurisdiction for the pipeline, a Shipper's Export Declaration in the number of copies specified in § 30.5 to cover exports to each consignee during the calendar month. If the declaration is presented to the Customs Director by the exporter or an agent of the exporter other than the operator of the pipeline, one copy, authenticated by the Customs Director to show it has been so presented, will be delivered by the exporter or his agent to the pipeline operator for presentation by him to the Customs Director in satisfaction of the requirements of § 30.23. However, if the operator of the pipeline acts as agent of the exporter to present to the Customs Director all required copies of the Shipper's Export Declaration prepared by the exporter or his agent, the initial presentation by the pipeline operator will satisfy both the requirements of this section for presentation by the exporter and the requirements of § 30.23 for presentation by the operator of the pipeline.

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

For shipments from an interior point, the Shipper's Export Declaration in the number of copies required in § 30.5 shall be prepared and delivered by the exporter or his agent to the carrier to accompany the merchandise for presentation by the carrier to the Customs Director at the seaport, airport, or border port of exportation, or it may be mailed (or otherwise forwarded) to, or prepared by, an agent of the exporter for presentation to the Customs Director at the port of exportation. (See § 30.6 for requirements for a separate set of Shipper's Export Declarations for each car, truck, or other vehicle, covering only the merchandise exported in that car, truck, or vehicle.)

the export control regulations. Other corrections, amendments, or cancellations shall be effected by means of a Correction Form, or shall be noted directly upon the Shipper's Export Declaration. For effecting corrections to Shipper's Export Declarations covering shipments by mail, one copy of the Shipper's Export Declaration Correction Form should be prepared and presented to the Postmaster at the post office where the package was mailed. Correction Forms may be obtained free of charge from the Customs Director. The provisions of this paragraph relating to the filing of a Shipper's Export Declaration Correction Form shall not be construed as a relaxation of the requirements of the laws and regulations pertaining to the preparation and filing of Shipper's Export Declarations.

Subpart B-General RequirementsExporting Carriers

§ 30.20

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

Carriers transporting merchandise from the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Possessions to foreign countries, from the United States or Puerto Rico to American Samoa or to the Virgin Islands of the United States; or between Puerto Rico and the United States, shall not be granted clearance, where clearance is required, and shall not depart, where clearance is not required, until manifests (for vessels, aircraft, and rail carriers) and Shipper's Export Declarations have been filed with the Customs Director as specified below, except as provided in § 30.24. Where for reasons beyond the control of the exporting carrier, a given declaration (or declarations) has not been received prior to exportation or departure, and the merchandise has been laden, such carrier shall not as a result of this circumstance be required to offload the merchandise, or to delay its clearance (where clearance is required) or departure (if clearance is not required). However, the provisions of § 30.24 remain applicable.

[35 F.R. 4948, Mar. 21, 1970, as amended at 36 F.R. 5412, Mar. 23, 1971]

§ 30.21 Requirements for the filing of

manifests.

(a) Vessels. Vessels transporting merchandise as specified in § 30.20 (except vessels exempted by paragraph (d) of