§ 122.102 19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–01 Edition) (a) Submit their baggage to Customs and thereafter by air or surface move- for inspection; or ment to the port of destination. (b) Arrange with the importing car- (d) Transit air cargo manifest. ‘‘Transit rier for the baggage to be processed air cargo manifest’’ is used in this sub- under regular in-transit procedures. part as the shortened title for the transportation entry and transit air When passengers choose not to have ac- cargo manifest. cess to their baggage while in the U.S., the baggage shall be listed on the Air § 122.113 Form for transit air cargo Cargo Manifest as provided in § 122.48. manifest procedures. § 122.102 Inspection of baggage in A manifest on Customs Form 7509 is transit. required for transit air cargo, as pro- vided in § 122.48(c) of this part. The (a) General baggage in transit may be words ‘‘Transportation Entry and inspected upon arrival, while in tran- Transit Air Cargo Manifest’’ shall be sit, and upon exportation. Carriers printed, stamped or marked on the shall present in-transit baggage for in- form and on all copies of the form re- spection at any time found necessary quired for transit air cargo movement. by the port director. (b) In-transit baggage shall be pre- § 122.114 Contents. sented to a Customs officer for inspec- (a) Form duplicates original manifest. tion and clearance before the baggage Each transit air cargo manifest shall can be delivered to a passenger while in be a duplicate of the sheet presented as the U.S. part of the cargo manifest for the air- craft on which the cargo arrived in the Subpart L—Transit Air Cargo U.S. Manifest (TACM) Procedures (b) Shipments shown on manifest—(1) Country of exportation. Each transit air § 122.111 Application. cargo manifest sheet may list: Cargo (including manifested baggage) (i) Only air cargo shipments from one which arrives and is transported under exporting country, with the name of Customs control in, through, or from, the country shown in the heading; or the U.S. may be transported in bond (ii) Air cargo shipments from several under this subpart. If cargo is not exporting countries, with the name of transported under this subpart, it shall the exporting country shown in the be transported under other provisions ‘‘Nature of Goods’’ column. of this chapter. (See subparts I and J of (2) Shipment to same port. Each transit this part, and parts 18 and 123 of this air manifest sheet may list only those chapter.) shipments manifested by way of the port of arrival for: § 122.112 Definitions. (i) The same Customs port of destina- tion; The following definitions apply in (ii) The same Customs port for later this subpart: exportation; or (a) Transit air cargo. ‘‘Transit air (iii) Direct exportation from the port cargo’’ is cargo, including manifested of arrival. baggage, transported under the re- (c) Information required. Each air quirements of this subpart. cargo manifest sheet shall show: (b) Port of arrival. The ‘‘port of ar- (1) The foreign port of lading; rival’’ is the port in the U.S. where im- (2) The date the aircraft arrived at ported cargo must be documented for the port of arrival; further transportation under this sub- (3) Each U.S. port where Customs part. services will be necessary due to tran- (c) Transfer or transferred. ‘‘Transfer sit air cargo procedures; and or transferred’’ means the change of (4) The final port of destination in documentation of cargo to transit air the U.S., or the foreign country of des- cargo for transportation. The terms tination, for each shipment. The for- also include the physical movement of eign country destination shown on the the cargo from one carrier to another, manifest must be the final destination, 550 VerDate 11<MAY>2000 01:24 Apr 17, 2001 Jkt 194056 PO 00000 Frm 00550 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\194056T.XXX pfrm06 PsN: 194056T United States Customs Service, Treasury § 122.117 as shown by airline shipping docu- shall be given. The receipt shall be ments, even though airline transport made by the airline responsible for may be scheduled to end before the transport or export within the general shipment arrives at the final destina- order period (see § 122.50). tion. (2) Contents. The receipt shall appear (d) Corrections. If corrections in the on each copy of the transit air cargo route shown on the original manifest manifest, clearly signed and dated if for the cargo are required at the port of required, in the following form: arrival to make a manifest sheet work- able as a transit air cargo manifest, Received the cargo listed herein for deliv- ery to Customs at the port of destination or the director of the port of arrival may exportation shown above, or for direct expor- allow the corrections. tation. § 122.115 Labeling of cargo. llllllllllllllllllllllll Name of carrier (or exporter) A warning label, as required by llllllllllllllllllllllll § 18.4(e) of this chapter, shall be at- Attorney or agent of carrier (or exporter) tached to all transit air cargo not di- llllllllllllllllllllllll rectly exported from the port of arrival Date before the cargo leaves the port of ar- rival. (c) Responsibility for transit air cargo— (1) Direct exportation. The responsibility § 122.116 Identification of manifest of the airline exporting transit air sheets. cargo for direct exportation begins When the original cargo manifest for when a receipt, as provided in para- the aircraft on which the cargo arrives graph (b) of this section, is presented is presented by the aircraft commander to Customs. or its authorized agent at the port of (2) Other than direct exportation. When arrival, a manifest number will be the transit air cargo is not for direct given to the aircraft entry documents exportation, the responsibility of the by Customs. The number given shall be airline receiving the cargo begins when used by the airline to identify all cop- a receipt, as provided in paragraph (b) ies of the transit air cargo manifest. of this section, is presented to Cus- All copies of the manifest shall be cor- toms. rectly numbered before cargo will be (3) Carting. When carting is used to released from the port of arrival as deliver transit air cargo to receiving transit air cargo. airlines, the importing airline is re- sponsible for the cargo under its own § 122.117 Requirements for transit air bond until a receipt is filed by the re- cargo transport. ceiving airline. This does not apply (a) Transportation—(1) Port to port. when the carting is done under part 112 Transit air cargo may be carried to an- of this chapter, at the expense of the other port only when a receipt is given, parties involved. as provided in paragraph (b) of this sec- (4) Importing airlines. An importing tion. The receipt may be given only to airline which has qualified as a carrier an airline which: of bonded merchandise, whether reg- (i) Is a common carrier for the trans- istered in the U.S. or a foreign area, portation of bonded merchandise; and may: (ii) Has the required Customs bond on (i) Give a receipt for the air cargo; file. (ii) File an appropriate bond; and (2) Exportation from port of arrival. (iii) Deliver the cargo to an author- Transit air cargo may be exported from ized domestic carrier for in-bond trans- the port of arrival only if covered by a portation from the port of arrival. The bond on Customs Form 301, containing importing carrier’s bond covers the the bond conditions set forth in sub- transportation. part G of part 113 of this chapter, as (d) Split shipments. A receipt shall be provided in § 18.25 of this chapter. given by one airline for all of the cargo (b) Receipt—(1) Requirements. When shipments listed on one transit air air cargo is to move from the port of cargo manifest sheet. Cargo shipments arrival as transit air cargo, a receipt so listed shall be transported from the 551 VerDate 11<MAY>2000 01:24 Apr 17, 2001 Jkt 194056 PO 00000 Frm 00551 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\194056T.XXX pfrm06 PsN: 194056T § 122.118 19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–01 Edition) port of arrival on one aircraft or car- listed on one aircraft transit air cargo rier unless the use of more than one manifest sheet may be directly ex- aircraft or carrier would be allowed: ported on different aircraft of the ex- (1) By § 122.92(d) under a single com- porting airline. If this occurs, two addi- bined entry and manifest; tional copies of the transit air cargo (2) By § 122.118(d); or manifest shall be filed for each ship- (3) By § 122.119(e), permitting the use ment or group of shipments trans- of a surface carrier for transport. ported in other aircraft. Each copy of Otherwise, all shipments on the transit the transit air cargo manifest shall be air cargo manifest shall be separately clearly marked to show which ship- documented and transported under the ment or shipments listed are covered regular procedures for transportation by the manifest copy. of merchandise in bond (See subpart J). (e) Direct export by another airline. If [T.D. 88–12, 53 FR 9292, Mar. 22, 1988, as shipments listed on one transit air amended by T.D. 98–74, 63 FR 51289, Sept. 25, cargo manifest sheet are not exported 1998] from the same port on the same air- line, separate export entries on Cus- § 122.118 Exportation from port of ar- toms Form 7512, as required by § 18.25 of rival.