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19 U.S.C. § 1553

Entry for transportation and exportation; lottery material from Canada

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(a) Any merchandise, other than explosives and merchandise the importation of which is prohibited, shown by the manifest, bill of lading, shipping receipt, or other document to be destined to a foreign country, may be entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duties and exported under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and any baggage or personal effects not containing merchandise the importation of which is prohibited arriving in the United States destined to a foreign country may, upon the request of the owner or carrier having the same in possession for transportation, be entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. In places where no bonded common-carrier facilities are reasonably available, such merchandise may be so transported otherwise than by a bonded common carrier under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the entry for transportation in bond through the United States of any lottery ticket, printed paper that may be used as a lottery ticket, or any advertisement of any lottery, that is printed in Canada, shall be permitted without appraisement or the payment of duties under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, except that such regulations shall not permit the transportation of lottery materials in the personal baggage of a traveler.(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 553, 46 Stat. 742; June 25, 1938, ch. 679, § 21, 52 Stat. 1087; Pub. L. 101–382, title III, § 484H(a), Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 711.)Editorial NotesPrior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 553, 42 Stat. 976. That section was superseded by section 553 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

A prior provision that merchandise destined for a foreign country might be entered and conveyed through the territory of the United States without payment of duties under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury was contained in R.S. § 3005, as amended by act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 247, and act May 21, 1900, ch. 487, § 1, 31 Stat. 181. Res. March 1, 1895, No. 23, 28 Stat. 973, partially suspending the operation of that section, was repealed by act May 21, 1900, ch. 487, § 2, 31 Stat. 181, and the section was itself repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989.

A provision that baggage or personal effects in transit to a foreign country might be delivered to the collector for retention without payment of duty, or forwarding to the collector of the port of departure, was contained in act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, § III, CC, 38 Stat. 192, which reenacted Customs Administrative Act June 10, 1890, ch. 407, § 28, 26 Stat. 141, as reenacted by Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, § 28, 36 Stat. 104. Said section III, CC, of the 1913 act was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 643, 42 Stat. 989.

R.S. § 2803, on the same subject, was superseded by section 28 of the Customs Administrative Act of June 10, 1890, and repealed by section 642 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922.

R.S. § 2866, provided for the entry and conveyance in transit, without payment of duties, of merchandise arriving at certain ports in the United States destined for the British possessions in North America, and for conveyance in transit from such possessions for export from said ports, in pursuance of provisions of the treaty with Great Britain of May 8, 1871. It was repealed on the termination of articles 18–25, 30, of that treaty, pursuant to the Joint Resolution of Mar. 3, 1883, No. 22, 22 Stat. 641.

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–382 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1938—Act June 25, 1938, inserted sentence providing for transportation otherwise than by bonded carrier where no bonded common-carrier facilities are reasonably available.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 1990 Amendment

Pub. L. 101–382, title III, § 484H(b), Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 711, as amended by Pub. L. 104–295, § 5, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3517, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles entered for transportation in bond on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 20, 1990].”

Effective Date of 1938 Amendment

Amendment by act June 25, 1938, effective on thirtieth day following June 25, 1938, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 37 of act June 25, 1938, set out as a note under section 1401 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1955–2014 · leading case: United States v. C.H. Robinson Co., 2012 CIT 134 (Ct. Intl. Trade 2012).
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United States v. C.H. Robinson Co., 2012 CIT 134 (Ct. Intl. Trade 2012). · cites it 8× “Plaintiff United States (the “Government”) brought this action pursuant to Section 553 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. § 1553 (2006) 1 ; and 19 C.F.R.”
C.H. Robinson Int'l v. United States, 64 Fed. Cl. 651 (Fed. Cl. 2005). · cites it 6× “8 , a regulation promulgated under authority granted by 19 U.S.C. § 1553 . 3 Section 1553 states in relevant part: Any merchandise .”
Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Env't Improvement Comm'n, 307 A.2d 1 (Me. 1973). · cites it 2× “Pipe Line also claims immunity from the payment of duties under 19 U.S.C. § 1553 which states in pertinent part: “Any merchandise .”
United States v. C.H. Robinson Co., 760 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2014). · cites it 6× “Robinson, a Customs-bonded carrier, to recover certain duties, taxes, and fees under Section 553 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. § 1553 , and 19 C.F.R. § 18.8 (c).”
United States v. Food, 2,998 Cases, Etc., First Phoenix Grp., Ltd., Claimant-Appellee, 64 F.3d 984 (1st Cir. 1995). · cites it 2× “Under 19 U.S.C. § 1553 , "[a]ny merchandise, other than .”
United States v. Robert E. Landweer & Co., 2012 CIT 17 (Ct. Intl. Trade 2012). “§ 1592 ); and 19 U.S.C. § 1553 and 19 C.F.R. § 18.8 (c) (collection of duties caused by a failure to make the required transportation, delivery, and report for merchandise transported in bond from port to another in the United States).”
United States v. 76,552 Pounds of Frog Legs, 423 F. Supp. 329 (S.D. Tex. 1976). “The parties have not cited the statute to this Court but the statutory provision regarding the Customs transportation and export entry is found in 19 U.S.C.A. § 1553 . That statute provides: “Any merchandise, .”
United States v. John B. McKee Wilfrid Pelchat, & Andrew Thomas, 220 F.2d 266 (2d Cir. 1955). “19 U.S.C. § 1553 , 19 CFR 5.11, 18.20-18.”
United States v. 300 Oz. Gerovital Lotion (H3), & 25,000 Gerovital Tablets (H3), More or Less, 492 F. Supp. 114 (C.D. Cal. 1980). · cites it 3× “However, 19 U.S.C. § 1553 2 explicitly excludes from protection of merchandise under bond, “merchandise, the importation of which is prohibited.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2008). · cites it 7× “(citing 19 U.S.C. § 1553 (2000) and 19 C.F.R. § 18.”
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