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Regulations Table of Contents

  • 30.1 General statement of requirement for Shipper's Export Declarations.
  • 30.2 Related export control requirements.
  • 30.3 Shipper's Export Declaration forms.
  • 30.4 Preparation and signature of Shipper's Export Declarations (SED).
  • 30.5 Number of copies of Shipper's Export Declaration required.
  • 30.6 Requirements as to separate Shipper's Export Declarations.
  • 30.7 Information required on Shipper's Export eclarations.
  • 30.8 Additional information required on shipper's Export Declaration for In-Transit Goods (Form 7513).
  • 30.9 Requirements 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 Declarations.

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 non-statistical 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.
  • 30.38 [Reserved]
  • 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 [Reserved]
  • 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--Electronic Filing Requirements--Shipper's Export Information

  • 30.60 General requirements for filing export and manifest data electronically using the Automated Export System (AES).
  • 30.61 Electronic filing options.
  • 30.62 AES Certification, qualifications, and standards.
  • 30.63 Information required to be reported electronically through AES (data elements).
  • 30.64 Transmitting and correcting AES information.
  • 30.65 Annotating the proper exemption legends for shipments transmitted electronically.
  • 30.66 Record keeping and documentation requirements.

Subpart F--General Requirements--Importers

  • 30.70 Statistical information required on import entries.

Subpart G--Special Provisions for Particular Types of Import Transactions

  • 30.80 Imports from Canada.
  • 30.81 Imports of merchandise into Guam.
  • 30.82 Identification of U.S. merchandise returned for repair and re-export.
  • 30.83 Statistical copy of mail and informal entries.

Subpart H--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.
  • 30.94 Instructions to Customs.
  • 30.95 Penalties for violations.
  • 30.99 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Appendix A to Part 30--Format for Letter of Intent, Automated Export System (AES) Appendix B to Part
30--Required Pre- Departure Data Elements for Filing Option 3Appendix C to Part 30--Electronic (AES)
Filing Codes

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 13 U.S.C. 301-307; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950 (3 CFR 1949-1953 Comp.,
p. 1004), Department of Commerce Organization Order No. 35-2A, August 4, 1975, 40 FR 42765.

Source: 41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, unless therwise 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.

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Created: 26 July 2002
Last modified: 30 July 2002 at 03:00:33 PM