Foreign Trade Zones & Warehouses
October 2019 — Question 75
Which of the following statements, regarding bonded warehouse operations, is ACCURATE:
- AWarehouse operators may allow manipulation of bonded merchandise, without prior approval from CBP, if the manipulation occurs in the bonded warehouse area.
- BMerchandise entered and placed in a Class 9 warehouse must be unpacked for sale only upon receipt of a permit issued by the port director.
- CThe release of merchandise in general order may only be made by the warehouse proprietor upon presentation of a permit to release or delivery authorization signed by the appropriate Customs officer.✓ CBP's answer
- DWarehouse proprietors are not required to maintain inventory records of the merchandise received in the warehouse.
- EDiscontinuance of existing bonded warehouses status does not require CBP review.
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CBP's cited authority
§ 19 CFR 19.9(c)§ 19 CFR19.11(c)§ 19 CFR 19.4(b)(8)§ 19 CFR 19.3(c)
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