April 2022 — Question 36

A basic importation and entry bond must contain all of the following bond conditions EXCEPT:

• AIf access to the customs security areas at airports is desired, the principal (including its employees, agents, and contractors) agrees to comply with the CBP regulations in 19 CFR, Chapter 1, applicable to customs security areas at airports. If the principal defaults, the obligors (principal and surety, jointly and severally) agree to pay liquidated damages of $1,000 for each default or such other amount as may be authorized by law or regulation.
• BThe principal agrees to keep safe any merchandise placed in its custody including, when approved by CBP, repack and transfer such merchandise when necessary for its safety or preservation.✓ CBP's answer
• CIf merchandise is released conditionally to the principal before all required documents or other evidence is produced, the principal agrees to furnish CBP with any document or evidence as required by law or regulation, and within the time specified by law or regulations.
• DIf merchandise is released conditionally to the principal before its right to admission into the United States is determined, the principal, after notification, agrees to mark, clean, fumigate, destroy, export, or do any other thing to the merchandise in order to comply with the law and regulations governing its admission into the United States with the time period set in the notification.
• EIf the principal obtains permission to have any merchandise examined elsewhere than at a wharf or other place in charge of a CBP officer, the principal agrees to hold the merchandise at the place of examination until the merchandise is properly released.