October 2022 — Question 1

Why this answer

The cited container station regulation allocates bond liability during the handoff of merchandise: when goods move directly from the importing carrier to a container station before the station operator formally receipts for them, liability stays with the importing carrier under its bond, and it passes to the container station operator's bond only upon the operator's receipt. Because the question describes delivery before formal receipt, the importing carrier's bond is liable. The container station, option C, is the tempting distractor because the goods physically sit on its premises, but under the provision possession without a receipt does not shift bond liability. Watch for: Equating physical possession at the station with bond liability before formal receipt.

Original CBLE Simulator explanation — the question and key above are CBP's; this analysis is ours. Verify against the current edition before relying on it in practice.