April 2023 — Question 6
Which regulation provides the warehouse proprietor shall not permit the sampling of the cheese wheel when the importer tests the cheese for flavor and consistency until after the permit has been issued by the port director?
- A19 CFR 19.8✓ CBP's answer
- B19 CFR 19.11✓ CBP's answer
- C19 CFR 127.14
- D19 CFR 151.10
- E19 CFR 158.43 Category II – Miscellaneous
Why this answer
Both keyed provisions sit in Part 19, which governs bonded warehouses. Section 19.8 permits an importer to examine, sample, or repack warehoused merchandise only under an application approved by the port director, and 19.11 supplies the related permit procedures for operations performed on goods in the warehouse, so under either citation the proprietor must wait for the permit before allowing the flavor-and-consistency sampling; CBP accepted both A and B for credit. The remaining options come from parts governing CBP's own examination and sampling of merchandise or unclaimed and damaged goods, none of which addresses a proprietor's duties inside a bonded warehouse. Watch for: Picking Part 151 sampling rules, which govern CBP examinations, not warehouse proprietor duties.
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CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the April 2023 examination.
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