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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

special instances, for examination by the appraisers. All packages
entered for consumption not specified for examination may be immediately
 delivered to the importer upon his filing a bond covering
double the estimated value of the merchandise for the return of any
packages so delivered within 10 days after the examination packages
have been appraised. Cargo must not be removed from the pier,
however, until necessary customs weighing, gauging, etc., has been
done.
Delivery may be secured at dock of all free goods and of such goods
entered for consumption as are not selected for appraisement. Packages
 containing dutiable goods entered for consumption and selected
for appraisement will be delivered to the importer after examination
if duties paid are found to have been sufficient. Goods selected for
examination are carted for that purpose to the appraisers’ stores,
except that fragile or bulky articles, machinery, inflammable or
explosive substances, and textiles requiring analysis may be appraised
upon the wharf, or on the importer’s premises, or sent to the nearest
port where there is a textile analyst, as the case may be. Goods
entered for warehouse are sent to bonded warehouses, from which
delivery may be made upon the payment of duties, storage charges,
etc. Free goods, unless in packages containing dutiable goods, and
also perishable goods and explosive or inflammable substances, can
not be entered for warehouse. Goods entered for transportation
without appraisement are delivered to bonded transportation companies.

Bonded warehouses.—Warehouses for the appraisal and storage of
bonded merchandise are permitted to be used only for that purpose
and for the storage of unclaimed goods under Government control.
They are classified as follows:
Class 1: Premises owned or leased by the Government and used for
the storage of merchandise undergoing examination by the appraiser,
under seizure or pending final release from customs custody, and
known as a “public store.” Unclaimed merchandise stored in such
premises are held under “general order.” Where such premises are
not sufficient or available for the storage of seized and unclaimed
goods, such goods may be stored in a warehouse of class 3. If there
is no warehouse of that class, the collector may, with the approval of
the department, rent suitable premises for the storage of seized and
unclaimed goods.
Class 2: Importers’ private bonded warehouses used exclusively
for the storage of merchandise belonging or consigned to the proprietor
 thereof.
Class 3: Public bonded warehouses used exclusively for the
storage of imported merchandise generally. A warehouse of this
class must consist of an entire building, or a part of a building entirely
separated from the rest of the building by suitable partitions or walls.