Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§1553a Recordkeeping for merchandise transported by pipeline
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part IV— - Transportation in Bond and Warehousing of Merchandise › § 1553a
Summary
Merchandise moved by pipeline can be recorded by quantity using the carrier’s bill of lading given to shipper and accepted by consignee. Customs accepts it unless fraud is suspected. Parties must keep records under sections 1508 and 1509.
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Title 19, §1553a
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Merchandise in Customs 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. custody that is transported by pipeline may be accounted for on a quantitative basis, based on the bill of lading, or equivalent document of receipt, issued by the pipeline carrier. Unless the Customs Service has reasonable cause to suspect fraud, the Customs Service may accept the bill of lading, or equivalent document of receipt, issued by the pipeline carrier to the shipper and accepted by the consignee to maintain identity. The shipper, pipeline operator, and consignee shall be subject to the recordkeeping requirements of section 1508 and 1509 of this title.
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Codification Another section 553A of act June 17, 1930, is classified to section 1553–1 of this title.
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, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
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19 U.S.C. § 1553a
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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