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April 2025, question 44

Entry / Entry Summary · Foreign-trade zones, warehouses and in-bond

Your client wants to transport a shipment of imported avocados from the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach to the Port of San Francisco, without appraisal or payment of duties. Which ONE of the provisions listed below governs this requested in-bond transportation?

  1. 19 CFR 18.46
  2. 19 CFR 18.8
  3. 19 CFR 12.45
  4. 19 CFR 18.1
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CBP's answer: D. D: 19 CFR 18.1

Section 18.1 is the general rule for in-bond transportation: merchandise moves under bond from one port to another before appraisement and without payment of duties, using an in-bond application. Moving avocados from Los Angeles/Long Beach to San Francisco is exactly that.

transport imported merchandise, secured by a bond, from one port to another prior to the appraisement of the merchandise and without the payment of duties 19 CFR 18.1(a)

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CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 18.1

Question and key from CBP's April 2025 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).