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Sign inApr2019 · Q56 · FTZ & Bonded Warehouse
Moving merchandise from a foreign-trade zone at one port to a zone at another port: bonded carrier, an IT entry filed via an in-bond application, and where the historical CBP Form 7512 fits
Use only the 2018 edition of 19 CFR 146.66 and 18.1 and the contemporaneous CBP CSMS# 18-000013 of January 4, 2018. Step 1, route: under 146.66(b), a transfer of merchandise from a zone at one port of entry to a zone at another port must be made by bonded carrier under an entry for immediate transportation filed via an in-bond application pursuant to Part 18; all copies of the entry must bear a notation that the merchandise is being transferred to another zone designated by its number. Same-port transfers are governed separately by 146.66(a) and are not taught as following the same rule. Step 2, history: under 146.66(c) the transferring zone operator provides the destination operator with the documented history (copies of earlier admission, status and manipulation or manufacture filings, or a certified statement, depending on the inventory method), within 10 working days after delivery to the bonded carrier, referenced to the I.T. number. Step 3, arrival: under 146.66(d) the merchandise is admitted at the destination zone under 146.32 without invoice or customs examination, and the history is associated with the CBP Form 214 for that admission. Movement, history and destination admission are separate pieces; the in-bond form does not replace either the history or the Form 214. Step 4, method: under 18.1(d), the in-bond application (transportation entry plus manifest) must be transmitted to CBP via a CBP-approved EDI system, except as described in 18.31 for pipeline or air, or under a TIR carnet; if EDI functionality is unavailable, the Commissioner or a designee may authorize an alternative method. Step 5, form identity: CBP Form 7512 is taught as the traditional paper in-bond form identity. CSMS# 18-000013 said CBP officers would accept paper Form 7512 and input data on the trade's behalf until July 2, 2018, after which paper forms would no longer be accepted for input into ACE and electronic filing of new in-bond transactions would be the trade's responsibility; paper forms or paper alternatives (screen prints, plain paper documents) would still be accepted for border enforcement and verification or audit operations, including FTZ exports and transfers, where additional information is required on paper. So 7512 names a form, not a universal paper-filing requirement. Not taught: any answer letter, question number, option list or option elimination; any claim that a paper-only rule applied in 2019; any claim that 7512 replaces the Form 214 or the zone history; any claim that the different-port rule governs same-port transfers; any claim that the 7512 label is categorically obsolete or that the historical key is wrong.
What you will learn
Use only the 2018 edition of 19 CFR 146.66 and 18.1 and the contemporaneous CBP CSMS# 18-000013 of January 4, 2018. Step 1, route: under 146.66(b), a transfer of merchandise from a zone at one port of entry to a zone at another port must be made by bonded carrier under an entry for immediate transportation filed via an in-bond application pursuant to Part 18; all copies of the entry must bear a notation that the merchandise is being transferred to another zone designated by its number. Same-port transfers are governed separately by 146.66(a) and are not taught as following the same rule. Step 2, history: under 146.66(c) the transferring zone operator provides the destination operator with the documented history (copies of earlier admission, status and manipulation or manufacture filings, or a certified statement, depending on the inventory method), within 10 working days after delivery to the bonded carrier, referenced to the I.T. number. Step 3, arrival: under 146.66(d) the merchandise is admitted at the destination zone under 146.32 without invoice or customs examination, and the history is associated with the CBP Form 214 for that admission. Movement, history and destination admission are separate pieces; the in-bond form does not replace either the history or the Form 214. Step 4, method: under 18.1(d), the in-bond application (transportation entry plus manifest) must be transmitted to CBP via a CBP-approved EDI system, except as described in 18.31 for pipeline or air, or under a TIR carnet; if EDI functionality is unavailable, the Commissioner or a designee may authorize an alternative method. Step 5, form identity: CBP Form 7512 is taught as the traditional paper in-bond form identity. CSMS# 18-000013 said CBP officers would accept paper Form 7512 and input data on the trade's behalf until July 2, 2018, after which paper forms would no longer be accepted for input into ACE and electronic filing of new in-bond transactions would be the trade's responsibility; paper forms or paper alternatives (screen prints, plain paper documents) would still be accepted for border enforcement and verification or audit operations, including FTZ exports and transfers, where additional information is required on paper. So 7512 names a form, not a universal paper-filing requirement. Not taught: any answer letter, question number, option list or option elimination; any claim that a paper-only rule applied in 2019; any claim that 7512 replaces the Form 214 or the zone history; any claim that the different-port rule governs same-port transfers; any claim that the 7512 label is categorically obsolete or that the historical key is wrong.
19 CFR 146.66(a)–(d), Transfer of merchandise from one zone to another (primary, historical); 19 CFR 18.1(a) and (d), In-bond application and entry; general rules (primary, historical); CBP CSMS# 18-000013, Extension of In-bond Regulation Enforcement Dates (contemporaneous primary implementation notice; canonical https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/bulletins/1d0bbdd); April 2019 CBLE question 56 stem and official key line (historical original excerpt; evidence only, never displayed or narrated) and the reviewer's record of the April 2019 cover references · Historical sources only, matching the April 2019 CBLE references as recorded in video-pilot/review/conflict-batch19-20261012/review.md (2018 CFR revised April 1, 2018; 2018 HTS Basic edition; CBP Form 7501 instructions dated July 24, 2012; RTME). Regulatory text: 19 CFR 146.66 and 19 CFR 18.1, 2018 annual edition (revised April 1, 2018), read in full from video-pilot/review/conflict-batch19-20261012/146.66.txt and 18.1.txt. Contemporaneous implementation context: CBP CSMS# 18-000013, 'Extension of In-bond Regulation Enforcement Dates', sent January 4, 2018, read in full from video-pilot/review/conflict-batch19-20261012/CSMS18-000013.html. Later implementation changes after January 4, 2018 were not exhaustively audited, so the lesson describes the July 2, 2018 change as scheduled by that message and makes no universal claim about later arrival or export dates. Current CBP FAQs are not used as 2019 proof.
Explained using the historical edition for this exam.