19 CFR § 146.11 - Transportation of merchandise to a zone.

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title: "19 CFR § 146.11 - Transportation of merchandise to a zone."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "146.11"
section_name: "Transportation of merchandise to a zone."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "146"
part_name: "FOREIGN TRADE ZONES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 81a-81u, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 86-16, 51 FR 5049, Feb. 11, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 146.11 Transportation of merchandise to a zone.

(a) *From outside Customs territory.* Merchandise may be admitted directly to a zone from any place outside Customs territory.

(b) *Through Customs territory, foreign merchandise.* Foreign merchandise destined to a zone and transported in-bond through Customs territory will be subject to the laws and regulations applicable to other merchandise transported in-bond between two places in Customs territory.

(c) *From Customs territory, domestic merchandise.* Domestic merchandise may be admitted to a zone from Customs territory by any means of transportation which will not interfere with the orderly conduct of business in the zone.

(d) *From a bonded warehouse.* Merchandise may be withdrawn from a bonded warehouse under the procedures in § 144.37(g) of this chapter and transferred to a zone for admission in zone-restricted status.