19 CFR § 148.3 - Customs treatment after transiting the Panama Canal.

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title: "19 CFR § 148.3 - Customs treatment after transiting the Panama Canal."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "148.3"
section_name: "Customs treatment after transiting the Panama Canal."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "148"
part_name: "PERSONAL DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1496, 1498, 1624. The provisions of this part, except for subpart C, are also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States)."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 148.3 Customs treatment after transiting the Panama Canal.

Passengers' baggage and effects and purchases of officers and crewmembers landed in the United States from vessels which have transited the Panama Canal are subject to Customs examination and treatment in the same manner as arrivals from any other foreign country.

[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 79-276, 44 FR 61957, Oct. 29, 1979]