19 CFR § 158.3 - Allowance for lost or missing packages included in an entry summary.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s158.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "19 CFR § 158.3 - Allowance for lost or missing packages included in an entry summary."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "158.3"
section_name: "Allowance for lost or missing packages included in an entry summary."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "158"
part_name: "RELIEF FROM DUTIES ON MERCHANDISE LOST, DAMAGED, ABANDONED, OR EXPORTED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1624, unless otherwise noted. Subpart C also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1563."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 72-258, 37 FR 20171, Sept. 27, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "158"
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# 158.3 Allowance for lost or missing packages included in an entry summary.
Allowance shall be made in the assessment of duties for lost or missing packages of merchandise included in an entry summary whenever it is established to the satisfaction of the Center director before the liquidation of the entry summary becomes final that the merchandise claimed to be lost or missing was not “permitted.” A claim for such allowance shall be made on Customs Form 5931, in triplicate, executed by the importer and the importing carrier or bonded carrier, as appropriate. When the importing or bonded carrier refuses to execute the Customs Form 5931, a claim may be allowed if the importer properly executes the Customs Form 5931 and attaches copies of the dock receipt or other document evidencing nonreceipt of the lost or missing packages.
[T.D. 72-258, 37 FR 20171, Sept. 27, 1972, as amended by T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46829, Aug. 9, 1979; CBP Dec. No. 16-26, 81 FR 93023, Dec. 20, 2016]