21 CFR § 1312.28 - Distribution of export declaration.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1312.28"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1312.28 - Distribution of export declaration."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1312.28"
section_name: "Distribution of export declaration."
chapter_name: "DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "1312"
part_name: "IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 821, 871(b), 952, 953, 954, 957, 958."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 7815, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973."
cfr_part: "1312"
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# 1312.28 Distribution of export declaration.
(a) The exporter must ensure that an official record of the export declaration (available from the DEA Diversion Control Division secure network application after the Administration issues a transaction identification number) accompanies the shipment of controlled substances to its destination.
(b) The exporter, or their agent, must submit an official record of the export declaration and/or required data concerning the export transaction to a customs officer at the port of export in compliance with all export control requirements of agencies with export control authorities under the Act or statutory authority other than the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act.
(c) The exporter must maintain an official record of the export declaration and return information (both available from the Diversion Control Division secure network application after the Administration issues a transaction identification number) required pursuant to § 1312.27(d) as his or her record of authority for the exportation, in accordance with part 1304 of this chapter.
[81 FR 97035, Dec. 30, 2016]