31 CFR § 592.306 - Importing authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s592.306"
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title: "31 CFR § 592.306 - Importing authority."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "592.306"
section_name: "Importing authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "592"
part_name: "ROUGH DIAMONDS CONTROL REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 3901-3913; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13312, 68 FR 45151, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 246."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 56938, Sept. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
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# 592.306 Importing authority.

(a) The term *importing authority* means one or more entities designated by a Participant into whose territory a shipment of rough diamonds is being imported as having the authority to enforce the laws and regulations of the Participant regulating imports, including the verification of the Kimberley Process Certificate accompanying the shipment.

(b) The importing authorities for the United States are the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or, in the case of a territory or possession of the United States with its own customs administration, analogous officials.

The Secretary of State will periodically publish in the *Federal Register* an up-to-date listing of the importing authorities of all Participants.