---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 132.22"
title: "19"
number: "132.22"
heading: "When quota is filled."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/132.22"
---

# §132.22. When quota is filled.


Any packages containing merchandise subject to an absolute quota which is filled shall be returned to the postmaster for return to the sender immediately as undeliverable mail. The addressee will be notified on Customs Form 3509 or in any other appropriate manner that entry has been denied because the quota is filled.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)), 1623, 1624. Sections 132.15, 132.17, and 132.18 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1202 (additional U.S. Note 3 to Chapter 2, HTSUS; additional U.S. Note 8 to Chapter 17, HTSUS; and subchapter II of Chapter 99, HTSUS, respectively), 1484, 1508.

### Source

Source: T.D. 73-203, 38 FR 20230, July 30, 1973, unless otherwise noted.