---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 132.3"
title: "19"
number: "132.3"
heading: "Observation of official hours."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/132.3"
---

# §132.3. Observation of official hours.


An entry summary for consumption or a withdrawal for consumption for quota-class merchandise shall be presented only during official office hours, except as provided in §§ [132.12](/cfr/19/132.12.md) and [141.62(b)](/cfr/19/141.62.md?p=b) of this chapter. For purposes of administering quotas, “official office hours” shall mean 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in all time zones.


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46814, Aug. 9, 1979]

### 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.

### Amendments

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46814, Aug. 9, 1979]