---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 146.31"
title: "19"
number: "146.31"
heading: "Admissibility of merchandise into a zone."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/146.31"
---

# §146.31. Admissibility of merchandise into a zone.


Merchandise of every description may be admitted into a zone unless prohibited by law. A distinction is made between prohibited and conditionally admissible merchandise.

- (a) **Prohibited merchandise.** Port directors shall not admit prohibited merchandise. If there is a question as to whether the merchandise may be prohibited, port directors may permit the temporary deposit of the merchandise in a zone pending a final determination of its status. Any prohibited merchandise which is found within a zone will be disposed of in the manner provided for in the laws and regulations applicable to that merchandise.
- (b) **Conditionally admissible merchandise.** The admission of this merchandise into a zone is subject to the regulations of the Federal agency concerned.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 81a-81u, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624.

### Source

Source: T.D. 86-16, 51 FR 5049, Feb. 11, 1986, unless otherwise noted.