---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 151.1"
title: "19"
number: "151.1"
heading: "Merchandise to be examined."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/151.1"
---

# §151.1. Merchandise to be examined.


The port director shall examine such packages or quantities of merchandise as he deems necessary for the determination of duties and for compliance with the Customs laws and any other laws enforced by the Customs Service.


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 81-240, 46 FR 45130, Sept. 10, 1981]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i) and (j), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)), 1624; Section 151.11 also issued under 21 U.S.C. 381; Section 151.21 also issued under the provisions of Chapters 17 and 18, HTSUS; Section 151.42 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1460, 1584, 1592; Section 151.43 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1592; Section 151.46 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1507; Section 151.62 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1481; Section 151.63 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484; Section 151.66 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1562; Section 151.68 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1311, 1562; Section 151.69 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1557, 1562; Section 151.82 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1481; Section 151.91 also issued under the Additional U.S. Notes to Chapter 20, HTSUS.

### Source

Source: T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17470, July 2, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 81-240, 46 FR 45130, Sept. 10, 1981]