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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1317

"(5) This subsection does not prohibit a duty-free sales enterprise from offering for sale and delivering to, or on behalf of, individuals departing from the customs territory merchandise other than duty-free merchandise, except that such, other merchandise may not be stored in a bonded warehouse fadlity other than a bonded facility used for retail sales. "(6) Merchandise that is purchased in a duty-free sales enterpiise is not eligible for exemption from duty under subpart A of part 2 of schedule 8 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States if such merchandise is brought back to the customs territory. "(7) The Secretary shall by r^ulation establish a separate class of bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises. Regulations issued to carry out this paragraph shall take into account the unique characteristics of the different types of dutyfree sales enterprises. "(8) For purposes of this subsection— "(A) The term 'airport store' means a duty-free sales enterprise which delivers merchandise to, or on behalf of, individuals departing from the customs territory from an international airport located within the customs territory. "(B) The term Twrder store' means a duty-free sales enterprise which delivers merchandise to, or on behalf of, individuals departing from the customs territory through a land or water border by a means of conveyance other than an aircraft. (O The term 'customs territory' means the customs territory of the United States and foreign trade zones. "(D) The term 'duty-free sales enterprise' means a person that sells, for use outside the customs territory, duty-free merchandise that is delivered from a bonded warehouse to an airport or other exit point for exportation by, or on behalf of, individuals departing from the customs territory. "(E) The term 'duty-free merchandise' means merchandise sold by a duty-free sales enterprise on which neither Federal duty nor Federal tax has been assessed pending exportation from the customs territory. "(F) The term 'exit point' means the area in close proximity to an actual exit for departing from the customs territory, including the gate holding area in the case of an airport, but only if there is reasonable assurance that dutyfree merchandise delivered in the gate holding area will be exported from the customs territory. "(G) The term 'personal use quantities' means quantities that are only suitable for uses other than resale, and includes reasonable quantities for household or family consumption as well as for gifts to others.", (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC 1909. CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATrVE. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) Caribbean and Central American countries historically have had close economic, political, and cultural ties to the United States;

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Regulations.

19 USC 1555 ^°^-

19 USC 2702 note.

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