CBP Adopts Kimberley Process Amendments for Rough Diamond Imports/Exports
CBP adopted an amendment to its regulations that would add recordkeeping requirements for U.S. exports of rough diamonds and include additional information on requirements for rough diamond import and export. CBP will now require any U.S. persons exporting from the U.S. a shipment of rough diamonds to retain a copy of the Kimberley Process Certificate accompanying each shipment for at least five years from the date of export and make the copy available for examination at the request of CBP, the agency said in a notice. CBP added to its regulations the requirements of diamond importing/exporting contained in the Treasury Department's Rough Diamonds Control Regulations (RDCR) (31 CFR part 592).
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New Section 12.152
The requirements were added to 19 CFR part 12 in new Section 12.152 to explicitly incorporate recordkeeping requirements that are implicitly included in the RDCR, said CBP. Because any person importing a shipment of rough diamonds is required to have the original Certificate at the time of import (per 31 CFR 592.301), CBP amended the regulations to clarify that the Kimberley Process Certificate, which accompanies each shipment, is an entry record that must be maintained for at least five years from the date of importation. The importer must make a copy of the Kimberley Process Certificate available for examination at the request of CBP during that time period.
The amendment also requires customs brokers, importers, and filers making entry of a shipment of rough diamond to either submit through CBP’s Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system the unique identifying number of the Kimberley Process Certificate accompanying the shipment or, for non-ABI entries, indicate the certificate number on the CBP Form 7501, Entry Summary, on each applicable line item.
(Federal Register 07/08/13)