bonded warehouse

bonded warehouse
A building or part of a building, usually at a port of entry, designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a bonded warehouse for the storage of imported merchandise entered for warehousing, for the manufacture of merchandise in bond, or for the repacking, sorting, or cleaning of imported merchandise. The owner or lessee of such premises is required to give bond in such sum and with such sureties as may be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, to secure the government against loss or expense connected with or arising from the deposit, storage, or manipulation of merchandise in such warehouse. 19 USC § 1555. See private bonded warehouse; public bonded warehouse.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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