What transactions are outside of the scope of the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) and are excluded from filing Electronic Export Information (EEI)?
Transactions, which fall outside of the scope of the FTR and are excluded from filing the EEI are located in the 30.2(d) and Appendix C. • Goods shipped under a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bond through the United States, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands from one foreign country or area to another where such goods do not enter the consumption channels of the United States. See FTR section 30.2(d)(1). • Goods shipped from the U.S. territories and goods shipped between the United States and these territories do not require EEI filing. However, goods transiting U.S. territories to foreign destinations require EEI filing. The U.S. territories referred to in this section are: American Samoa, Baker Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingmen Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and the Wake Island.The Census Bureau will include the full list of territories in Appendix C in a future amendment
