Form Ds 2031 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

1.

This form must accompany all shipments of shrimp and

If shipment consists of more than one type of product,

shrimp products into the United States.

they may be listed on an additional page and attached.

Insert date of entry, port of entry, and entry number at the

2.

The form accompanying each shipment must include

top of attachment.

original signatures in all signature blocks. The form is to

be retained by the U.S. importer for a period of three years

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from the date of import, and is to be produced upon a

Check the appropriate box to indicate if the shrimp is (A)

request from U.S. government officials.

harvested in a manner which does not adversely affect

sea turtles; or (B) harvested in the waters of a nation that

3. All forms must have all blocks complete with all

is certified pursuant to Section 609 of P.L. 101-162 as of

necessary information, signatures, addresses, etc.

the date of export from the harvesting nation. In order to

Incomplete forms will not be accepted.

qualify pursuant to (A), the shrimp must have been

harvested under one of the following conditions: (1)

4. All information included on all forms must be easily

shrimp harvested in an aquaculture facility in which the

legible.

shrimp spend at least 30 days in ponds prior to being

harvested; (2) shrimp harvested by commercial trawl

5. Forms may be reproduced locally, but it is the

vessels using TEDs (Turtle Excluder Devices) comparable

responsibility of the exporter to ensure that any such

in effectiveness to those required in the U.S.; (3) shrimp

reproduced forms are clearly legible. The requirement for

harvested exclusively by means that do not involve the

original signature in 2, above, still applies.

retrieval of fishing nets by mechanical devices or by

vessels using only the following types of gear: barred

6.

Instructions for individual blocks:

beam trawls and/or roller trawls, wing nets, skimmer

trawls, and pusher-head trawls; (4) Shrimp harvested in a

Block 1:

manner or under circumstances determined by the

The harvesting nation means either: (1) the nation in

Department of State not to pose a threat of the incidental

which the shrimp is raised in an aquaculture facility; or (2)

taking of sea turtles (the use of box 7A(4) is restricted to

the nation in whose waters the shrimp is harvested.

only those countries for which such a determination has

been made pursuant to the State Department's revised

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guidelines for the implementation of Sec. 609 of P. L.

Insert the name and address of the aquaculture facility or

10-102, contained in public notice no. 3086, published July

facilities at which the shrimp is raised and harvested, if

8, 1999 in the Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 130). Nations

applicable.

that are certified pursuant to Section 609 of P.L. 101-162

will be listed in the U.S. Federal Register. An agent or

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representative of the exporter must complete, sign, and

The "exporter" is the individual or company in the

date the line designated for this purpose. If box 7A is

harvesting nation who sells the goods for export to a

checked, certification by an appropriate Government

foreign buyer, e.g. a U.S. or third-country buyer.

official of the harvesting nation is required in block 8.

Block 4:

Block 8:

Insert name and address of U.S. importer or ultimate

If box 7A is checked, this section must be completed and

consignee.

signed by a responsible agent of the government of the

exporting country. This may be any official so designated

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for this purpose provided that such designee is employed

"Date of export" means the date on which the shipment

on a full-time basis by the government of the exporting

departed the last port of the harvesting nation for

nation. Governments may not delegate the authority to

exportation.

certify the forms to a representative of the private sector or

to a part-time government employee.

Block 6:

Insert in the appropriate column the U.S. Harmonized

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Tariff Schedule Number, number of boxes/cases or other

The U.S. importer or customs broker should insert the

units in a particular shipment, and the net weight in

date of entry, port of entry, entry number, and sign this

kilograms. HTS categories covered by this form include:

section upon receipt of this form and its corresponding

0306.16.00 (cold-water shrimps and prawns, frozen);

shipment.

0306.17.00 (other shrimps and prawns, frozen);

0306.26.00 (cold-water shrimps and prawns, not frozen);

0306.27.00 (other shrimps and prawns, not frozen);

1605.21.10 (shrimps and prawns, not in airtight

containers); and 1605.29.10 (shrimps and prawns, other).

DS-2031

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10-2013