Under 19 C.F.R. 141.68(e), merchandise will not be authorized for release, nor will an entry or an entry summary which serves as both the entry and entry summary be considered filed or presented, until the merchandise has arrived within the port limits with the intent to unlade.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection has received inquiries, concerning this regulation, about the port limits of the Los Angeles-Long Beach port of entry. 

Based on 19 C.F.R. 101.3(b)(1), the port limits of the Los Angeles-Long Beach port of entry are as follows:

The geographical boundaries of the Customs port of entry at Los Angeles-Long Beach, California, in the Los Angeles, California, district (Region VII, Los Angeles, California) are extended to include the territory described as follows:

All territory within Los Angeles County bounded on the west by Topanga Canyon Boulevard, north to the intersection of the Simi Valley -- San Fernando Valley Freeway, and from the intersection of the Antelope Valley Freeway and the Golden State Freeway along the corporate limits of Los Angeles to the intersection of the Foothill Freeway on the west boundary of Glendale, southeast to the San Gabriel River Freeway, south to the Orange County border to the southeast corporate limit of Long Beach.

The boundary of Los Angeles County includes the piers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, such that these piers are included within the boundaries of the Los Angeles-Long Beach port of entry.

If you have any general entry summary questions, contact OTentrysummary@cbp.dhs.gov. For general entry questions, contact cscwarehousing@cbp.dhs.gov.