(a) Importer Security Filing Importer. For purposes of this part, ``Importer Security Filing (ISF) Importer'' means the party causing goods to arrive within the limits of a port in the United States by vessel. For shipments other than foreign cargo remaining on board (FROB), immediate exportation (IE) and transportation and exportation (T&E;) in-bond shipments, and goods to be delivered to a foreign trade zone (FTZ), the ISF Importer will be the goods' owner, purchaser, consignee, or agent such as a licensed customs broker. For FROB cargo, the ISF Importer will be the carrier. For IE and T&E; in-bond shipments, and goods to be delivered to an FTZ, the ISF Importer will be the party filing the IE, T&E;, or FTZ documentation.
(b) Importation. For purposes of this part, ``importation'' means the point at which cargo arrives within the limits of a port in the United States.
(c) Bulk cargo. For purposes of this part, ``bulk cargo'' is defined as homogeneous cargo that is stowed loose in the hold and is not enclosed in any container such as a box, bale, bag, cask, or the like. Such cargo is also described as bulk freight. Specifically, bulk cargo is composed of either:
(1) Free flowing articles such as oil, grain, coal, ore, and the like, which can be pumped or run through a chute or handled by dumping; or
(2) Articles that require mechanical handling such as bricks, pig iron, lumber, steel beams, and the like.
(d) Break bulk cargo. For purposes of this part, ``break bulk cargo'' is defined as cargo that is not containerized, but which is otherwise packaged or bundled.