(1) In general Distilled spirits for the purposes authorized in section
5214 (a)(2) and (3), denatured distilled spirits, and articles, as described in this paragraph, produced or manufactured in the Virgin Islands, may be brought into the United States free of any tax imposed by section
7652 (b)(1) for disposal under the same conditions as like spirits, denatured spirits, and articles, produced or manufactured in the United States; and the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder (and all other provisions of the internal revenue laws applicable to the enforcement thereof, including the penalties of special application thereto) relating to the production, bonded warehousing, and denaturation of distilled spirits, to the withdrawal of distilled spirits or denatured distilled spirits, and to the manufacture of articles from denatured distilled spirits, shall, insofar as applicable, extend to and apply in the Virgin Islands in respect of
(A) distilled spirits for shipment to the United States for the purposes authorized in section
5214 (a)(2) and (3);
(B) distilled spirits for denaturation;
(C) denatured distilled spirits for shipment to the United States;
(D) denatured distilled spirits for use in the manufacture of articles for shipment to the United States; and
(E) articles, manufactured from denatured distilled spirits, for shipment to the United States.