Code

Description

CH

Shipment of goods donated for relief or charity provided for in chapters 1 through 97 of Schedule B, Classification of Exports. Specific goods listed below should be reported under the appropriate Chapter 98 numbers as follows:

•Comingled food products—Schedule B No. 9802.10.0000.

•Medicinal and pharmaceutical products—Schedule B No. 9802.20.0000.

•Wearing apparel—Schedule B No. 9802.30.0000.

CR

Goods moving under a carnet.

DD

Other exemptions:

•Currency (both U.S. and foreign)

•Airline tickets

•Banknotes

•Internal revenue stamps

•State liquor stamps (strip stamps are same as liquor stamps)

•Advertising literature

•Export of articles imported temporarily for use by representatives of foreign governments of international organizations or members of armed forces of a foreign country.

DP

Diplomatic pouches and their contents. (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (a))

FS

Foreign Military Sales program conducted on the basis of formal contracts or agreements between the U.S. government and an authorized recipient, being shipped on a commercial carrier.

GP

Shipments under U.S. Government contract for the construction of facilities overseas.

GS

Shipments to U.S. Government agencies and their employees for their exclusive use (15 CFR Sec. 30.53):

•Office furniture, equipment and supplies.

•Food, medicine or related items.

•Supplies and equipment sent to U.S. embassies or diplomatic missions for their own use.

•Books, maps, charts, pamphlets, and similar articles shipped by U.S. Government to libraries, government establishments or similar institutions.

HH

Personal and household effects and tools of trade, including usual and reasonable kinds of furniture, clothing, instruments, tools, and other effects, provided that the articles are:

•Owned by the exporter or his immediate family,

•In the possession of the exporter at the time of or prior to departure,

•Necessary and appropriate for the use of the exporter or his immediate family,

•Intended for the exporter’s use or the use of his immediate family,

•And not intended for sale.

HR

Human remains with receptacles and flowers

IC

Interplant correspondence

IP

Shipment of goods originally imported temporarily free under bond (TIB) and then exported after being processed or manufactured into a new article in the United States.

IR

Shipments of goods originally imported temporarily free under bond (TIB) and then exported after being repaired or altered in the United States, (Report value of repairs only under Schedule B No. 9801.10.0000)

IS

Shipment of goods originally imported temporarily free under bond (TIB) for return in the same condition as imported:

•Goods previously imported for testing, experimentation demonstration, review, etc.

•Goods previously imported for exhibition, illustration, etc.

•Samples, models previously imported for review or for taking orders.

•Goods previously imported for participation in races or contests.

•Animals previously imported for breeding, exhibition.

LC

Shipments valued $2500 or less per Classification Number (15 CFR Sec. 30.55(h)):

•Destined to countries other than those included in Groups T & V, (See Supplement No. 1 to Part 770, Export Administration Regulations)

•All Shipments regardless of value or destination:

•Requiring a validated U.S. Dept of Commerce license.

•Subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, even if exempt from licensing.

•Requiring a Drug Enforcement Administration export permit.

LV

Shipments valued $2500 or less per Classification Number (15 CFR Sec. 30.55(h)) under any General License destined:

•Countries included in Groups T & V (See Supplement No. 1 to Part 770, Export Administration Regulations)

•Between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

•Shipments to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

MS

All commodities consigned to the U.S. armed forces for their exclusive use (15 CFR Sec 30.52) including those to:

•Armed services exchange systems.

•Military bases for construction and maintenance.

OS

All other exports

RJ

Inadmissible merchandise

SC

Instruments of international trade, exported without transfer of ownership or title: shipping containers, tanks returning for refilling, paper cores, bobbins, racks, reels, spools, etc.

SR

U.S. carrier stores, to be warehoused overseas.

TE

Temporary exportations which are not sold or offered for sale and are, at the time of shipment, definitely intended to be returned to the United States in the same condition as exported:

•Goods for exhibition or demonstration and return to the United States.

•Goods to be tested or evaluated and returned to the United States.

•Goods to be inspected, calibrated, etc. and returned to the United States.

•Goods to be repaired and returned to the United States.

•Goods for participation in races or contests.

•Goods for temporary use in international waters or for temporary use in foreign countries for research, exploration, construction and similar projects.

TL

Merchandise exported for a 1-year lease.

TP

Temporary exportations of domestic merchandise that are to be processed, manufactured or assembled abroad and returned to the United States.

UG

Single gift parcels covered by Bureau of Export Administration General License GIFT.