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19 C.F.R. § 145.37

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(a) Mail articles for copyright. Mail articles marked for copyright which are addressed to the Library of Congress, to the U.S. Copyright Office, or to the office of the Register of Copyrights, Washington, DC, shall be passed free of duty without issuing an entry.

(b) Books, engravings, and other articles. Books, classifiable under subheading 4903.00.00, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), and engravings, etchings, and other articles enumerated in subheading 9808.00.10, HTSUS, shall be passed free of duty without issuing an entry when they are addressed to the Library of Congress or any department or agency of the U.S. Government.

(c) Official Government documents. Other mail articles addressed to offices or officials of the U.S. Government, believed to contain only official documents, shall be passed free of duty without issuing an entry. Such mail articles, when believed to contain merchandise, shall be treated in the same manner as other mail articles of merchandise so addressed.

[T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, as amended by T.D. 78-102, 43 FR 14454, Apr. 6, 1978; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51263, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 91-77, 56 FR 46115, Sept. 10, 1991]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2023–2025 · leading case: Byungmin Chae v. United States, 2024 CIT 126 (Ct. Intl. Trade 2024).
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Byungmin Chae v. United States, 2024 CIT 126 (Ct. Intl. Trade 2024). “2 (b); 19 C.F.R. § 145.37 ). In the instant case, plaintiff attempts to explain the inconsistent definition of “Customs territory.”
Chae v. Yellen (Fed. Cir. 2023). · cites it 8× “Chae further argues that “some mer- chandises are allowed to pass free of duty without issuing an entry which is not subject to examination or inspection by CBP” under 19 C.F.R. § 145.37 , noting that “without is- suing an entry cbp can still inspect” is not in Title 19 of the C.”
Chae v. United States (Fed. Cir. 2025). “2 (b)(1) and 19 C.F.R. § 145.37 . Id. The Trade Court rejected these arguments, concluding “Customs’ decision to deny plaintiff credit for Question 27 was supported by substantial evidence.”
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