[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 27CFR47.53]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 47--IMPORTATION OF ARMS, AMMUNITION AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 47.53  Exemptions.

    (a) The provisions of this part are not applicable to:
    (1) Importations by the United States or any agency thereof;
    (2) Importation of components for items being manufactured under 
contract for the Department of Defense; or
    (3) Importation of articles (other than those which would be 
``firearms'' as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3) manufactured in foreign 
countries for persons in the United States pursuant to Department of 
State approval.
    (b) Any person seeking to import articles on the U.S. Munitions 
Import List as exempt under paragraph (a)(2) or (3) of this section may 
obtain release of such articles from Customs custody by submitting, to 
the Customs officer with authority to release, a statement claiming the 
exemption accompanied by satisfactory proof of eligibility. Such proof 
may be in the form of a letter from the Department of Defense or State, 
as the case may be, confirming that the conditions of the exemption are 
met.

[T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-215, 50 
FR 42162, Oct. 18, 1985]