[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR301.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 301_INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC 
INSTITUTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  301.3  Application for duty-free entry of scientific instruments.

    (a) Who may apply. An applicant for duty-free entry of an instrument 
under subheading 9810.00.60, HTSUS must be a public or private nonprofit 
institution which is established for educational or scientific purposes 
and which has placed a bona fide order or has a firm intention to place 
a bona fide order for a foreign instrument within 60 days following a 
favorable decision on the institution's application.
    (b) Application forms. Applications must be made on form ITA-338P 
which may be obtained from the Statutory Import Programs Staff, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC

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20230, or from the various District Offices of the U.S. Department of 
Commerce. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0625-0037)
    (c) Where to apply. Applications must be filed with the U.S. Customs 
Service, Department of the Treasury, at the address specified on page 1 
of the form.
    (d) Five copies of the form, including relevant supporting 
documents, must be submitted. One of these copies shall be signed in the 
original by the person in the applicant institution under whose 
direction and control the foreign instrument will be used and who is 
familiar with the intended uses of the instrument. The remaining four 
copies of the form may be copies of the original. Attachments should be 
fully identified and referenced to the question(s) on the form to which 
they relate.
    (e) A single application (in the requisite number of copies) may be 
submitted for any quantity of the same type or model of foreign 
instrument provided that the entire quantity is intended to be used for 
the same purposes and provided that all units are included on a single 
purchase order. A separate application shall be submitted for each 
different type or model or variation in the type or model of instrument 
for which duty-free entry is sought even if covered by a single purchase 
order. Orders calling for multiple deliveries of the same type or model 
of instrument over a substantial period of time may, at the discretion 
of the Director, require multiple applications.
    (f) An application for components of an instrument to be assembled 
in the United States as described in Sec.  301.2(f) may be filed 
provided that all of the components for the complete, assembled 
instrument are covered by, and fully described in, the application. See 
also Sec.  301.2(k).
    (g) Failure to answer completely all questions on the form in 
accordance with the instructions on the form or to supply the requisite 
number of copies of the form and supporting documents may result in 
delays in processing of the application while the deficiencies are 
remedied, return of the application without processing, or denial of the 
application without prejudice to resubmission. Any questions on these 
regulations or the application form should be addressed to the Director.

[47 FR 32517, July 28, 1982, as amended at 50 FR 11501, Mar. 22, 1985; 
66 FR 28833, May 25, 2001]