[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1217.106]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1217_DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF SPACE ARTICLES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1217.106  Articles brought into the United States by NASA from space.



    Pursuant to U.S. note 1 subchapter VIII of chapter 98, HTSUS, 

articles brought into the customs territory of the United States by NASA 

from space shall not be considered an importation, and no certification 

or entry of such materials through U.S. Customs shall



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be required. This provision is applicable to articles brought to the 

U.S. from space whether or not the articles were launched into space 

aboard a NASA vehicle.