9801.00.50
Exhibition in connection with any circus or menagerie
Classification path
- Articles, when returned after having been exported for use temporarily abroad solely for any of the following purposes, if imported by or for the account of the person who exported them
- Exhibition in connection with any circus or menagerie
Rates of duty
- General (MFN)
- Free
- Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus
- Free
- Unit of quantity
- n/a
Related lines in heading 9801
- 9801.00.10.10Articles previously exported with intent to reimport after temporary use abroadFree
- 9801.00.10.12Articles returned temporarily for repair, alteration, processing or the like, the foregoing to be reexportedFree
- 9801.00.10.15Meat and poultry products provided for in chapter 2 or 16Free
- 9801.00.10.26Peanuts provided for in heading 1202Free
- 9801.00.10.27Articles provided for in chapter 28Free
- 9801.00.10.28Articles provided for in chapter 30Free
- 9801.00.10.29Articles provided for in chapter 37Free
- 9801.00.10.30Articles provided for in chapter 71Free
- 9801.00.10.31Articles provided for in chapter 82Free
- 9801.00.10.35Articles provided for in headings 8407.10, 8409.10, 8411 or 8412.10Free
- 9801.00.10.37Articles provided for in subheadings 8419.33.10, 8419.34.00, 8424.41, 8424.49, 8424.82, 8424.90, 8429.11, 8429.19 or 8431.42 or headings 8432, 8433, 8434 or 8436Free
- 9801.00.10.43Articles provided for in headings 8470, 8471, 8472 or 8473Free
About heading 9801
Products of the United States when returned after having been exported, or any other products when returned within 3 years after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad
Heading 9801 covers goods that come back into the United States after having been exported, as long as they were not advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad. Most lines are free of duty and are split first by the reason for the return (temporary use, repair and reexport, exhibition, lease, government property) and then, within 9801.00.10, by the chapter or heading of the underlying article. A separate group, 9801.00.70 through 9801.00.80, carries a duty limited to the drawback or duty and internal revenue tax previously involved.
Full guide to heading 9801Products in this heading
- A U.S.-made laptop sent to a trade show abroad and brought back unchanged
- Hand tools and instruments taken overseas by a technician and returned
- An aircraft engine exported on loan as a temporary replacement and reimported
- Leased machinery exported under a lease agreement and returned to the same importer
- U.S. Government property returned and certified as such by the importer
- Samples or equipment sent abroad for exhibition at a fair or conference
- Foreign goods reimported within 3 years in the same condition, where duty was paid on the first import
- Domesticated animals driven across the border for temporary pasturage and brought back within 8 months
Frequently asked questions
What is the HTS code for a U.S.-made laptop returned after temporary use abroad?
Laptops and other ADP machines fall under 9801.00.10.43, which carries a general (MFN) rate of Free.
What is the duty on professional tools of trade returned after temporary use abroad?
Professional books, implements, instruments and tools of trade are classified under 9801.00.85.00, with a general (MFN) rate of Free, if imported by or for the account of the person who exported them.
How do I classify an aircraft engine exported under loan and returned after overhaul abroad?
An engine exported under loan as a temporary replacement and reimported unchanged by the exporter is classified under 9801.00.30.00, general (MFN) rate Free. If the engine went abroad for temporary use without that loan arrangement, use 9801.00.10.35, also Free.
Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, retrieved October 21, 2026.