Articles to be repaired, altered or processed (including processes which result in articles manufactured or produced in the United States)
15 declarable lines
Heading 9813 covers temporary importations under bond for articles to be repaired, altered or processed, and for specific temporary uses such as samples, models, testing, exhibitions, professional equipment, race vehicles and show goods. It is split between processing lines under 9813.00.05 and specific use lines from 9813.00.10 through 9813.00.75. The listed general (MFN) rate for all lines is Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter.
Products in this heading
- Garments or other articles sent to the United States for processing into finished goods under bond
- Women's wearing apparel models imported by a manufacturer for use in its own establishment
- Samples used solely to take orders for merchandise
- Professional tools, repair components and camping equipment brought by nonresident visitors
- Race cars, motorcycles or bicycles brought temporarily by nonresidents for contests
- Reusable containers or gas cylinders used to hold or cover merchandise in transport
- Animals brought for breeding, exhibition or competition for prizes
- Show cars or cutaway vehicle parts intended solely for display
How to choose the right subheading
- Identify the use: processing into a U.S.-made article, sample, model, testing, exhibition, professional use, race use, container use, animal use or show display.
- Check whether the article is entered under bond as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter.
- For processing entries, decide between 9813.00.05.20 for articles processed into U.S.-manufactured or produced goods and 9813.00.05.40 for other processing.
- Match the importer or user: manufacturer for apparel models, illustrator or photographer, nonresident sojourner, professional artist, lecturer or scientist.
- Confirm whether a more specific temporary-use line applies, such as race vehicles, reusable containers, animals or show vehicles.
Often confused with
- Heading 9804Personal and household effects of a traveler arriving from abroad
These are traveler importations, not temporary business imports under bond.
- Heading 9801U.S. products returned after export without change
Returned unchanged goods use the returned goods provision, not the repair or processing provision.
- Heading 9803Reusable U.S. containers or holders and their repair components
Containers and holders of U.S. origin have a separate provision.
- Heading 9811Alcoholic beverage samples for soliciting orders
Alcoholic beverage samples have a specific sample provision with volume limits.
- Heading 9812Articles for exhibition by an agricultural, arts, educational or scientific institution
Institutional exhibition articles are classified under the exhibition provision for those institutions.
Frequently asked questions
What is the HTS code for merchandise samples used to take orders?
Samples solely for use in taking orders for merchandise are classified under 9813.00.20. The general (MFN) rate is Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter.
What is the duty on articles imported for testing or review?
Articles intended solely for testing, experimental or review purposes are classified under 9813.00.30. The general (MFN) rate is Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter.
How do I classify race cars brought temporarily by nonresidents?
Automobiles and motorcycles brought temporarily by nonresidents to take part in races or other specific contests are classified under 9813.00.35. The general (MFN) rate is Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter.
Guide written from the official schedule text. Rates quoted are general (MFN) rates; check the line page for trade agreement rates and the classification of your exact product.
All lines in heading 9813
- 9813.00.05.20Articles to be processed into articles manufactured or produced in the United StatesFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.05.40OtherFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.10Models of women's wearing apparel imported by manufacturers for use solely as models in their own establishmentsFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.15Articles imported by illustrators and photographers for use solely as models in their own establishments, in the illustrating of catalogues, pamphlets or advertising mattersFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.20Samples solely for use in taking orders for merchandiseFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.25Articles solely for examination with a view to reproduction, or for such examination and reproduction (except photoengraved printing plates for examination and reproduction); and motion-picture advertising filmsFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.30Articles intended solely for testing, experimental or review purposes, including specifications, photographs and similar articles for use in connection with experiments or for studyFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.35Automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, airplanes, airships, balloons, boats, racing shells and similar vehicles and craft, and the usual equipment of the foregoing; all the foregoing which are brought temporarily into the United States by nonresidents for the purpose of taking part in races or other specific contestsFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.40Locomotives and other railroad equipment brought temporarily into the United States for use in clearing obstructions, fighting fires or making emergency repairs on railroads within the United States, or for use in transportation otherwise than in international traffic when the Secretary of the Treasury finds that the temporary use of foreign railroad equipment is necessary to meet an emergencyFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.45Containers for compressed gases, filled or empty, and containers or other articles in use for covering or holding merchandise (including personal or household effects) during transportation and suitable for reuse for that purposeFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.50Professional equipment, tools of trade, repair components for equipment or tools admitted under this heading and camping equipment; all the foregoing imported by or for nonresidents sojourning temporarily in the United Statesand for the use of such nonresidentsFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.55Articles of special design for temporary use exclusively in connection with the manufacture or production of articles for exportFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.60Animals and poultry brought into the United States for the purpose of breeding, exhibition or competition for prizes, and the usual equipment thereforFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.70Works of the free fine arts, engravings, photographic pictures and philosophical and scientific apparatus brought into the United States by professional artists, lecturers or scientists arriving from abroad for use by them for exhibition and in illustration, promotion and encouragement of art, science or industry in the United StatesFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- 9813.00.75Automobiles, automobile chassis, automobile bodies, cutaway portions of any of the foregoing and parts for any of the foregoing, finished, unfinished or cutaway, when intended solely for show purposesFree, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter