Title 19Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§1754 Marking, packaging, and labeling requirements

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - TRADE FAIR PROGRAM › § 1754

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Goods entered under section 1752 do not normally have to follow customs marking rules. If those goods are entered for consumption under section 1753, customs will not release them until the marking rules are met. Those goods also are not normally bound by packaging, marking, or labeling rules of the internal‑revenue laws or the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). If an item fails those rules, it must be clearly marked before public display that it is not labeled or packaged as required and not for sale. If entered for consumption under section 1753, customs will not release it until the required packaging, marking, and labeling are provided.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §1754

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(a)Articles entered under section 1752 of this title shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the customs laws, except that when any such article is entered for consumption under section 1753 of this title it shall not be released from customs custody until the marking requirements of the customs laws have been complied with.
(b)Articles entered under section 1752 of this title shall not be subject to the packaging, marking, or labeling requirements of the internal-revenue laws or of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act [27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], except that any such article failing to comply with such requirements—
(1)shall be conspicuously marked prior to exhibition “Not labeled or packaged as required by law—not for sale”, and
(2)when entered for consumption under section 1753 of this title, shall not be released from customs custody until such packaging, marking, and labeling requirements have been complied with.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Alcohol Administration Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, 49 Stat. 977, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 201 et seq.) of chapter 8 of Title 27, Intoxicating Liquors. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 27 and Tables. Chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 5001 et seq. of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Amendments

1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”.

Reference

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 1754

Title 19Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73