Government Still Obsessed With Tracking Your Duty-Free Shopping Containers
Published Date: 11/26/2025
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Summary
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is extending the paperwork rules for holders or containers that enter the U.S. duty free. If you’re involved in shipping or importing these items, you might need to keep providing certain info, but no big changes or extra costs are expected. You’ve got until December 26, 2025, to share your thoughts on this extension!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Extension for Duty-Free Containers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is extending, without change, the existing information collection (OMB No. 1651-0035) that covers holders or containers entering the United States duty-free. The agency invites comments through December 26, 2025.
Marking Rules for U.S.-Made Containers
If you own U.S.-manufactured serially numbered holders or containers released duty-free under HTSUS 9801.00.10, you must mark the item with '9801.00.10, HTSUS' (unless it has a permanent metal tag), your name, and the serial number assigned by you.
Marking Rules for Foreign-Made Containers
If you own foreign-manufactured serially numbered holders or containers released duty-free under HTSUS 9803.00.50, you must mark each item with '9803.00.50 HTSUS', the district and port code numbers of the port of entry, the entry number, the last two digits of the fiscal year of the entry where duty was paid, your name, and the serial number you assigned.
Estimated Paperwork Burden Numbers
CBP estimates 20 respondents, each filing about 18 responses per year for a total of 360 responses; each response takes about 15 minutes, for an estimated 90 total annual burden hours.
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