15 C.F.R. § 30.55 Miscellaneous exemptions.
Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
Shipper's Export Declarations are not required for the following kinds of shipments: (a) Diplomatic pouches and their contents. (b) Human remains and accompanying appropriate receptacles and flowers. (c) Shipments from one point in the United States to another thereof by routes passing through Mexico. (d) Shipments from one point in Mexico to another point thereof by routes through the United States. (e) Shipments, other than by vessel, or merchandise for which no validated export licenses are required, transported in bond through the United States, and exported from another U.S. port, or transshipped and exported directly from the port of arrival. (f) Shipments to foreign libraries, government establishments, or similar institutions, as provided in §30.53(d). (g) Shipments of single gift parcels as authorized by the Bureau of Industry and Security under License Exception GFT, see 15 CFR 740.12 of the EAR. (h) Except as noted in paragraph (h)(2) of this section exports of commodities where the value of the commodities, shipped from one exporter to one consignee on a single exporting carrier, classified under an individual Schedule B number, is $2,500 or less. (1) This exemption applies to individual Schedule B commodity numbers regardless of the total shipment value. In instances where a shipment contains a mixture of individual Schedule B commodity numbers valued $2,500 or less and individual Schedule B commodity numbers valued over $2,500, only those commodity numbers valued $2,500 or more need be reported on a Shipper's Export Declaration or AES record. (2) This exemption does not apply to exports: (i) Destined for Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Serbia (excluding Kosovo), Sudan and Syria. (ii) Requiring a Department of Commerce license (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774 of the EAR). (iii) Requiring a Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls export license under the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120 through 130). (iv) Subject to the ITAR but exempt from license requirements. (v) Requiring a Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration export permit (21 CFR Part 1312). This exemption shall be conditioned upon the filing of such reports as the Bureau of the Census shall periodically require to compile statistics on $2,500 and under shipments. (vi) Classified as rough diamonds under 6-digit Harmonized System subheadings 7102.10, 7102.21, and 7102.31, regardless of value. (i) Shipments of interplant correspondence, executed invoices and other documents, and other shipments of company business records from a U.S. firm to its subsidiary or affiliate. (j) Shipments of pets as baggage, accompanied or unaccompanied, of persons leaving the United States, including members of crews on vessels and aircraft. (k) Shipments for use in connection with NASA tracking systems under Office of Export Administration Project License DL–5355–S. (l) Shipments of aircraft parts and equipment, and food, saloon, slop chest, and related stores, provisions, and supplies for use on aircraft, by a U.S. airline to its own installations, aircraft, and agents abroad, under Department of Commerce, Office of Export Administration General License RCS. (m) Shipments for use in connection with NOAA operations under the Office of Export Administration General License G-NOAA. (n) Exports of technology and software as defined in 15 CFR Part 772 of the EAR that do not require an export license, except that an SED or AES record is required for mass market software. For purposes of the FTSR, mass market software is defined as software that is generally available to the public by being sold at retail selling points, or directly from the software developer or supplier, by means of over the counter transactions, mail order transactions, telephone transactions, or electronic mail order transactions, and designed for installation by the user without further substantial technical support by the developer or supplier. (o) Intangible exports of software and technology, such as downloaded software and technical data, including technology and software that requires an export license and mass market software exported electronically. [41 FR 9134, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 7214, Feb. 18, 1982; 55 FR 21187, May 23, 1990; 55 FR 49615, Nov. 30, 1990; 63 FR 45697, Aug. 27, 1998; 65 FR 42564, July 10, 2000; 68 FR 59879, Oct. 20, 2003]
Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade
PART 30—FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS
Subpart D—Exemptions from the Requirements for the Filing of Shipper's Export Declarations
§ 30.55 Miscellaneous exemptions.
