| 9804.00.10 | | Professional books, implements, instruments and tools of trade, occupation or employment, which have been taken abroad by him or for his account | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.20 | | Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles and similar personal effects; all the foregoing, if actually owned by and in the possession of such person abroad at the time of or prior to his departure for the United States, and if appropriate for his own personal use and intended only for such use and not for any other person nor for sale | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.25 | | Not over 50 cigars, or 200 cigarettes, or 2 kilograms of smoking tobacco or a proportionate amount of each, and not over 1 liter of alcoholic beverages, when brought in by an adult nonresident for his own consumption | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.35 | | Automobiles, trailers, aircraft, motorcycles, bicycles, baby carriages, boats, horse-drawn conveyances, horses and similar means of transportation, and the usual equipment accompanying the foregoing; any of the foregoing imported in connection with the arrival of such person and to be used in the United States only for the transportation of such person, his family and guests, and such incidental carriage of articles as may be appropriate to his personal use of the conveyance | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.40 | | Not exceeding $200 in value of articles (including not more than 4 liters of alcoholic beverages) accompanying such a person who is in transit to a place outside United States customs territory and who will take the articles with him to such place | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.45 | | All personal and household effects taken abroad by him or for his account | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.60 | | Automobiles rented by any resident of the United States while abroad and imported for the transportation of such resident, his family and guests, and such incidental carriage of articles as may be appropriate to his personal use of the automobile | | Free, for such temporary periods as the Secretary of the Treasury by regulation may prescribe | Free (BH,CA,CL, IL,MA,MX, P,SG) | Free, for such temporary periods as the Secretary of the Treasury by regulation may prescribe |
| 9804.00.75 | | Any article imported to replace a like article of comparable value previously exempted from duty under subheading 9804.00.70, if the article previously exempted shall have been exported, under such supervision as the Secretary may prescribe, within 60 days after its importation because it was found by the importer to be unsatisfactory | | Free | | Free |
| 9804.00.80 | | Articles (including not over 50 cigars, or 300 cigarettes, or 2 kilograms of smoking tobacco or a proportionate amount of each, and not over 1 liter of alcoholic beverages), reasonable and appropriate, and intended exclusively, for the bona fide personal use of, and (except for articles consumed in use) to be taken out of the United States by, any person arriving in the United States who is leaving a vessel, vehicle or aircraft, engaged in international traffic, on which he is employed, with the intention of resuming such employment | | Free | | Free |
| 9806.00.30 | | Upon the request of the Department of State, persons designated pursuant to statute or pursuant to treaties ratified by the United States Senate | | Free | | Free |
| 9806.00.35 | | Upon the request of the Department of State, personal effects and equipment of groups or delegations of foreign residents arriving in the United States on goodwill visits of short duration to participate in patriotic celebrations, festivals and other demonstrations of public interest and which will be exported or destroyed at the conclusion of the visit | | Free | | Free |
| 9806.00.45 | | Members of the armed forces of any foreign country | | Free | | Free |
| 9806.00.55 | | Upon the request of the Department of State, persons designated pursuant to statute or pursuant to treaties ratified by the United States Senate | | Free | | Free |
| 9808.00.50 | 00 | Materials certified by it to the Commissioner of Customs to be source materials the entry of which is necessary in the interest of the common defense and security | | Free | | Free |
| 9809.00.80 | | Printed matter, not containing advertising matter, for free distribution | | Free | | Free |
| 9810.00.10 | 00 | Painted, colored or stained glass windows and parts thereof, all the foregoing valued over $161 per square meter and designed by, and produced by or under the direction of, a professional artist | m2 | Free | | Free |
| 9810.00.20 | 00 | Hand-woven fabrics, to be used by the institution in making religious vestments for its own use or for sale | X | Free | | Free |
| 9810.00.35 | 00 | Letters, numbers, and other symbols; number cards and other arithmetical materials; printed matter; blocks and other dimensional shapes; geometrical figures, plane or solid; geographical globes; tuned bells and basic materials for understanding music; model articles and figures of animate objects; puzzles and games; flags; dressing frames; dummy clocks; bottles, boxes, and other containers or holders; all the foregoing, whether or not in sets, fabricated to specification and designed for the classroom instruction of children; and containers or holders fabricated to specification and designed for the storage of such instructional articles when not in use | X | Free | | The rate applicable in the absence of this subheading |
| 9810.00.40 | 00 | Sculptures and statuary | X | Free | | Free |
| 9810.00.55 | 00 | Patterns and models exclusively for exhibition or educational use at any such institution | X | Free | | Free |
| 9810.00.85 | 00 | Cellulosic plastics materials imported for use in artificial kidney machines or apparatus by a hospital or by a patient pursuant to prescription of a physician | X | Free | | The rate applicable in the absence of this heading |
| 9810.00.90 | 00 | Prayer shawls, bags for the keeping of prayer shawls and headwear of a kind used for public or private religious observances, whether or not any of the foregoing is imported for the use of a religious institution | X | Free | | Free |
| 9810.00.95 | 00 | Scrolls or tablets of wood or paper, commonly known as Gohonzon, imported for use in public or private religious observances, whether or not any of the foregoing is imported for the use of a religious institution | X | Free | | Free |
| 9812.00.20 | 00 | Articles imported for exhibition by any institution or society established for the encouragement of agriculture, arts, education or science, or for such exhibition by any State or for a municipal corporation | X | Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 2 to this subchapter | Free (AU,BH,CA, CL,IL,JO,MA, MX,P,SG) | Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 2 to this subchapter |
| 9812.00.40 | 00 | Articles imported by any institution, society or State, or for a municipal corporation, for the purpose of erecting a public monument | X | Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 2 to this subchapter | Free (AU,BH,CA, CL,IL,JO,MA, MX,P,SG) | Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 2 to this subchapter |
