Export Information Codes

The Export Information Code defines the type of export. You select the export information code on the Goods grid located on the Customs Documentation tab.

Note: The export information code is used only for shipments that originate in the United States.

Valid codes are as follows:

Export Code


Description

CH

Shipment of goods donated for relief or charity provided for in chapters 1 through 97 of Schedule B, Classification of Exports. Specific goods listed below should be reported under the appropriate Chapter 98 numbers as follows:

  1. Commingled food products - Schedule B No. 9802.10.0000.

  2. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products - Schedule B No. 9802.20.0000.

  3. Wearing apparel - Schedule B No. 9802.30.0000.

CR

Goods moving under a Carnet (international license - not entered).

DD

Other exceptions:

  1. Currency (both US and foreign).

  2. Airline tickets.

  3. Bank notes.

  4. Internal revenue stamps.

  5. State liquor stamps (strip stamps are the same as liquor stamps).

  6. Advertising literature.

  7. Export of articles imported temporarily for use by representatives of foreign governments of international organizations or members of armed forces of a foreign country.

DP

Diplomatic pouches and their contents. (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (a))

FS

Foreign Military Sales program conducted on the basis of formal contracts or agreements between the US government and an authorized recipient, being shipped on a commercial carrier.

GP

Shipments under US government contract for the construction of facilities overseas.

GS

Shipments to US government agencies and their employees for their exclusive use (15 CFR Sec. 30.53):

  1. Office furniture, equipment, and supplies.

  2. Food, medicine, or related items.

  3. Supplies and equipment sent to US embassies or diplomatic missions for their own use.

  4. Books, maps, charts, pamphlets, and similar articles shipped by the US government to libraries, government establishments, or similar institutions.

HH

Personal and household effects and tools of trade, including usual and reasonable kinds of furniture, clothing, instruments, tools, and other effects, provided that the articles are:

  1. Owned by the exporter or his or her immediate family.

  2. In the possession of the exporter at the time of or prior to departure.

  3. Necessary and appropriate for the use of the exporter or his or her immediate family.

  4. Intended for the exporter’s use or the use of his or her immediate family.

  5. Not intended for sale.

HR

Human remains with accompanying receptacles and flowers. (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (b))

IC

Interplant correspondence, executed invoices, and other records from a US firm to its subsidiary or affiliate. (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (i))

IP

Shipments of goods originally imported temporarily free under bond (TIB) exported after being processed or manufactured into a new article in the US.

IR

Shipments of goods originally imported temporarily free under bond (TIB) exported after being repaired or altered in the US. (Report value of repairs only under Schedule B No. 801.10.0000.)

IS

Shipments of goods originally imported temporarily free under bond (TIB) for return in the same condition as imported:

  1. Goods previously imported for testing, experimentation, demonstration, review, etc.

  2. Goods previously imported for exhibition, illustration, etc.

  3. Samples, models previously imported for review or for taking orders.

  4. Goods previously imported for participation in races or contests.

  5. Animals previously imported for breeding, exhibition.

LC

Shipments valued $2500 or less per Classification Number (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (h)):

  1. Destined to countries other than those included in Groups T and V (see Supplement No. 1 to Part 770, Export Administration Regulations).

  2. All shipments regardless of value or destination:

  3. Requiring a validated license.

  4. Subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, even if exempt from licensing.

  5. Requiring a Drug Enforcement Administration export permit.

LV

Shipments valued at $2500 or less per Classification Number (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (h)) under any General License destined:

  1. Countries included in Groups T and V (see No. 1 to Part 770, Export Administration Regulations).

  2. Between the US and Puerto Rico.

  3. Shipments to the US Virgin Islands.

MS

All commodities consigned to the US armed forces for their exclusive use (15 CFR Sec. 30.52), including those to:

  1. Armed services exchange systems.

  2. Military bases for construction and maintenance.

OS

All other exports.

RJ

Inadmissible merchandise.

SC

Instruments of international trade, exported without transfer of ownership or title: shipping containers, tanks returned for refilling, paper cores, bobbins, racks, reels, spools, etc. (15 CFR Sec. 30.33)

SR

Shipments of domestic and foreign merchandise exported by a US vessel carrier line, shipped to the vessel carrier line’s own overseas warehouse for exclusive use aboard its own carriers.

TE

Temporary exportations that are not sold or offered for sale and are at the time of shipment definitely intended to be returned to the US in the same condition as exported:

  1. Goods for exhibition or demonstration and returned to the US.

  2. Goods to be tested or evaluated and returned to the US.

  3. Goods to be inspected, calibrated, etc. and returned to the US.

  4. Goods to be repaired and returned to the US.

  5. Goods for participation in races or contests.

  6. Goods for temporary use in international waters or for temporary use in foreign countries for research, exploration, construction, and similar projects.

TL

Merchandise exported under lease where the leasing period is less than one year.

TP

Temporary exportations of domestic merchandise that is to be processed, manufactured, or assembled abroad and returned to the US.

UG

Single gift parcels covered by Bureau of Export Administration General License GIFT. (15 CFR Sec. 30.55 (g))