---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 447.53"
title: "27"
number: "447.53"
heading: "Exemptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/447.53"
---

# §447.53. Exemptions.

- (a) **The provisions of this part are not applicable to—**
  - (1) Importing by the United States or any agency thereof;
  - (2) Importing components for items being manufactured under contract for the Department of Defense; or
  - (3) Importing articles (other than those which would be “firearms” as defined in [18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3)](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-3)) manufactured in foreign countries for persons in the United States pursuant to Department of State or Department of Commerce approval.
- (b) Any person seeking to import articles on the U.S. Munitions Import List as exempt under paragraph [(a)(2)](#a-2) or [(3)](#a-3) of this section may obtain release of such articles from Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) custody by submitting, to the CBP officer with authority to release, a statement claiming the exemption accompanied by satisfactory proof of eligibility. Such proof may be in the form of a letter from the Departments of Defense, State, or Commerce, as the case may be, confirming that the person has met the conditions of the claimed exemption.

## Notes

### Amendments

[ATF-2020R-03D, 91 FR 24357, May 6, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2778; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129 (Mar. 8, 2013).

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3747, Jan. 24, 2003.

### Amendments

[ATF-2020R-03D, 91 FR 24357, May 6, 2026]