---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 531.10"
title: "46"
number: "531.10"
heading: "Excepted and exempted commodities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/531.10"
---

# §531.10. Excepted and exempted commodities.

- (a) **Statutory exceptions.** NSAs for the movement of the following, as defined in section 3 of the Act ([46 U.S.C. 40102](/usc/46/40102.md)) and [§ 530.3](/cfr/46/530.3.md) or [§ 520.2](/cfr/46/520.2.md) of this chapter, are not subject to the conditions of this exemption:
  - (1) Bulk cargo;
  - (2) Forest products;
  - (3) Recycled metal scrap;
  - (4) New assembled motor vehicles; and
  - (5) **Waste paper or paper waste.**
- (b) **Commission exemptions.** The following commodities and/or services are not subject to the conditions of this exemption:
  - (1) **Mail in foreign commerce.** Transportation of mail between the United States and foreign countries.
  - (2) **Department of Defense cargo.** Transportation of U.S. Department of Defense cargo moving in foreign commerce under terms and conditions approved by the Military Transportation Management Command and published in a universal service contract. An exact copy of the universal service contract, including any amendments thereto, shall be filed with the Commission as soon as it becomes available.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 50725, Oct. 1, 2009; 83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 40103.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 50725, Oct. 1, 2009; 83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018]