FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.9

DFARS 225.901 Policy.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This DFARS section states DoD's policy for issuing duty-free entry certificates for certain supplies. It matters because it tells contractors when DoD will cover customs duties, unless the supplies already qualify for duty-free treatment or the contractor already paid the duty.

Applies to: DoD contracts involving foreign supplies entering the U.S. customs territory

Key terms: duty-free entry certificates · qualifying country supplies · eligible products · Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · customs territory of the United States

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Unless the supplies are entitled to duty-free treatment under a special category in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (e.g., the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act or a Free Trade Agreement), or unless the supplies already have entered into the customs territory of the United States and the contractor already has paid the duty, DoD will issue duty-free entry certificates for—

(1) Qualifying country supplies (end products and components);

(2) Eligible products (end products but not components) under contracts covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement; and

(3) Other foreign supplies for which the contractor estimates that duty will exceed $300 per shipment into the customs territory of the United States.

← 225.900-70 Definition. · 225.902 Procedures. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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