FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.9
DFARS 225.903 Exempted supplies.
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 points to the Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) for an explanation of the term "supplies" and for the required format of a duty-free certificate. It also requires that the duty-free certificate be printed, stamped, or typed on or attached to Customs Form 7501, and executed by a duly designated officer or civilian official. This matters to contractors because it governs how duty-free documentation must be handled for exempted supplies.
Applies to: Exempted supplies and the duty-free certificate process
What it requires
- Print, stamp, or type the duty-free certificate on the face of, or attach it to, Customs Form 7501
- Have a duly designated officer or civilian official of the appropriate department or agency execute the certificate in the format provided at PGI 225.903(b)(ii)
Key terms: supplies · duty-free certificate · Customs Form 7501 · PGI 225.903(b)(i) · PGI 225.903(b)(ii)
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The text
(b)(i) For an explanation of the term “supplies,” see PGI 225.903(b)(i).
(ii) The duty-free certificate shall be printed, stamped, or typed on the face of, or attached to, Customs Form 7501. A duly designated officer or civilian official of the appropriate department or agency shall execute the certificate in the format provided at PGI 225.903(b)(ii).
← 225.902 Procedures. · 225.1070 Clause deviations in overseas contracts. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 225
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-07-02 · comments due 2026-08-31
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Purchase Exception for the Acquisition of U.S. Flags (DFARS Case 2024-D013) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-12-18 · effective 2024-12-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (DFARS Case 2018-D074) ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.