15 CFR § 30.38 - Exemption from the requirements for reporting complete commodity information.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s30.38"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 30.38 - Exemption from the requirements for reporting complete commodity information."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "30.38"
section_name: "Exemption from the requirements for reporting complete commodity information."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "FOREIGN TRADE REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 13 U.S.C. 301-307; Reorganization plan No. 5 of 1990 (3 CFR 1949-1953 Comp., p.1004); Department of Commerce Organization Order No. 35-2A, July 22, 1987, as amended and No. 35-2B, December 20, 1996, as amended; Public Law 107-228, 116 Stat. 1350."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 31555, June 2, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "30"
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# 30.38 Exemption from the requirements for reporting complete commodity information.
Except as noted in § 30.2(a)(1)(iv), report EEI for household goods. Household goods are usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of personal property necessary and appropriate for use by the USPPI in the USPPI's dwelling in a foreign country. Household goods include, but are not limited to items such as furniture, large and small appliances, kitchenware, electronics, toys, bicycles, clothing, personal adornments, and associated containers. These goods should be for use by the USPPI, not intended for sale; and shipped under a bill of lading or an air waybill. In such cases, Schedule B or HTSUSA commodity classification codes and domestic/foreign indicator shall not be required.
[78 FR 16381, Mar. 14, 2013]