19 CFR § 145.32 - Bona-fide gifts.

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title: "19 CFR § 145.32 - Bona-fide gifts."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "145.32"
section_name: "Bona-fide gifts."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "145"
part_name: "MAIL IMPORTATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i)), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 1624."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 145.32 Bona-fide gifts.

The port director shall pass free of duty and tax, without preparing an entry as provided for in § 145.12, articles sent as bona-fide gifts from persons in foreign countries to persons in the United States having an aggregate fair retail value in the country of shipment not exceeding $100 ($200, in the case of articles sent from persons in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa), subject to the requirements set forth in §§ 10.152 and 10.153 of this chapter.

[T.D. 94-51, 59 FR 30296, June 13, 1994]