19 CFR § 147.2 - Articles which may be entered for a fair.

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title: "19 CFR § 147.2 - Articles which may be entered for a fair."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "147.2"
section_name: "Articles which may be entered for a fair."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "147"
part_name: "TRADE FAIRS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1623, 1624, 1751-1756, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 70-134, 35 FR 9268, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 147.2 Articles which may be entered for a fair.

(a) *General.* Any article imported or brought into the United States may be entered under bond under the regulations of this part for the purpose of exhibition at a fair, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at a fair, if no duty or internal revenue tax has been paid, and the article is:

(1) In a foreign-trade zone; or

(2) Imported for exhibition under Chapter 98, Subchapter XII, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; or

(3) In continuous Customs custody, including but not limited to articles:

(i) Imported or brought into the United States for the purpose of direct entry at a particular fair;

(ii) In Customs bonded warehouses;

(iii) Unentered under the Customs laws and held in general order pending entry or exportation;

(iv) On exhibition at another fair designated by the Secretary of Commerce.

(b) *Exception.* Articles which have been entered under Chapter 98, Subchapter XIII, HTSUS, may not be entered under the regulations of this part.

[T.D. 70-134, 35 FR 9268, June 13, 1970, as amended by T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41186, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51263, Dec. 21, 1988]