27 CFR § 41.50 - Exemptions.

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title: "27 CFR § 41.50 - Exemptions."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "41.50"
section_name: "Exemptions."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TOBACCO"
part_number: "41"
part_name: "IMPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, AND PROCESSED TOBACCO"
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regulatory_source: "Redesignated by T.D. TTB-16, 69 FR 52424, Aug. 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
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# 41.50 Exemptions.

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) and the customs regulations (19 CFR chapter I) provide for certain exemptions from internal revenue taxes with respect to tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes imported into the United States. These exemptions include, but are not limited to, certain importations in passengers' baggage, for use of crew members, and by foreign officials. Persons importing tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes as described in this section are not required to obtain a permit.

[T.D. 6871, 31 FR 41, Jan. 4, 1966. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-232, 51 FR 28084, Aug. 5, 1986; T.D. ATF-243, 52 FR 43194, Dec. 1, 1986; T.D. ATF-284, 54 FR 12190, Mar. 24, 1989; T.D. ATF-422, 64 FR 71949, Dec. 22, 1999; 78 FR 38569, June 27, 2013; T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87947, Nov. 6, 2024]