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DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

(j): in all subcontracts for qualifying country components, or for components from a non-qualifying country for which the Contractor estimates duty above $200 per unit

Form
substance, including paragraph (j) itself
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition AUG 2025 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

2 items for your checklist, slowest first.

  1. Something you write

    Days to weeks, and nobody outside your company has to agree to it.

    • A written notice to the administrative contracting officer naming the supplier, the contract number and value, and the delivery dates

      Owed when you close with a foreign supplier for eligible products or qualifying country supplies to be accorded duty-free entry

      DFARS 252.225-7013(h)

  2. Something you fill in and send back

    Hours, once you know which one is missing.

    • The customs entry forms, completed and submitted to the District Director of Customs with a copy to the DCMA St. Louis Duty Free Entry Team, which executes the duty-free entry certificates

      Owed when the shipment is not consigned directly to a military installation — those are released under sections 10.101 and 10.102 of the Customs regulations instead

      DFARS 252.225-7013(f)(1)(i)

When it is used

At the prime: supply contracts where the goods will enter US customs territory (the 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico), used in place of FAR 52.225-8, with no dollar threshold (225.1101(4)). Flows down to the sub in every subcontract for (i) qualifying country components or (ii) components from a non-qualifying country whose estimated duty exceeds $200 per unit.

Read closely

(e) is what the shipping documents submitted to Customs have to say and (g) is the bill of lading and package marking. (f)(2) has a mixed shipment identify on the forms which items are eligible for duty-free entry. Duty-free entry is claimed only for what actually goes to the Government — duty is owed on anything diverted to commercial use, apart from authorized scrap or salvage — and (i) spares a shop that commingles identical commercial stock where separate accounting is impracticable.

The 17 templates that name it, with the line
143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 391155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 430233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 148860Raytheon TC-003 — Supplement 2: Government Contract Provisions from the DFARSRTXline 104166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 109569Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 1163166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 1067168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 12066Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-005 — Non-U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price OrderNorthrop Grummanline 1043255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 1282243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 2255122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1128240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 881106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 892273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 1156107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 724178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 1012

Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.225-7013 and 225.1101(4) (verified 2026-08-04)

This is research, not legal advice. It states what the regulation says about this clause and cites the paragraph behind it. It does not rule on your order, and it does not rule on whether a prime's markings are correct.