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FAR 52.225-8 Duty-Free Entry

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

(j): include the substance of the clause when Schedule supplies with duty-free entry will be imported or when other foreign supplies above $20,000 may be imported

Form
substance
Reaches
first tier ((j) self-inclusion not confirmed in the verified excerpt (unconfirmed))

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition OCT 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 contracting officer, at least 20 calendar days before the importation

      Owed when foreign supplies over $20,000 are being purchased for the order and imported into the customs territory of the United States

      FAR 52.225-8(c)(1)

  2. Something you fill in and send back

    Hours, once you know which one is missing.

    • The shipping documents annotated for the port of entry, carrying the tariff-schedule notation and the instructions to release the shipment and notify the contract administration office

      FAR 52.225-8(g)

When it is used

Goes in when foreign supplies may be imported for the contract. Flows down to the sub via (j) when (1) Schedule supplies with duty-free entry will be imported or (2) other foreign supplies above $20,000 may be imported.

Read closely

(h) is the set of instructions passed to the foreign supplier, including the copies of the bill of lading the customs office needs, and (i) is a separate written notice to the contract administration office. Duty on the identified supplies stays out of the price, and the exemption is not automatic — without the paperwork, customs charges as usual.

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 207155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 227233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 871105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 79166Northrop 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 1050243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1972122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1022240L3Harris 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 364107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 342178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 858

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.225-8 and 25.1101(e) (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.