Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Oct 18, 2025
252.229-7008 - 252.229-7008 Relief from Import Duty (United Kingdom)

As prescribed in 229.402-70(h), use the following clause:

Relief from Import Duty (United Kingdom) (DEC 2011)

Any import dutiable articles, components, or raw materials supplied to the United States Government under this contract shall be exclusive of any United Kingdom import duties. Any imported items supplied for which import duty already has been paid will be supplied at a price exclusive of the amount of import duty paid. The Contractor is advised to contact Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to obtain a refund upon completion of the contract (Reference HMRC Notice No. 431, entitled “Relief from Customs Duty and/or Value Added Tax on United States Government Expenditures in the United Kingdom”).

(End of clause) [76 FR 76320, Dec. 7, 2011]
authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1
source: 56 FR 36479, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 252.229-7008