# 19 CFR § 11.3: Package and notice requirements for cigars and cigarettes; package requirements for cigarette papers and tubes

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.3

## Section

- **Citation:** 19 CFR § 11.3
- **Heading:** Package and notice requirements for cigars and cigarettes; package requirements for cigarette papers and tubes
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 19—Customs Duties > CHAPTER I—U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > PART 11—PACKING AND STAMPING › MARKING > Packing and Stamping

## Text

Exemptions from tax on cigars, cigarettes, and cigarette papers and tubes apply in accordance with the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (27 CFR part 275) upon release from Customs custody of such articles imported by consular officers and employees of foreign states. Cigars, cigarettes, cigarette papers, and tubes may also be released without payment of tax as provided in § 11.2a and for exhibition in accordance with part 147 of this chapter. Additionally, cigars, cigarettes, or cigarette papers and tubes may be admitted free of duty and tax under the provisions of Subchapter IV, Chapter 98, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), or section 321, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1321), §§ 148.63, 148.74, and subpart I of part 148 of this chapter. Except in the foregoing instances and in any instance in which such articles are imported in passengers' baggage or are to be released under a mail entry for the personal consumption of the importer or for disposition as his bona fide gift, the provisions in part 275 of the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (27 CFR part 275) as to packages and notices thereon apply.
[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 73-227, 38 FR 22548, Aug. 22, 1973; T.D. 78-329, 43 FR 43454, Sept. 26, 1978; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]

## Nearby sections

- [19 CFR § 11.1 § 11.1 Cigars, cigarettes, medicinal preparations, and perfumery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.1.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.2 § 11.2 Manufactured tobacco.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.2.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.2a § 11.2a Release from Customs custody without payment of tax on cigars, cigarettes and cigarette papers and tubes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.2a.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.3 § 11.3 Package and notice requirements for cigars and cigarettes; package requirements for cigarette papers and tubes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.3.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.6 § 11.6 Distilled spirits, wines, and malt liquors in bulk.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.6.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.7 § 11.7 Distilled spirits and other alcoholic beverages imported in bottles and similar containers; regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.7.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.9 § 11.9 Special marking on certain articles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.9.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.12 § 11.12 Labeling of wool products to indicate fiber content.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.12.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.12a § 11.12a Labeling of fur products to indicate composition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.12a.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.12b § 11.12b Labeling textile fiber products.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.12b.md)
- [19 CFR § 11.13 § 11.13 False designations of origin and false descriptions; false marking of articles of gold or silver.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-19-11.13.md)

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