You—or a customs broker—normally must prepare and submit Form 7501; CBP may prepare it only under the narrow qualifying-informal-entry rule, not as the normal formal-entry process.

Before presenting the car for clearance

Choose self-filing, a broker or qualifying informal entry

For a formal entry, prepare and submit Form 7501 yourself or appoint a licensed customs broker; do not expect CBP to act as your agent. If CBP accepts the transaction as an informal entry satisfying 19 CFR 143.24, an officer may prepare it only when it can be sent to the cashier for payment and entry numbering before examination.

Before claiming 9801.00.10

Document the returned-U.S.-vehicle claim

Claim U.S. goods returned only if the Accord returned without being advanced in value or improved in condition abroad. Prior U.S. registration or a U.S. dealer bill of sale can prove prior U.S. ownership and registration; separately declare repairs or accessories acquired abroad.

Before completing Boxes 33, 36, 37 and 38

Resolve all tariff and value branches

Select the full ten-digit statistical continuation for 9801.00.10, the full ten-digit underlying Chapter 87 classification, and the applicable automobile Chapter 99 provision. Use 9903.94.01 at 25% unless a documented exception applies; use 9903.94.02 at 0% for approved U.S. content together with 9903.94.03 at 25% for approved non-U.S. content, or 9903.94.04 at 0% if the vehicle was manufactured at least 25 years before the entry year. For Box 36, use transaction value only if the car was sold for export to the United States; otherwise apply the 19 CFR 152.101 sequence rather than entering zero.

On the current 02/26 Form 7501

Complete Boxes 31 through 38

Box 31: enter 001 for the first line. Box 32: use a classification-ready description such as 'USED [YEAR] HONDA ACCORD [BODY STYLE] PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE, VIN [VIN], [ENGINE SIZE/POWERTRAIN], PRODUCT OF U.S.; RETURNED WITHOUT FOREIGN ADVANCE IN VALUE OR IMPROVEMENT'—but include the final clause only if true. Box 33A: enter every required tariff number, including the resolved full statistical 9801 number, applicable 9903 automobile provision and underlying full ten-digit 8703 number; Box 33B is only for an applicable AD/CVD case number. Box 34A: enter actual gross shipping weight in kilograms; Box 34B: enter manifest quantity only when this form serves as entry/entry summary. Box 35: report net quantity in the unit required by the selected HTS line; if that line shows 'X,' report no quantity. Box 36A: enter statutory value in whole dollars; Box 36B: show aggregate freight, insurance and other specified charges separately with the prefix 'C'; Box 36C: enter Y or N for related parties. Box 37A: show 'Free' for the substantiated 9801 ordinary-duty line and the applicable 25% or 0% Chapter 99 rate; use 37B-37D only when their special fields apply. Box 38: put each calculated duty or charge opposite its rate—zero for a free or 0% line and 25% multiplied by the applicable Section 232 value for 9903.94.01 or 9903.94.03. Do not combine distinct duties into one unexplained figure.

At import clearance

Submit the entry package at the port

Use CBP's current Form 7501 at https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2026-02/cbp_form_7501.pdf and submit it as the importer or through your broker. The vehicle is cleared at the first U.S. port unless it is formally sent in bond to another CBP port; the informal officer-preparation route remains subject to 19 CFR 143.24's cashier-before-examination condition.