9813.00.05.40 - Other

This HTS code, 9813.00.05.40, is a residual category for articles being temporarily imported into the United States for repair, alteration, or processing, where the resulting articles are *not* manufactured or produced in the United States. This encompasses a wide range of goods that are sent abroad for servicing or modification and are intended to be returned to the U.S. in a substantially similar form, albeit after the repair or alteration has been performed.

This category is distinguished from its sibling, 9813.00.05.20, which specifically covers articles imported for processing that will result in articles *manufactured or produced in the United States*. Therefore, the key differentiator lies in the ultimate disposition and origin of the newly formed or altered product. If the processing abroad leads to a significantly different U.S.-origin product or a product that is essentially "made" in the U.S. through the processing, it would fall under the sibling category. This "Other" category applies when the foreign operation is purely a repair, alteration, or a processing step that does not fundamentally change the U.S. origin or create a new U.S. manufactured article.

As a leaf node, there are no further subdivisions under this HTS code. Classification under 9813.00.05.40 hinges on the demonstrable intent for the imported article to be returned to the U.S. after undergoing repairs, alterations, or non-manufacturing processing abroad. Examples could include sending specialized machinery for calibration, textiles for minor mending, or electronic components for component replacement, provided these actions do not constitute the manufacture or production of a new article in the foreign country which is then to be considered of foreign origin.