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                                                                                                                                                                        OMB No. 1140-0008 (06/30/2024) 
U.S. Department of Justice 
Bureau  of  Alcohol,  Tobacco,  Firearms and  Explosives                                                   Application and Permit  for  Permanent  
                                                                                                           Exportation of  Firearms (National  Firearms Act) 

(26 U.S.C. Chapter 53)(Submit in   quadruplicate. See              instructions on reverse.) 
ATF Control Number                                                                                                 Internal Control Number 
To:  Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, NFA                               Division,    244  Needy Road,  Martinsburg,     WV   25405 
Part         1- Application.  The        undersigned transferor     hereby    makes application to           export  the  firearm(s) described herein.  The application is supported by the 
attached certified copy      ofa written order or      contract of      sale of      such firearm          (s)   tothe consignee. 
1.  Name and    Address     of Foreign         Consignee                                                           2.  Intended Port of   Exportation            3.  Number of Firearms  Included in    
                                                                                                                        (Including air freight)                      This Application 

4.  Name of   Exporter       (Add Trade Name,   if any)                                5.  Address (Number, Street, City, County, State, ZIP Code)                        6. Email Address 

7.  Federal Firearms        License       (Add complete            8.   Employer  Identification  Number                                      9.  Export License  Number   for This Shipment    (If any) 
    15-digit number,   if any) 

10. Description   of Firearm           (s) (If additional space is needed, continue  on   a   separate sheet       using the format below.) 
 Line                                                                         Caliber, 
  No.           Type (Machinegun, destructive device, short                 Gauge   or                                            Length   of 
                     barreled  shotgun  or rifle,  etc.)                      Size                         Model                   Barrel(s)       Overall  Length                Serial  Number 
                                             (a)                               (b)                         (c)                         (d)                 (e)                         (f) 
  1 

  2 

  3 

  4 

  5 
Under  penalty      perjury,of           I certify  that  I am the  lawful  possessor   the   of   firearm(s) described on this form  and any accompanying sheets.               I have examined this  
application,  and to  the  best of      my  knowledge  and belief, it      is true,  correct,  and complete. 
11.  Signature and   Title            (Owner or Authorized    Official)  (See  Instruction  1c.)                                                                 12.  Date of Application 

Part     Permit2 - (This portion to   becompleted by   Bureau of Alcohol,            Tobacco,         Firearms     and Explosives) 
13.  This Application Is:                                                                                                                  14.  Assessment of    Tax Incurred by This Transfer Will     
                                                                                                                                                Be Made Unless Proper Evidence of   Exportation        
                Approved                       Disapproved:  (Reason)                                                                           Is Received on   or Before: 

15.   Authorized  ATF  Official                                                                                                                                             16.   Date 

Part         3- Certification by  Customs and Border            Patrol   (CBP) 
I hereby  certify  that  the  described merchandise,  which is covered by a      shipper’s export  declaration on file  in this office,  was laden and cleared as described  
below: 
Laden   In    (Name and/or type   of carrier)                                                              Date Cleared                    Foreign Destination 

Signature      CBPof  Official                                                                             Port Of                                                          Date 

Part 4         - Certification of  Mailing  by  Parcel  Post/Exportation 
I certify today, that parcel             (s) addressed as indicated in Item 1,      Part 1          ofthis application,   which was    (were) declared to    be  firearms by  the  transferor  named in   
Item 5,      Part 1, or          the  transferor’s authorized agent,  who  has waived the  right to      withdraw same              from  the  mails,  was (were)  posted from  this office. 
Post  Office  Name or      Stamp                                                         Signature of    Postmaster, By                                                     Date  Posted 

Note:  Previous editions are oboslete.                                                                                                                                                   ATF Form 9 (5320.9) 
                                                                                                                                                                                         Revised June 2021

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Instructions (See 27 C.F.R. Part 479)
1. Any person desiring to permanently export a firearm without payment of the transfer tax must submit ATF Form 9 (5320.9) to the Director, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, ATF National Service Center, NFA Division, 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405, for a permit providing for
deferment of the transfer tax. No shipment may be made until that permit is received from the Director.

a. ATF Form (5320.9)9 must not be submitted until a license for the exportation, if any, has been issued by the Department of State or Commerce. If no
license is needed, please attach a statement to that effect.
b. Part 1 of ATF Form 9 (5320.9) must be completed by the applicant and submitted to ATF along with a certified copy of a written order, contract of sale, or
other evidence showing the firearm is to be shipped to a foreign destination. The exporter’s written certification attesting to that fact must appear on the
documentation. If the applicant wishes to transfer the firearm tax free to another person who will export the firearm, the applicant must submit ATF Form 9
(5320.9) with documentation that the transfer is a part of the exportation process.
c. ATF Form (5320.9)9 must be completed by typewriter or pen and ink. Penciled entries are unacceptable. The signature in item 10 must be entered in ink on all
four copies. Photostatic, facsimile or carbon copy signatures are unacceptable. ATF Form 9(5320.9) is available in a fillable format on the ATF website
(www.atf.gov) and may be downloded and printed from that website. ATF Form 9 (5320.9) may also be filed electronically via ATF’s eForms system
(www.atfonline.gov) by a person who registers and is qualified to do so.
d. Applications approved by ATF will serve as the permit to export the firearm (s) described on the application.
e. In the event exportation is not effected, all copies of the form must be immediately returned to ATF for cancellation (27 C.F.R. § 479.116).
2. When the firearm is to be exported by other than parcel post, two copies each of the permit, the Shipper’s Export Declaration (Commerce Form 7525-V) , and a
copy of the State or Commerce Department license, must be submitted to the District Director of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at the port of exportation.
These documents must precede or accompany the shipment in order to permit appropriate inspection prior to lading. The CBP official, after execution of Part 3, will
retain one copy of the permit and return one copy to the Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, ATF National Services Center, NFA Division,
244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405, as provided in Customs Manual Supplement No. 3284.02 dated March 12, 1979.
3. When the firearms are to be exported by parcel post, one copy of the permit must be presented to the postmaster at the office receiving the parcel. The
postmaster will execute Part 4 of ATF Form 9 (5320.9) and return the permit to the exporter.
4. Proof of exportation must be furnished by the exporter to ATF within six months of the date of issuance of the permit by ATF. Satisfactory evidence of exportation
include:

a. The certificate exportation of executed by CBP a official.
b. The certificate mailing of by parcel post executed by postmaster. a
c. A certificate landing of executed by customs a official the of foreign country which to the firearm exported. is
d. A sworn statement the of foreign consignee covering the receipt the of firearm.
e. A return receipt photostatic or copy, signed by the addressee authorized or an agent the of addressee, the if shipment firearm of a was made by insured or
registered parcel post.
NOTE: ATF receipt the of required documentation that the firearm has been exported will relieve the exporter from the transfer tax liability.
IF SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE IS NOT FURNISHED WITHIN THE STATED PERIOD, THE TRANSFER TAX WILL BE ASSESSED.
5. ATF Control Number box is only to be completed by ATF personnel.
6. Internal Control Number box can completed be by the person desiring permanently to export the firearm. Any pertinent control information that person wants to
annotate this in box pertaining this to exportation allowed. is

Action by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)
Upon receipt of an approved ATF Form 9 (5320.9), duplicate, in the CBP official may order such inspection deemed as necessary prior tolading of the merchandise. If
satisfied that the shipment proper is and the information contained the in permit toexport is agreement in with the information shown the in shipper’s export
declaration, the CBP official will, after the merchandise has been exported, execute Part ATF 3 of Form 9 (5320.9) . One copy will retained be with the shipper’s export
declaration. CBP will forward the remaining copy the to Bureau Alcohol, of Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, ATF National Services Center, NFA Division, 244 Needy
Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405.
Privacy Act Information
The following information provided is pursuant toSection 3 the of Privacy Act 1974 of (5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3)) :
1. Authority . Solicitation of this information is made pursuant to the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. § 5854) . Disclosure of this information is mandatory for the
exportation ofa firearm exempt from transfer tax.
2. Purpose . The information will beused to determine whether the proposed transfer qualifies exportation as an exempt from tax.
3. Routine Uses . The information will used be by ATF make to the determination set forth inparagraph 2. addition, In ATF will use the information to
annotate the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR) . No information obtained from application, an registration, records or required to be
submitted by the applicant comply to with any provision the of National Firearms Act, regulations or issued thereunder, shall, except connection in with prosecution,
or other action, for furnishing false information, used, be directly orindirectly, as evidence against that person any in criminal proceeding with respect violation to a
of law occurring prior concurrently to or with the filing the of application. The information from this application may only bedisclosed to Federal authorities as
provided in26 U.S.C. § 6103 (as amended bythe Tax Reform Act of 1979) .
4. Effects of Not Supplying Information Requested . Failure supply to complete information will delay processing and may cause denial the of application.
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
This request accordance is in with the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995. of The information you provide isused to verify exportation firearm of a and justify removal of
the firearm from the NFRTR. The information isrequired to show satisfactory proof that firearm a may exported be without payment the of transfer tax in amanner as
prescribed by the Attorney General. The furnishing of this information is mandatory (26 U.S.C. § 5854) .
The estimated average burden associated with this collection ofinformation is 18 minutes per respondent recordkeeper, or depending on individual circumstances.
Comments concerning the accuracy this of burden estimate and suggestion for reducing this burden should beaddressed to Reports Management Officer, Resource
Management Staff, Contracts and Forms Office, Bureau Alcohol, of Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Washington, DC 20226.
An agency may not conduct sponsor, or and aperson is not required respond to to, acollection of information unless itdisplays a currently valid OMB control number.
ATF Form 9 (5320.9)
Revised June 2021

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