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19 U.S.C. § 1677g (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1677g. Interest on certain overpayments and underpayments
(a) General rule
Interest shall be payable on overpayments and underpayments of amounts deposited on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after—
(1) the date of publication of a countervailing or antidumping duty order under this subtitle or section 1303 1 of this title, or
(2) the date of a finding under the Antidumping Act, 1921.
(b) Rate
The rate of interest payable under subsection (a) for any period of time is the rate of interest established under section 6621 of title 26 for such period.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, § 778, as added Pub. L. 96–39, title I, § 101, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 188; amended Pub. L. 98–573, title VI, § 621, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3039; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 1303 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is defined in section 1677(26) of this title to mean section 1330 as in effect on the day before Jan. 1, 1995.
The Antidumping Act, 1921, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, title II, 42 Stat. 11, as amended, which was classified generally to sections 160 to 171 of this title, and was repealed by Pub. L. 96–39, title I, § 106(a), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 193.
heading: Amendments
text: 1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–573 amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting provisions making interest payable on and after the date of publication of a countervailing or antidumping duty order under this subtitle or section 1303 of this title or the date of a finding under the Antidumping Act, 1921 for provisions making interest payable on and after the date on which notice of an affirmative determination by the Commission under section 1671d(b) or 1673d(b) of this title with respect to such merchandise was published.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–573 amended subsec. (b) generally, substituting provisions that the rate of interest payable under subsec. (a) for any period of time is the rate of interest established under section 6621 of title 26 for such period for provision that the rate at which such interest was payable would be 8 percent per annum or, if higher, the rate in effect under section 6621 of title 26 on the date on which the rate or amount of the duty was finally determined.
heading: Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 98–573 applicable with respect to merchandise that is unliquidated on or after Nov. 4, 1984, see section 626(b)(4) of Pub. L. 98–573, set out as a note under section 1671 of this title.
19 U.S.C. § 1751 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1751. Designation of fairs
(a) Notice to Secretary of the Treasury
When the Secretary of Commerce is satisfied that the public interest in promoting trade will be served by allowance of the privileges provided for in this chapter to any fair to be held in the United States, he shall so advise the Secretary of the Treasury, designating (1) the name of the fair, (2) the place where the fair will be held, (3) the date when the fair will open and the date when it will close, and (4) the name of the operator of the fair.
(b) Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) The term “fair” means any fair, exhibition, or exposition designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to this section.
(2) The term “closing date” in the case of any fair means the date designated pursuant to subsection (a)(3) as the date when the fair will close, or (if earlier) the date on which such fair actually closes.
(c) Regulations
The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Pub. L. 86–14, § 2, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)
heading: Short Title
text: Pub. L. 86–14, § 1, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18, provided: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Trade Fair Act of 1959’.”
19 U.S.C. § 1753 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1753. Disposition of articles entered for fairs
(a) Disposition upon payment of duties and taxes
At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of this title may be sold or otherwise disposed of within, or may be removed from, the area of such fair. This subsection shall apply only if, before such disposition or removal—
(1) the article, after the entry for such fair under section 1752 of this title, has been entered under any provision of the customs laws, and
(2) any applicable duties and internal-revenue taxes are paid on such article in its condition and quantity, and at the rate in effect, at the time of such entry as if such article were imported or brought into the United States at the time of such entry.
(b) Disposition without payment of duties or taxes
At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of this title may, without the payment of any duties or internal-revenue taxes, be—
(1) exported,
(2) transferred from such fair to other customs custody status or to a foreign-trade zone,
(3) destroyed, or
(4) abandoned to the Government.
(c) Mandatory abandonment to Government
If any article entered under section 1752 of this title is still in customs custody, under such entry, at the expiration of 3 months after the closing date of the fair for which it was entered, such article shall thereupon be regarded as an article abandoned to the Government and shall be subject to sale or destruction of the article and disposition of the proceeds of sale in the manner provided for in sections 1491, 1492, and 1493 of this title. For purposes of this subsection, any duties or internal-revenue taxes on the article shall be computed on the basis of its condition and quantity at the time it becomes subject to sale.
(d) Period for performance of certain acts
Whenever any article entered under section 1752 of this title is transferred pursuant to subsection (b)(2) or entered under subsection (a), the period prescribed for the performance of any act required by the provision governing the status to which the article is transferred, or under which the article is entered, shall run from the date of such transfer or entry.
(Pub. L. 86–14, § 4, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)
19 U.S.C. § 1801 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1801. Statement of purposes
The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording mutual trade benefits—
(1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and maintain and enlarge foreign markets for the products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce;
(2) to strengthen economic relations with foreign countries through the development of open and nondiscriminatory trading in the free world; and
(3) to prevent Communist economic penetration.
(Pub. L. 87–794, title I, § 102, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–794, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of Pub. L. 87–794 to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
heading: Short Title
text: Pub. L. 87–794, title I, § 101, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and section 1323 of this title, amending sections 1351 and 1352 of this title, and sections 172, 6501, and 6511 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, repealing sections 1352a and 1362 to 1365 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 1352 and former sections 1352a, 1362, and 1364 of this title, and under section 172 of Title 26, and amending provisions of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, set out as a note preceding section 1202 of this title] may be cited as the “Trade Expansion Act of 1962’.”
heading: Abolition of Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
text: The legal authority for the establishment and operation of the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations in the Executive Office of the President was changed by section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is set out as section 2171 of this title. For abolition of the Office as established under Ex. Ord. No. 11075 [see below], and for establishment of the Office pursuant instead to the Trade Act of 1974, with provision for the transfer of assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, unexpended balances and funds, and personnel to the Office as established pursuant to statute rather than Ex. Ord. 11075, see section 2171 of this title.
heading: President’s Export Council
text: For provisions relating to establishment of President’s Export Council and the Council’s functions concerning export expansion, see Ex. Ord. No. 12131, May 4, 1979, 44 F.R. 26841, set out as a note under section 4601 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
heading: Executive Order No. 11075
text: Ex. Ord. No. 11075, Jan. 15, 1963, 28 F.R. 473, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11106, Apr. 18, 1963, 28 F.R. 3911; Ex. Ord. No. 11113, June 15, 1963, 28 F.R. 6183, which related to the administration of the trade agreements program, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11846, Mar. 27, 1975, 40 F.R. 14291, set out under section 2111 of this title.
19 U.S.C. § 1821 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1821. Basic authority for trade agreements
(a) Determination by President; trade agreements; modification or continuance of existing duties
Whenever the president determines that any existing duties or other import restrictions of any foreign country or the United States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that any of the purposes stated in section 1801 of this title will be promoted thereby, the President may—
(1) after June 30, 1962, and before July 1, 1967, enter into trade agreements with foreign countries or instrumentalities thereof; and
(2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty or other import restriction, such continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional import restrictions, as he determines to be required or appropriate to carry out any such trade agreement.
(b) Restrictions on decrease or increase in rate of duty
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no proclamation pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made—
(1) decreasing any rate of duty to a rate below 50 percent of the rate existing on July 1, 1962; or
(2) increasing any rate of duty to (or imposing) a rate more than 50 percent above the rate existing on July 1, 1934.
(Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 201, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)
heading: Wood-Wind and Parts of Wood-Wind Instruments
text: Pub. L. 90–234, § 2(b)(2), Dec. 30, 1967, 81 Stat. 752, provided that: “The amendments made by the first section of this Act, insofar as such amendments relate to items 725.24 and 726.70 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, shall not affect the authority of the President contained in section 201(a)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [subsec. (a)(2) of this section].”
heading: Dicyandiamide and Limestone: Duty-Free Entry
text: Duty-free treatment pursuant to this chapter of dicyandiamide in item 425.40 and limestone when imported for use in manufacture of cement in item 513.34 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, by provision for non-application of subsec. (b)(1) of this section, see section 1823 of this title.
19 U.S.C. § 1864 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1864. Import sanctions for export violations
Any person who violates any national security export control imposed under section 4604 of title 50 or any regulation, order, or license issued under that section, may be subject to such controls on the importing of goods or technology into the United States as the President may prescribe.
(Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 233, as added Pub. L. 99–64, title I, § 121, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 155; amended Pub. L. 100–418, title II, § 2447(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1370.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1988—Pub. L. 100–418 struck out designation “(a)” and struck out subsec. (b) which related to prerequisites to imposition of sanctions.
19 U.S.C. § 1916 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1916. Administration of financial assistance; recording of mortgages
(a) Guarantees, agreements for deferred participation, and loans
In making and administering guarantees, agreements for deferred participation, and loans under section 1914 1 of this title, the Secretary of Commerce may—
(1) require security for any such guarantee, agreement, or loan, and enforce, waive, or subordinate such security;
(2) assign or sell at public or private sale, or otherwise dispose of, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as he shall determine to be reasonable, any evidence of debt, contract, claim, personal property, or security assigned to or held by him in connection with such guarantees, agreements, or loans, and collect, compromise, and obtain deficiency judgments with respect to all obligations assigned to or held by him in connection with such guarantees, agreements, or loans until such time as such obligations may be referred to the Attorney General for suit or collection;
(3) renovate, improve, modernize, complete, insure, rent, sell, or otherwise deal with, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as he shall determine to be reasonable, any real or personal property conveyed to or otherwise acquired by him in connection with such guarantees, agreements, or loans;
(4) acquire, hold, transfer, release, or convey any real or personal property or any interest therein whenever deemed necessary or appropriate, and execute all legal documents for such purposes; and
(5) exercise all such other powers and take all such other acts as may be necessary or incidental to the carrying out of functions pursuant to section 1914 of this title.
(b) Mortgages
Any mortgage acquired as security under subsection (a) shall be recorded under applicable State law.
(Pub. L. 87–794, title III, § 316, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 888.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 1914 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 602(e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2072.
19 U.S.C. § 1982 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 1982. Marketing agreements
(a) Negotiations
After receiving an affirmative finding of the United States International Trade Commission under section 1901(b) 1 of this title with respect to an industry, the President may, in lieu of exercising the authority contained in section 1981(a)(1) of this title but subject to the provisions of sections 1981(a)(2), (3), and (4) of this title, negotiate international agreements with foreign countries limiting the export from such countries and the import into the United States of the article causing or threatening to cause serious injury to such industry, whenever he determines that such action would be more appropriate to prevent or remedy serious injury to such industry than action under section 1981(a)(1) of this title.
(b) Regulations governing entry or withdrawal from warehouse
In order to carry out an agreement concluded under subsection (a), the President is authorized to issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse of the article covered by such agreement. In addition, in order to carry out a multilateral agreement concluded under subsection (a) among countries accounting for a significant part of world trade in the article covered by such agreement, the President is also authorized to issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse of the like article which is the product of countries not parties to such agreement.
(Pub. L. 87–794, title III, § 352, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 901; Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 171(b), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2009.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 1901 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 602(d), (e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2072. See section 2251 et seq. of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”.
heading: Delegation of Functions
text: Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section, concerning issuance of regulations governing entry, or withdrawal from warehouses for consumption, of articles pursuant to any orderly marketing agreement, delegated to Secretary of the Treasury, see section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 11846, Mar. 27, 1975, 40 F.R. 14291, set out as a note under section 2111 of this title.
19 U.S.C. § 2013 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 2013. Effective date of proclamations
(a) Retroactive effect; authority of President
Subject to subsection (b), the President is authorized, notwithstanding section 1514 of this title or any other provision of law, to give retroactive effect to any proclamation issued pursuant to section 2011 of this title as of the earliest date after January 17, 1965, which he determines to be practicable.
(b) Filing of request with customs officer
In the case of liquidated customs entries, the retroactive effect pursuant to subsection (a) of any proclamation shall apply only upon request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned on or before the 90th day after the date of such proclamation and subject to such other conditions as the President may specify.
(Pub. L. 89–283, title II, § 203, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.)
19 U.S.C. § 2079 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 2079. Payments in foreign countries; claims for reimbursement
The provisions of this Act shall not affect payments made for the United States Customs Service in foreign countries, nor the right of any customs officer or employee to claim reimbursement for personal funds expended in connection with the enforcement of the customs laws.
(Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, § 4, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, § 1, 53 Stat. 1263; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1102(n)(3), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1293.)
heading: References in Text
text: This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, 45 Stat. 374, as amended, which enacted sections 2077 to 2080 of this title and sections 529a and 529g of former Title 31, Money and Finance. Sections 529a and 529g of former Title 31, were repealed by sections 1101(a)(3) and 1101(a)(6), respectively, of Pub. L. 91–513, title III, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1291, 1292.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 529e of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
heading: Amendments
text: 1970—Pub. L. 91–513 struck out references to narcotics officers and narcotics laws.
heading: Change of Name
text: “United States Customs Service” substituted in text for “Bureau of Customs” pursuant to Treasury Department Order 165–23, Apr. 4, 1973, eff. Aug. 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 13037. See, also, section 308 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
heading: Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 91–513 effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after the day immediately preceding the date of enactment of Pub. L. 91–513, which was approved on Oct. 27, 1970, see section 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as an Effective Date note under section 951 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Prosecutions for any violation of law occurring, and civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced, prior to the effective date of amendment of this section by section 1102 of Pub. L. 91–513 not to be affected or abated by reason thereof, see section 1103 of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of the Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
19 U.S.C. § 2114 (CUSTOMS DUTIES)
§ 2114. Sector negotiating objectives
(a) Obtaining equivalent competitive opportunities
A principal United States negotiating objective under sections 2111 and 2112 of this title shall be to obtain, to the maximum extent feasible, with respect to appropriate product sectors of manufacturing, and with respect to the agricultural sector, competitive opportunities for United States exports to the developed countries of the world equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded in United States markets to the importation of like or similar products, taking into account all barriers (including tariffs) to and other distortions of international trade affecting that sector.
(b) Conduct of negotiations on basis of appropriate product sectors of manufacturing
As a means of achieving the negotiating objective set forth in subsection (a), to the extent consistent with the objective of maximizing overall economic benefit to the United States (through maintaining and enlarging foreign markets for products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce, through the development of fair and equitable market opportunities, and through open and nondiscriminatory world trade), negotiations shall, to the extent feasible be conducted on the basis of appropriate product sectors of manufacturing.
(c) Identification of appropriate product sectors of manufacturing
For the purposes of this section and section 2155 of this title, the United States Trade Representative together with the Secretary of Commerce, Agriculture, or Labor, as appropriate, shall, after consultation with the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations established under section 2155 of this title and after consultation with interested private or non-Federal governmental organizations, identify appropriate product sectors of manufacturing.
(d) Presidential analysis of how negotiating objectives are achieved in each product sector by trade agreements
If the President determines that competitive opportunities in one or more product sectors will be significantly affected by a trade agreement concluded under section 2111 or 2112 of this title, he shall submit to the Congress with each such agreement an analysis of the extent to which the negotiating objective set forth in subsection (a) is achieved by such agreement in each product sector or product sectors.
(Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 104, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1984; 1979 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 1(b)(1), eff. Jan. 2, 1980, 44 F.R. 69273, 93 Stat. 1381; Pub. L. 98–573, title III, § 306(c)(2)(C)(i), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3012.)
heading: Change of Name
text: “United States Trade Representative” substituted for “Special Representative for Trade Negotiations” in subsec. (c), pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979, § 1(b)(1), 44 F.R. 69273, 93 Stat. 1381, eff. Jan. 2, 1980, as provided by section 1–107(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 993, set out as notes under section 2171 of this title. See, also, section 2171 of this title as amended by Pub. L. 97–456.
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–573 inserted “or non-Federal governmental” after “private”.