SUBTITLE III - US CODE - SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Cuba and Canal Zone

19 USC 123 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 301, 42 Stat. 934, related to duties upon articles coming from or imported into Philippine Islands. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 were covered by section 1301 of this title [repealed]. See section 1202 of this title, chapter 15 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, sections 5001, 5007 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and section 734 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

19 USC 123a - Transferred

124, 125. Omitted

19 USC 126 - Imports from Canal Zone

All laws affecting imports of articles, goods, wares, and merchandise and entry of persons into the United States from foreign countries shall apply to articles, goods, wares, and merchandise and persons coming from the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, and seeking entry into any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Countervailing and Discriminating Duty

19 USC 127 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 303, 42 Stat. 935, related to countervailing duty upon articles on which export bounty had been paid. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1303 of this title.

19 USC 128 - Repealed. Pub. L. 109304, 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710

Section, acts Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, IV, J, subsec. 1, 38 Stat. 195; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 171, 1, 38 Stat. 1193; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(d), 46 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 689(a)(1), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2222, which related to discriminating duty on goods imported in foreign vessels or from foreign countries and was also classified in part to section 146 of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping, was restated in section 60502 (a) of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1674.

19 USC 129 - Discriminating duties

No part of the additional or discriminating duty imposed by law on merchandise on account of its importation in foreign vessels shall be allowed to be drawback, but the whole shall be retained.

Country of Origin

130, 131. Repealed. Pub. L. 109304, 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710

Section 130, acts Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, IV, J, subsec. 2, 38 Stat. 196; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(d), 46 Stat. 763, related to importation only in vessels of United States or of country of origin. Section 131, acts Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, IV, J, subsec. 3, 38 Stat. 196; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 171, 1, 38 Stat. 1193; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(d), 46 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 689(a)(2), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2222, related to vessels and goods of nations not maintaining similar regulations and vessels of U.S. citizens.

132, 133. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 304(a), (b), 42 Stat. 936, related to marking imported articles and packages to indicate country of origin and penalty for violation of same. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1304 of this title.

Medicinal Preparations

19 USC 134 - Repealed. Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, 4(b), 67 Stat. 509

Section, R.S. 2934, required that imported medicinal preparations be marked with the name of the true manufacturer and the place where they were prepared, and provided for forfeiture in the absence of such names. Present provisions relating to the regulation and control of drugs are contained in section 351 et seq., of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

Importations Prohibited

135 to 143. Repealed. June 17, 1939, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 305(a), (c), 306 (a)(c), 307, title IV, 526(a)(c), 42 Stat. 936, 937, 975, related to prohibitions on importation of obscene books, neat cattle, convict goods, merchandise bearing trade marks owned by citizens and enforcement provisions. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 135, see section 1305 of this title; section 136, see section 1305; section 137, see section 1306; section 138, none; section 139, none; section 140, see section 1307; section 141, see section 1526 (a); section 142, see section 1526 (b); section 143, see section 1526 (c).

Special Provisions for Admission or Withdrawal From Bonded Warehouse Without Payment of Duty

19 USC 144 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 308, 42 Stat. 938, related to admission without payment of duty under bond for exportation.

19 USC 144a - Entry under bond of exhibits of arts, sciences, and industries, and products of soil, mine, and sea

All articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition or display at a permanent exhibition or exhibitions and/or at a temporary exhibition or exhibitions of the arts, sciences, and industries, and products of the soil, mine, and sea, to be held at any time and from time to time by Rockefeller Center (Incorporated), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, and/or by its tenants or licensees in a building or buildings to be owned by Rockefeller Center (Incorporated), and to be a part of and to be known as Rockefeller Center and to be located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and Forty-eighth and Fifty-first Streets, in the Borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of such tariff, customs duty, fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful, at any time during or at the close of any exhibition held pursuant to this section, to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for and actually displayed at such exhibition, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal and to the requirements of the tariff laws in effect at such date: And provided further, That Rockefeller Center (Incorporated) shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this section, and that all necessary governmental expenses incurred as a result of exhibitions authorized under this section, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by Rockefeller Center (Incorporated) under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided further, That all such articles shall, at the expiration of two years, be subject to the impost duty then in force, unless the same shall have been sold or exported from this country prior to that period of time: And provided further, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed as an invitation, express or implied, from the Government of the United States to any foreign government, state, municipality, corporation, partnership, or individual to import any articles for the purpose of exhibition at the said exhibitions.

145 to 147. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section 145, acts June 26, 1884, ch. 121, 16, 23 Stat. 57; June 19, 1886, ch. 421, 15, 24 Stat. 82; July 24, 1897, ch. 11, 14, 30 Stat. 207, related to supplies for vessels in foreign trade or trade between Atlantic and Pacific. See section 1309 of this title. Section 146, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 309, 42 Stat. 938, related to supplies to war vessels free of duty. See section 1309 of this title. Section 147, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 310, 42 Stat. 938, related to admission free of duty of merchandise of sunken and abandoned vessels. See section 1310 of this title.

Bonded Warehouses

148 to 150. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 311, 312, 42 Stat. 938–940, related to bonded manufacturing and smelting warehouses and enforcement provisions. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 148, see section 1311 of this title; section 149, see section 1312; section 150, see section 1312.

19 USC 151 - Bonded warehouses for storage and cleansing of imported garbanzo; withdrawals

Under such regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, bonded warehouses may be established in which imported Mexican peas, commonly called garbanzo may be stored, cleaned, repacked or otherwise changed in condition, but not manufactured, and withdrawn for exportation without the payment of duty thereon. The whole or any part of such imported garbanzo, and the waste material and by-products incident to cleaning or otherwise treating said imported garbanzo, may be withdrawn for domestic consumption upon the payment on the quantity so withdrawn of the duty imposed by law on such garbanzo in their condition as imported. The compensation of customs officers and storekeepers for all services in the supervision of such warehouses shall be paid from moneys advanced by the warehouse proprietor to the appropriate customs officer and be carried in a special account and disbursed for such purposes, and all expenses incurred shall be paid by the warehouse proprietor.

Drawbacks

19 USC 152 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 313, 42 Stat. 940, related to drawbacks on certain articles made from imported materials. For corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1313 of this title.

152a, 152b. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, 56(d), 65 Stat. 729

Sections, act Mar. 8, 1902, ch. 140, 6, 7, 32 Stat. 55, related to drawbacks in connection with articles shipped to, or reexported to, the Philippines. Prior to this repeal, they had been omitted in view of the independence of the Philippines.

Reimporting Exported Articles

19 USC 153 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 314, 42 Stat. 941, related to duty on articles reimported after exportation free of internal-revenue taxes.

Equalizing Production Costs

154 to 159. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 315(a)(f), 42 Stat. 941–943, related to procedure where duties do not equalize differences in costs of production in United States and principal competing country and rules and regulations for entry and declaration of articles. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 154, see section 1336 (a) of this title; section 155, see section 1336 (b); section 156, see section 1336 (e); section 157, none; section 158, see section 1336 (i); section 159, see section 1336 (j).

Antidumping

160 to 171. Repealed. Pub. L. 9639, title I, 106(a), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 193

Section 160, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 201, 42 Stat. 11; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1213, title III, 301, 68 Stat. 1138; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, §§ 1, 4 (b), 72 Stat. 583, 585; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 321(a), 88 Stat. 2043, related to initiation of a dumping investigation. See section 1673 et seq. of this title. Section 161, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 202, 42 Stat. 11; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1213, title III, 302, 68 Stat. 1139; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, §§ 2, 4 (b), 72 Stat. 583, 585; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 311, 84 Stat. 292, related to collection of a special dumping duty. See section 1673 et seq. of this title. Section 162, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 203, 42 Stat. 12; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 321(b), 88 Stat. 2045, related to determination of purchase price of merchandise for purposes of sections 160 to 171 of this title. See section 1673 et seq. of this title. Section 163, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 204, 42 Stat. 13; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 321(c), 88 Stat. 2046, related to determination of price at which merchandise is sold or agreed to be sold in United States. See section 1677a of this title. Section 164, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 205, 42 Stat. 13; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, § 3, 72 Stat. 584; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 321(d), 88 Stat. 2046, related to foreign market value of goods for purposes of sections 160 to 171 of this title. See section 1677b of this title. Section 165, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 206, 42 Stat. 213; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, § 4(a), 72 Stat. 584, related to constructed value of merchandise for purposes of sections 160 to 171 of this title. See section 1673 et seq. of this title. Section 166, act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 207, 42 Stat. 14, defined exporter as used in sections 160 to 171 of this title. See section 1677 (13) of this title. Section 167, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 208, 42 Stat. 14; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 312, 84 Stat. 292, related to oaths and bonds given in case of imported merchandise. See section 1673 et seq. of this title. Section 168, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 209, 42 Stat. 15; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, § 4(b), 72 Stat. 585; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 313, 84 Stat. 292, related to duties of customs officers with regard to appraisal of merchandise. See section 1673h of this title. Section 169, acts May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 210, 42 Stat. 15; May 28, 1926, ch. 411, 1, 44 Stat. 669; Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 488, 1, 45 Stat. 1475; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, § 4(b), 72 Stat. 585; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 314, 84 Stat. 293, related to protests from determinations of customs officers. See section 1673 et seq. of this title. Section 170, act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 211, 42 Stat. 15, related to treatment of antidumping duties as regular duties for purposes of all laws relating to drawback of duties. See section 1673i of this title. Section 170a, act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 212, as added Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, § 5, 72 Stat. 585; amended Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 321(e), 88 Stat. 2048, defined terms used in sections 160 to 171 of this title. See section 1677 of this title. Section 171, act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 213, formerly 212, 42 Stat. 15, renumbered Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–630, § 5, 72 Stat. 585, authorized citation of sections 160 to 171 of this title as the Antidumping Act, 1921.

Additional Definitions

19 USC 172 - Omitted

Section, act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 406, 42 Stat. 18; Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352, which defined the terms person and United States as those terms were used in sections 160 to 171 of this title was omitted in view of the repeal of sections 160 to 171 of this title by Pub. L. 96–39, title I, § 106(a), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 193.

Rules and Regulations

19 USC 173 - Omitted

Section, act May 27, 1921, ch. 14, 407, 42 Stat. 18, which directed the Secretary to make rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of sections 160 to 171 of this title was omitted in view of the repeal of sections 160 to 171 of this title by Pub. L. 96–39, title I, § 106(a), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 193.

Unfair Methods of Competition and Importation Unlawful

174 to 180. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 316(a)(g), 42 Stat. 943, 944, related to unfair acts tending to destroy or injure domestic industries, investigations by Tariff Commission, appeals, and forbidding entry of articles pending completion of investigations. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 174, see section 1337 (a) of this title; section 175, see section 1337 (b); section 176, see section 1337 (c); section 177, see section 1337 (d); section 178, see section 1337 (e); section 179, see section 1337 (f); section 180, see section 1337 (g).

Imports From Countries Making Discriminations

19 USC 181 - Exclusion of imports from countries making discriminations

Whenever the President shall be satisfied that unjust discriminations are made by or under the authority of any foreign state against the importation to or sale in such foreign state of any product of the United States, he may direct that such products of such foreign state so discriminating against any product of the United States as he may deem proper shall be excluded from importation to the United States; and in such case he shall make proclamation of his direction in the premises, and therein name the time when such direction against importation shall take effect, and after such date the importation of the articles named in such proclamation shall be unlawful. The President may at any time revoke, modify, terminate, or renew any such direction as, in his opinion, the public interest may require.

182 to 190. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 317(a)(i), 42 Stat. 944–946, related to new or additional duties on imports from countries making discriminations against United States products, suspension, exclusion and enforcement provisions. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 182, see section 1338 (a) of this title; section 183, see section 1338 (b) of this title; section 184, see section 1338 (c) of this title; section 185, see section 1338 (d) of this title; section 186, see section 1338 (e) of this title; section 187, see section 1338 (f) of this title; section 188, see section 1338 (g) of this title; section 189, see section 1338 (h) of this title; section 190, see section 1338 (i) of this title.

Special Provisions

191, 192. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), (4), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section 191, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 322, 42 Stat. 948, related to duties on automobiles, etc., sold foreign Governments. Section 192, R.S. 2804; act Aug. 27, 1894, ch. 349, 26, 28 Stat. 552, related to entry of cigars.

193 to 195. Repealed. Pub. L. 87456, title III, 303(c), May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 78

Section 193, act Jan. 9, 1883, ch. 17, 22 Stat. 402, related to grain brought from Canada for grinding. Section 194, act May 18, 1896, ch. 195, 29 Stat. 122, provided for the return free of articles and livestock exported for exhibition. Section 195, act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 454, 30 Stat. 1372, provided for free entry of animals taken abroad with circus or menagerie.

19 USC 196 - Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930

Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, 319, 42 Stat. 947, related to duties imposed on certain previous imports and basis upon weight at time of entry.

19 USC 196a - Repealed. Pub. L. 87456, title III, 303(c), May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 78

Section, act Aug. 27, 1949, ch. 517, 1, 63 Stat, 666, provided for free importation of articles for members of armed forces of foreign countries.

Payment of Duty

19 USC 197 - Duties, how payable

Except as provided in section 198 of this title all duties upon imports shall be collected in ready money, and shall be paid in coin, coin certificates, and such other certificates or Treasury notes as may by law be declared receivable in payment thereof.

19 USC 198 - Certified checks; receivable for all public dues; lien for payment of

It shall be lawful for collecting officers to receive certified checks drawn on National and State banks and trust companies, during such time and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in payment for duties on imports, and all public dues, including special customs deposits. No person, however, who may be indebted to the United States on account of duties on imports who shall have tendered a certified check or checks as provisional payment for such duties or taxes, in accordance with the terms of this section, shall be released from the obligation to make ultimate payment thereof until such certified check so received has been duly paid; and if any such check so received is not duly paid by the bank on which it is drawn and so certifying the United States shall, in addition to its right to exact payment from the party originally indebted therefor, have a lien for the amount of such check upon all the assets of such bank; and such amount shall be paid out of its assets in preference to any or all other claims whatsoever against said bank, except the necessary costs and expenses of administration and the reimbursement of the United States for the amount expended in the redemption of the circulating notes of such bank.

19 USC 199 - Judgments, how payable

In all proceedings brought by the United States in any court for due recovery as well of duties upon imports alone as of penalties for the nonpayment thereof, the judgment shall recite that the same is rendered for duties, and such judgment, interest, and costs shall be payable in the coin by law receivable for duties, and the execution issued on such judgment shall set forth that the recovery is for duties, and shall require the marshal to satisfy the same in the coin by law receivable for duties; and in case of levy upon and sale of the property of the judgment debtor, the marshal shall refuse payment from any purchaser at such sale in any other money than that specified in the execution.