§70g — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

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Imported textile fiber products must carry the required labels and the customs invoices must include the same fiber information. That information must appear on the invoice before any customs certification, if certification is needed. Falsifying or leaving out the required fiber details on invoices, or lying in the consignee’s sworn import declaration about them, is illegal and counts as unfair or deceptive trade conduct. The Federal Trade Commission can bar someone who does this from importing or taking part in imports unless they post a bond with the Treasury equal to double the value of the goods and any duties. The Treasury may also require a verified manufacturer statement showing fiber content.

Title 15, §70g

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All textile fiber products imported into the United States shall be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified in accordance with the provisions of section 70b of this title, and all invoices of such products required pursuant to section 1484 of title 19, shall set forth, in addition to the matter therein specified, the information with respect to said products required under the provisions of section 70b(b) of this title, which information shall be in the invoices prior to their certification, if such certification is required pursuant to section 1484 of title 19. The falsification of, or failure to set forth the required information in such invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the consignee’s declaration provided for in section 1485 of title 19, insofar as it relates to such information, is unlawful, and shall be an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.]; and any person who falsifies, or perjures the consignee’s declaration insofar as it relates to such information, may thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from importing, or participating in the importation of, any textile fiber product into the United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary of the Treasury in a sum double the value of said products and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter. A verified statement from the manufacturer or producer of such products showing their fiber content as required under the provisions of this subchapter may be required under regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this title and Tables.

§70g Exclusion of misbranded textile fiber products

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Title 15, §70g

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