Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§1626 Steel products trade enforcement
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part V— - Enforcement Provisions › § 1626
Summary
The Treasury Secretary may require certain steel mill products to have a valid export license or other papers from a foreign government or customs union before they enter the United States if both the U.S. President and that foreign government or customs union ask for it. This rule only applies to requests the Secretary received before January 1, 1983, and stays in effect only while the international arrangement lasts.
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Title 19, §1626
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(a)In order to monitor and enforce export measures required by a foreign government or customs union, pursuant to an international arrangement with the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon receipt of a request by the President of the United States and by a foreign government or customs union, require the presentation of a valid export license or other documents issued by such foreign government or customs union as a condition for entry into the United States of steel mill products specified in the request. The Secretary may provide by regulation for the terms and conditions under which such merchandise attempted to be entered without an accompanying valid export license or other documents may be denied entry into the United States.
(b)This section applies only to requests received by the Secretary of the Treasury prior to January 1, 1983, and for the duration of the arrangements.
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19 U.S.C. § 1626
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73