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§1677g Interest on certain overpayments and underpayments

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - COUNTERVAILING AND ANTIDUMPING DUTIES › Part Part IV— - General Provisions › § 1677g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Interest must be paid on overpayments and underpayments of deposits for merchandise entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the date a countervailing or antidumping duty order is published (including under section 1303) or the date of a finding under the Antidumping Act, 1921. The interest rate used is the rate in section 6621 of title 26.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §1677g

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(a)Interest shall be payable on overpayments and underpayments of amounts deposited on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after—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 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, or
(2)the date of a finding under the Antidumping Act, 1921.
(b)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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in 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27, 1921, ch. 14, title II, 42 Stat. 11, which was classified generally to sections 160 to 171 of this title, and was repealed by Pub.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.

Amendments

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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment 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.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 1677g

Title 19Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73