Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§2572 Exemptions
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) › Part Part D— - Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions › § 2572
Summary
These rules don't cover standards work by federal or state agencies for their own or other agencies' use, or standards used by private people only for their own products.
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Title 19, §2572
Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
This subchapter does not apply to—
(1)any standards activity engaged in by any Federal agency or State agency for the use (including, but not limited to, use with respect to research and development, production, or consumption) of that agency or the use of another such agency; or
(2)any standards activity engaged in by any private person solely for use in the production or consumption of products by that person.
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19 U.S.C. § 2572
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73