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Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§3591 Textile product integration

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS › Part Part B— - Textiles › § 3591

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 120 days after the WTO textiles agreement takes effect for the United States, the Secretary of Commerce must publish in the Federal Register a list of products to be integrated under Article 2(8). After publication, the list can change only for law, U.S. international obligations, technical errors, or reclassifications. Within 30 days of publication, the U.S. Trade Representative must notify the Article 8 Textiles Monitoring Body.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §3591

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Not later than 120 days after the date that the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States, the Secretary of Commerce shall publish in the Federal Register a notice containing the list of products to be integrated in each stage set out in Article 2(8) of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 3511(d)(4) of this title. After publication of such list, the list may not be changed unless otherwise required by statute or the international obligations of the United States, to correct technical errors, or to reflect reclassifications. Within 30 days after the publication of such list, the Trade Representative shall notify the list to the Textiles Monitoring Body established under Article 8 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–295 struck out “, as defined in section 3501(9) of this title,” after “WTO Agreement”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 103–465, title III, § 335, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4951, provided that: “Except as provided in section 334 [enacting section 3592 of this title], this subtitle [subtitle D (§§ 331–335) of title III of Pub. L. 103–465, enacting this part and section 1592a of this title, and amending section 1854 of Title 7, Agriculture] and the

Amendments

made by this subtitle take effect on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995].”

Executive Documents

Uruguay Round Agreements: Entry Into ForceThe Uruguay Round Agreements, including the World Trade Organization Agreement and agreements annexed to that Agreement, as referred to in section 3511(d) of this title, entered into force with respect to the United States on Jan. 1, 1995. See note set out under section 3511 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

19 U.S.C. § 3591

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73