Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§4088 Confidential business information
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 26— - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CENTRAL AMERICA FREE TRADE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - RELIEF FROM IMPORTS › Part Part B— - Textile and Apparel Safeguard Measures › § 4088
Summary
The President can't release confidential business information given during a review unless the person or company who sent it was told at submission that it could be released or later agreed. The sender must also give a nonconfidential version with the sensitive parts summarized or removed.
Full Legal Text
Title 19, §4088
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The President may not release information received in connection with a review under this part which the President considers to be confidential business information unless the party submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of submission, that such information would be released by the President, or such party subsequently consents to the release of the information. To the extent a party submits confidential business information, it shall also provide a nonconfidential version of the information in which the confidential business information is summarized or, if necessary, deleted.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Termination of SectionFor termination of section by section 107(d) of Pub. L. 109–53, see Effective and Termination Dates note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective and Termination Dates Section effective on the date the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement enters into force (Mar. 1, 2006) and to cease to have effect on the date the Agreement ceases to be in force with respect to the United States, and, during any period in which a country ceases to be a CAFTA–DR country, to cease to have effect with respect to such country, see section 107 of Pub. L. 109–53, set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.
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Citation
19 U.S.C. § 4088
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73