Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§4693 Final remedies

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - LABOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT › Part Part E— - Enforcement Under Rapid Response Labor Mechanism › § 4693

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a USMCA rapid response panel finds a denial of rights under Annex 31‑A, the U.S. Trade Representative, after consulting the appropriate congressional committees, may tell the Secretary of the Treasury to stop goods made wholly or partly at the covered facilities from entering the United States. The Secretary can block those goods or let them enter only if duties and any penalties are paid. The Trade Representative can also make those duties or penalties apply to customs entries whose final processing was paused under section 4692, and use other remedies allowed by Annex 31‑A, until the problem is fixed. The Trade Representative must promptly tell the Secretary when the denial of rights has been remedied.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §4693

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)If a rapid response labor panel constituted in accordance with Annex 31–A of the USMCA determines with respect to a case that there has been a denial of rights within the meaning of such Annex, the Trade Representative may, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees—

(1)direct the Secretary of the Treasury, until the date of the notification described in subsection (b) and in accordance with Annex 31–A of the USMCA—

(A)to—

(i)deny entry to goods, produced wholly or in part, from any covered facility involved in such case; or

(ii)allow for the release of goods, produced wholly or in part, from such covered facilities only upon payment of duties and any penalty; and

(B)to apply any duties or penalties to customs entries for which liquidation was suspended pursuant to section 4692 of this title; and

(2)apply other remedies that are appropriate and available under Annex 31–A of the USMCA, until the denial of rights with respect to the case has been remedied.

(b)The Trade Representative shall promptly notify the Secretary when the denial of rights with respect to a case described in subsection (a) has been remedied.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 4693

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73