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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§68f Exclusion of Misbranded Wool Products

Title 15 › Chapter 2— FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION › Subchapter III— LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS › § 68f

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

All imported wool products must be clearly marked and their invoices must state the specific information required under this subchapter and the Act of June 17, 1930. This rule applies unless the wool was made more than twenty years before it is imported. The required information must appear on the invoice before the invoice is certified under the 1930 Act. If someone lies or leaves out that information on the invoice or in the consignee’s declaration, it is treated as an unfair and deceptive practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. The Commission can bar that person from importing or taking part in imports unless they post a bond equal to double the value of the wool plus any duties. The Secretary of the Treasury may also require a verified statement from the manufacturer showing fiber content.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §68f

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All wool products imported into the United States, except those made more than twenty years prior to such importation, shall be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and all invoices of such wool products required under the Act of June 17, 1930 (c. 497, title IV, 46 Stat. 719), shall set forth, in addition to the matter therein specified, the information with respect to said wool products required under the provisions of this subchapter, which information shall be in the invoices prior to their certification under said Act of June 17, 1930. The falsification of, or failure to set forth, said information in said invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the consignee’s declaration provided for in said Act of June 17, 1930, insofar as it relates to said information, shall be an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act, or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act; and any person who falsifies, or fails to set forth, said information in said invoices, or who falsifies or perjures said consignee’s declaration insofar as it relates to said information, may thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from importing, or participating in the importation of, any wool products into the United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary of the Treasury in a sum double the value of said wool products and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter. A verified statement from the manufacturer or producer of such wool products showing their fiber content as required under the provisions of this subchapter may be required under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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References in Text

Provisions covering invoices of wool products required under the Act of
June 17, 1930 (c. 497, title IV, 46 Stat. 719), referred to in text, are set out as section 1481 et seq. of Title 19, Customs Duties. Provisions covering certification of invoices under the Act of
June 17, 1930, referred to in text, are set out as section 1482 of Title 19. Provisions covering the consignee’s declaration under the Act of
June 17, 1930, referred to in text, are set out in section 1485 of Title 19.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

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Transfer of Functions

of Federal Trade Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1950, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out under section 41 of this title.

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15 U.S.C. § 68f

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60