Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§1364 Interference with Foreign Commerce by Violence
Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 65— MALICIOUS MISCHIEF › § 1364
Summary
Using fire or explosives to damage U.S. goods or export sites to block exports is illegal. Penalty: fines, up to 20 years in prison, or both.
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Title 18, §1364
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Whoever, with intent to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct or attempt to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the exportation to foreign countries of articles from the United States, injures or destroys, by fire or explosives, such articles or the places where they may be while in such foreign commerce, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 381 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, titles IV, XIII, § 1, 40 Stat. 221, 231; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, § 4, 54 Stat. 79). Mandatory punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative. Definition of the term “United States” was omitted and incorporated in section 5 of this title. Minor verbal changes were made.
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Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 1364
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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