PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Each year after 1939, the U.S. International Trade Commission must check the last three calendar years to find how many red cedar shingles U.S. makers shipped and how many were imported for use. If imports in any year were more than 30% of the total that year, the Commission tells the President. If the President approves and files a proclamation in the Federal Register, then while a trade agreement made under section 1351 is in effect, any imported shingles above 30% of the three-year average (combined U.S. shipments plus imports) will be charged a duty of 25 cents per square. That duty is treated like other customs duties under section 1001 and does not apply to shingles brought in for use before the duty starts. The Commission also sets and reports how many shingles are exempt for each quota period.

Title 19, §1332a

Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Investigation by Commission

The United States International Trade Commission is directed to conduct an investigation as soon as practicable after the close of the calendar year 1939 and each calendar year thereafter, for the purpose of ascertaining the quantities of red cedar shingles shipped by producers in the United States and the quantities of imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during each of the three calendar years immediately preceding any such investigation.

(b)Duty on imported shingles; amount

If the Commission finds, on the basis of an investigation under subdivision (a) of this section, that in any calendar year after 1938 the quantity of imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, was in excess of 30 per centum of the combined total for such year of the respective quantities ascertained in such investigation, it shall so report to the President. If the President approves the report of the Commission, he shall so proclaim, and on and after the day following the filing of such proclamation with the Division of the Federal Register and so long as any trade agreement entered into under the authority of section 1351 of this title, shall be in effect with respect to the importation into the United States of red cedar shingles, there shall be a duty upon imported red cedar shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in any calendar year in excess of 30 per centum of the annual average for the preceding three calendar years of the combined total of the quantity of such shingles shipped by producers in the United States and of the quantity of such imported shingles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. The rate of such duty shall be 25 cents per square. Any duty imposed under this section shall be treated for the purposes of all provisions of law relating to customs revenue as a duty imposed by section 1001 of this title, and shall not apply to shingles entered for consumption before the duty becomes applicable.

(c)Exemptions from duty

The quantity of red cedar shingles entitled to exemption from any duty imposed pursuant to this section shall be ascertained for each quota period by the Commission and reported to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1001 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was struck out by Pub. L. 87–456, title I, § 101(a), May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 72. Codification Section was not enacted as a part of the Tariff Act of 1930 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”.

§1332a Importation of Red Cedar Shingles