Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110

§1626 Steel Products Trade Enforcement

Title 19 › CHAPTER 4 — TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › SUBTITLE III — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part V — Enforcement Provisions › § 1626

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury can require that certain steel mill products show an official export permit or other paperwork from a foreign government or customs union before those goods can enter the United States, if both the President and that foreign government or customs union ask under an international agreement. The Secretary can make rules to refuse entry when the paperwork is missing. This applies only to requests received before January 1, 1983, and lasts only as long as the international arrangements remain in effect.

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Title 19, §1626

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(a)Export validation requirement

In order to monitor and enforce export measures required by a foreign government or customs union, pursuant to an international arrangement with the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon receipt of a request by the President of the United States and by a foreign government or customs union, require the presentation of a valid export license or other documents issued by such foreign government or customs union as a condition for entry into the United States of steel mill products specified in the request. The Secretary may provide by regulation for the terms and conditions under which such merchandise attempted to be entered without an accompanying valid export license or other documents may be denied entry into the United States.

(b)Period of applicability

This section applies only to requests received by the Secretary of the Treasury prior to January 1, 1983, and for the duration of the arrangements.

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19 U.S.C. § 1626

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110