Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§2021 General Authority
Title 19 › CHAPTER 8 — AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS › SUBCHAPTER III — TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE › § 2021
Summary
Allows someone to file for a tariff adjustment or to ask if they can get adjustment help under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. A presidential proclamation that reduces or removes a tariff is treated the same as a concession made in a covered trade agreement.
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Title 19, §2021
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A petition may be filed for tariff adjustment or for a determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [19 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.] as though the reduction or elimination of a duty proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 2011 or 2012 of this title were a concession granted under a trade agreement referred to in section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [19 U.S.C. 1901].
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The Trade Expansion Act of 1962, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 87–794, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872. Title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1901 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1801 of this title and Tables. section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, referred to in text, was classified to section 1901 of this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 602(d), (e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2072. See section 2251 et seq. of this title. section 2012 of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code. Codification The words “subject to section 2022 of this title” omitted in view of the omission of section 2022 of this title, which provided special authority after Oct. 21, 1965, and before July 1, 1968, for filing of petitions for determination by the President of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance.
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19 U.S.C. § 2021
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102