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Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110

§2255 Trade Monitoring

Title 19 › CHAPTER 12 — TRADE ACT OF 1974 › SUBCHAPTER II — RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION › Part 1 — Positive Adjustment by Industries Injured by Imports › § 2255

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must put an online import tracking tool on its website within 180 days after February 24, 2016. The tool must use data from the Department of Commerce and other government sources the Commission chooses, and must show the most recent quarter of data and earlier quarters when practical. The Secretary of Commerce must publish and post on the Commerce website a trade monitoring report no later than 270 days after February 24, 2016 and at least every quarter after that. The report must show changes in the volume and value of imports and exports by 6‑digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading for the most recent quarter and earlier quarters when practical. The Secretary must ask for public comments in the Federal Register within one year after February 24, 2016. All these requirements end seven years after February 24, 2016.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2255

Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Monitoring tool for imports
(1)In general
Not later than 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Commission shall make available on a website of the Commission an import monitoring tool to allow the public access to data on the volume and value of goods imported to the United States for the purpose of assessing whether such data has changed with respect to such goods over a period of time.
(2)Data described
For purposes of the monitoring tool under paragraph (1), the Commission shall use data compiled by the Department of Commerce and such other government data as the Commission considers appropriate.
(3)Periods of time
The Commission shall ensure that data accessed through the monitoring tool under paragraph (1) includes data for the most recent quarter for which such data are available and previous quarters as the Commission considers practicable.
(b)Monitoring reports
(1)In general
Not later than 270 days after February 24, 2016, and not less frequently than quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall publish on a website of the Department of Commerce, and notify the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the availability of, a monitoring report on changes in the volume and value of trade with respect to imports and exports of goods categorized based on the 6-digit subheading number of the goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States during the most recent quarter for which such data are available and previous quarters as the Secretary considers practicable.
(2)Requests for comment
Not later than one year after February 24, 2016, the Secretary of Commerce shall solicit through the Federal Register public comment on the monitoring reports described in paragraph (1).
(c)Sunset
The requirements under this section terminate on the date that is seven years after February 24, 2016.

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The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202 of this title.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2255

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110