Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§232 “port” Defined
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Summary
"Port" can mean any place goods enter the country or are sent from to be imported.
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Title 19, §232
Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The word “port”, as used in title 34 of the Revised Statutes, may include any place from which merchandise can be shipped for importation, or at which merchandise can be imported.
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Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original “this Title”, meaning title 34 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 2517 to 3129. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 2517 to 3129 to the Code, see Tables.
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19 U.S.C. § 232
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102