Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§2431 Exception of Products of Certain Countries or Areas
Title 19 › CHAPTER 12 — TRADE ACT OF 1974 › SUBCHAPTER IV — TRADE RELATIONS WITH COUNTRIES NOT RECEIVING NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT › Part 1 — Trade Relations With Certain Countries › § 2431
Summary
President must deny equal tariffs to countries not eligible for column 1 on Jan 3, 1975, unless the subchapter says otherwise.
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Title 19, §2431
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Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the President shall continue to deny nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of any country, the products of which were not eligible for the rates set forth in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States on January 3, 1975.
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References in Text
The Tariff Schedules of the United States, referred to in text, to be treated as a reference to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule pursuant to section 3012 of this title. The Harmonized Tariff Schedule is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Report on Effect of Subchapter; Recommendations Pub. L. 95–501, title VI, § 604, Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1692, which provided that within six months after Oct. 21, 1978, the Secretary of Agriculture submit to Congress a report detailing the effect on United States agriculture of this subchapter, including a recommendation as to whether the provisions of this subchapter should be repealed or amended, was omitted in the general revision of Pub. L. 95–501 by Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3668. See chapter 87 (§ 5601 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture.
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19 U.S.C. § 2431
Title 19, Customs Duties
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Aug 21, 2026
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