§3010 United States Participation on Customs Cooperation Council Regarding Convention

Summary

The Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, and the U.S. International Trade Commission must lead U.S. work with the Customs Cooperation Council on matters tied to the Convention. They make the country’s technical and procedural positions and speak for the United States under the policy direction of the U.S. Trade Representative (section 3009). The Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies must give technical advice and help when asked. Treasury, Commerce, and the Commission must prepare technical proposals for implementing the Convention and for U.S. trade statistics work under section 1484(f). They must get input from businesses and federal agencies, set up ways to handle questions and complaints about U.S. goods, and when needed use dispute settlement or send classification questions to the Harmonized System Committee. The Commission must publish summary records and, subject to copyright law, Explanatory Notes, Classification Opinions, and related Council documents as soon as practical after August 23, 1988, and from time to time afterward.