Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§391 Ascertainment of Duties on Grain
Title 19 › CHAPTER 3 — THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS › SUBTITLE IV — CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION › part 3 — ascertainment, collection, and recovery of duties › § 391
Summary
For import duties on grain, use weight instead of measuring: wheat 60 lb; corn 56; rye 56; barley 48; oats 32; peas 60; buckwheat 42 (avoirdupois).
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Title 19, §391
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For the purpose of estimating the duties on importations of grain, the number of bushels shall be ascertained by weight, instead of by measuring; and sixty pounds of wheat, fifty-six pounds of corn, fifty-six pounds of rye, forty-eight pounds of barley, thirty-two pounds of oats, sixty pounds of peas, and forty-two pounds of buckwheat, avoirdupois weight, shall respectively be estimated as a bushel.
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Codification R.S. § 2919 derived from act July 18, 1866, ch. 201, § 38, 14 Stat. 187.
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19 U.S.C. § 391
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102