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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part VI · Chapter 7 — Trade Expansion Program

§ 1881. Normal trade relations

Statutory text

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, in section 1351 of this title, or in section 401(a) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, any duty or other import restriction or duty-free treatment proclaimed in carrying out any trade agreement under this subchapter or section 1351 of this title shall apply to products of all foreign countries, whether imported directly or indirectly.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 87–794 title II § 251 · 76 Stat. 879

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1881

    Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 251, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 879

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 251, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 879

  2. Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–206 title V § 5003(b)(1) · 112 Stat. 685

    Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1881

    Pub. L. 105–206 substituted existing catchline for “Most-favored-nation principle”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–206 substituted existing catchline for “Most-favored-nation principle”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Trade expansion act of 1962.— The heading for section 251 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1881) is amended to read as follows: “normal trade relations”

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 401(a) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, referred to in text, is set out as a note under section 1351 of this title.

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–206 substituted existing catchline for “Most-favored-nation principle”.

Credits

1962–1998 · 2 acts
  1. 1962Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 251, , 76 Stat. 879
  2. 1998Pub. L. 105–206, title V, § 5003(b)(1), , 112 Stat. 789.
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(Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 251, , 76 Stat. 879; Pub. L. 105–206, title V, § 5003(b)(1), , 112 Stat. 789.)

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