15 CFR § 2012.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s2012.2"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "15 CFR § 2012.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "2012.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE"
part_number: "2012"
part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS FOR BEEF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Proclamation No. 6763; sec. 404, Pub. L. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 15230, Mar. 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2012"
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# 2012.2 Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, for the purpose of this subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned below.

(a) *Beef* means any article classified under any of the subheadings of the HTS specified in additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 2 of the HTS.

(b) *Allocated country* means a country to which an allocation of a particular quantity of beef has been assigned under additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 2 of the HTS.

(c) *Enter* means to enter, or withdraw from warehouse, for consumption.

(d) *HTS* means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

(e) *Participating country* means any allocated country that USTR has determined is, and notified the U.S. Customs Service as being eligible to use export certificates.

(f) *USTR* means the United States Trade Representative or the designee of the United States Trade Representative.