22 CFR § 91.1 - Answering inquiries regarding tariff acts and customs regulations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s91.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 91.1 - Answering inquiries regarding tariff acts and customs regulations."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "91.1"
section_name: "Answering inquiries regarding tariff acts and customs regulations."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES"
part_number: "91"
part_name: "IMPORT CONTROLS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 111, as amended; 22 U.S.C. 2658."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "91"
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# 91.1 Answering inquiries regarding tariff acts and customs regulations.
In replying to inquiries received from exporters, travelers, or other interested parties, concerning tariff acts or customs regulations, consular officers shall refrain from giving, or appearing to give, decisions pertaining to matters upon which hey are not competent to pass.