46 CFR § 551.1 - Actions to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to shipping in specific trades.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s551.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 551.1 - Actions to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to shipping in specific trades."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "551.1"
section_name: "Actions to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to shipping in specific trades."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS RESTRICTIVE FOREIGN MARITIME PRACTICES"
part_number: "551"
part_name: "ACTIONS TO ADJUST OR MEET CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE TO SHIPPING IN THE U.S. FOREIGN TRADE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 301-307; 46 U.S.C. 42101-42109; 46 CFR Part 550."
cfr_part: "551"
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# 551.1 Actions to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to shipping in specific trades.
Whenever the Commission determines that conditions unfavorable to shipping exist in the United States foreign trade with any nation and issues rules to adjust or meet such conditions, pursuant to section 19(1)(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. 42101) and 46 CFR part 551, such rules shall be published in the *Federal Register* and added to this part.
[67 FR 39861, June 11, 2002, as amended at 74 FR 50733, Oct. 1, 2009]