7 USC § 584 - Exemptions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s584"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 584 - Exemptions"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "584"
section_name: "Exemptions"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "EXPORT STANDARDS FOR APPLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 10, 1933, ch. 59, § 4, 48 Stat. 124; Pub. L. 106–96, § 1(c)(2), Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1321; Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10009(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 949.)"
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# § 584. Exemptions

**(a)** **In general** Apples in less than carload lots as defined by the Secretary may, in his discretion, be shipped to any foreign country without complying with the provisions of this chapter.

**(b)** **Bulk containers** Apples may be shipped to Canada in bulk containers without complying with the provisions of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (June 10, 1933, ch. 59, § 4, 48 Stat. 124; Pub. L. 106–96, § 1(c)(2), Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1321; Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10009(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 949.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— inserted section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

1999— struck out “or pears” after “Apples”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

> “Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act [
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