19 USC § 1494 - Expense of weighing and measuring

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title: "19 USC § 1494 - Expense of weighing and measuring"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1494"
section_name: "Expense of weighing and measuring"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "Ascertainment, Collection, and Recovery of Duties"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 494, 46 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 97–446, title II, § 201(e), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2350.)"
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# § 1494. Expense of weighing and measuring

In all cases in which the invoice or entry does not state the weight, quantity, or measure of the merchandise, the expense of ascertaining the same shall be collected from the importer of record before its release from customs custody.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 494, 46 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 97–446, title II, § 201(e), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2350.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 494 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

A prior provision requiring merchandise to be weighed, gauged or measured at the expense of the owner, agent or consignee, in cases in which the invoice or entry did not contain the weight, quantity or measure was contained in R.S. § 2920, prior to repeal by , .

### Amendments

1983— substituted “importer of record” for “consignee” after “collected from the”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable with respect to merchandise entered on and after 30th day after , see , set out as a note under .