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19 USC § 2431 - Exception of products of certain countries or areas 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2431"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 2431 - Exception of products of certain countries or areas"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2431"
section_name: "Exception of products of certain countries or areas"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "TRADE ACT OF 1974"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "TRADE RELATIONS WITH COUNTRIES NOT RECEIVING NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "Trade Relations With Certain Countries"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–618, title IV, § 401, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2056.)"
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# § 2431. Exception of products of certain countries or areas

January 3, 1975

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the President shall continue to deny nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of any country, the products of which were not eligible for the rates set forth in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–618, title IV, § 401, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2056.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Tariff Schedules of the United States, referred to in text, to be treated as a reference to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule pursuant to . The Harmonized Tariff Schedule is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Report on Effect of Subchapter; Recommendations

, , , which provided that within six months after , the Secretary of Agriculture submit to Congress a report detailing the effect on United States agriculture of this subchapter, including a recommendation as to whether the provisions of this subchapter should be repealed or amended, was omitted in the general revision of  by , , . See chapter 87 (§ 5601 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture.