19 USC § 2802 - Definitions

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title: "19 USC § 2802 - Definitions"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2802"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "WINE TRADE"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–573, title IX, § 903, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3048.)"
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# § 2802. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

**(1)** The term “Committees” means the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

**(2)** The term “grape product” means grapes and any product (other than wine) made from grapes, including, but not limited to, raisins and grape juice, whether or not concentrated.

**(3)** The term “major wine trading country” means any foreign country, or group of foreign countries, designated as such under section 2803 of this title.

**(4)** The phrase “nontariff barrier to (or other distortion of)”, in the context of trade in United States wine, includes any measure implemented by the government of a major wine trading country that either gives a competitive advantage to the wine industry of that country or restricts the importation of United States wine into that country.

**(5)** The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.

**(6)** The term “United States wine” means wine produced within the customs territory of the United States.

**(7)** The term “wine” means any fermented alcoholic beverage that—

**(A)** is made from grapes or other fruit;

**(B)** contains not less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume and not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof by whatever process produced; and

**(C)** is for nonindustrial use.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–573, title IX, § 903, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3048.)