19 USC § 2803 - Designation of major wine trading countries

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title: "19 USC § 2803 - Designation of major wine trading countries"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2803"
section_name: "Designation of major wine trading countries"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "WINE TRADE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–573, title IX, § 904, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3048.)"
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# § 2803. Designation of major wine trading countries

**(a)** The Trade Representative shall designate as a major wine trading country each foreign country, or group of foreign countries represented as an economic union, that, in the judgment of the Trade Representative—

**(1)** is a potential significant market for United States wine; and

**(2)** maintains tariff barriers or nontariff barriers to (or other distortions of) trade in United States wine.

**(b)** In deciding, for purposes of subsection (a)(2), whether a foreign country or group of countries maintains nontariff barriers to (or other distortions of) trade in United States wine, the Trade Representative shall take into account—

**(1)** the review and report required under section 854(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2135 note);

**(2)** such relevant actions that may have been taken by that country or group since that review was conducted; and

**(3)** such information as may be submitted under section 2805 of this title by representatives of the wine and grape products industries in the United States, as well as other sources.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–573, title IX, § 904, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3048.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 854(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is , title VIII, , , which is set out as a note under .