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15 U.S.C. § 70gExclusion of misbranded textile fiber products

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-897 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 274 words · no verdicts yet

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Imported textile fiber products must carry the labels section 70b requires. Their import invoices must also list that same information before they are certified. Falsifying it is illegal, and the Commission can then bar the importer unless a bond is posted.

Every textile fiber product imported into the United States must be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified as section 70b requires. The invoices for these products — the ones required under section 1484 of title 19 — must also include this same fiber information, in addition to whatever else those invoices normally require. If the invoice needs certification under section 1484 of title 19, this fiber information must appear on the invoice before that certification happens. It is unlawful to falsify the invoice, or to leave out the required information, or to falsify or commit perjury on the consignee's declaration under section 1485 of title 19 as it relates to this fiber information. Doing any of this is an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Anyone who falsifies the invoice or perjures the consignee's declaration can then be barred by the Commission from importing, or helping import, any textile fiber product into the United States. The only way around that bar is to file a bond with the Secretary of the Treasury. The bond must equal double the value of the products plus any duty owed, and it must guarantee compliance with this subchapter. The Secretary of the Treasury can also require, by regulation, a verified statement from the manufacturer or producer showing the fiber content this subchapter requires.
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All textile fiber products imported into the United States shall be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified in accordance with the provisions of section 70b of this title, and all invoices of such products required pursuant to section 1484 of title 19, shall set forth, in addition to the matter therein specified, the information with respect to said products required under the provisions of section 70b(b) of this title, which information shall be in the invoices prior to their certification, if such certification is required pursuant to section 1484 of title 19. The falsification of, or failure to set forth the required information in such invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the consignee’s declaration provided for in section 1485 of title 19, insofar as it relates to such information, is unlawful, and shall be an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.]; and any person who falsifies, or perjures the consignee’s declaration insofar as it relates to such information, may thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from importing, or participating in the importation of, any textile fiber product into the United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary of the Treasury in a sum double the value of said products and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter. A verified statement from the manufacturer or producer of such products showing their fiber content as required under the provisions of this subchapter may be required under regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–897, § 9, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1722.)

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  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-897 · 72 Stat. 1722

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