19 U.S.C. § 1507 — Tare and draft
submitted 96 years ago by ch. 497 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 109 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Treasury may issue rules for determining the tare of imported merchandise, including reasonable schedules. Except for the listed exception, no allowance is made for draft or impurities, while all detectable moisture and impurities must be allowed for crude oil and petroleum products.
(a) In general. The Secretary of the Treasury may issue regulations for determining the tare of imported merchandise, including reasonable and fair tare schedules. Except as this section otherwise provides, no allowance may be made for draft or impurities, other than excessive moisture and impurities not usually found in or on that merchandise or similar merchandise.
(b) Crude oil and petroleum products. When determining the tare of imported crude oil or petroleum products, an allowance must be made for all detectable moisture and impurities in or on the imported crude oil or petroleum products.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe and issue regulations for the ascertainment of tare upon imported merchandise, including the establishment of reasonable and just schedule tares therefor, but (except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be any allowance for draft or for impurities, other than excessive moisture and impurities not usually found in or upon such or similar merchandise.
In ascertaining tare on imports of crude oil, and on imports of petroleum products, allowance shall be made for all detectable moisture and impurities present in, or upon, the imported crude oil or petroleum products.
Source credit: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 507, 46 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1312.)
- 1930Enacted · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 732
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-418 · 102 Stat. 1312
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