48 U.S.C. § 242

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“The President of the United States shall proclaim the following tariff treatment for articles imported from Palau which shall apply during the period of effectiveness of this Title:“(a) Unless otherwise excluded, articles imported from Palau, subject to the limitations imposed under sections 503(b) and 504(c) of title 5 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(b): 2464(c)), shall be exempt from duty.“(b) Only canned tuna provided for in item 112.30 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States that is imported from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau during any calendar year not to exceed 10 percent of the United States consumption of canned tuna during the immediately preceding calendar year, as reported by the National Marine Fisheries Service, shall be exempt from duty; but the quantity of tuna given duty free treatment under this paragraph for any calendar year shall be counted against the aggregate quantity of canned tuna that is dutiable under rate column numbered 1 of such item 112.30 for that calendar year.“(c) The duty-free treatment provided under paragraph (1) shall not apply to:“(1) watches, clocks and timing apparatus provided for in sub-part E of part 2 of schedule 7 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States;“(2) buttons (whether finished or not finished) provided for in item 745.32 of such Schedules;“(3) textile and apparel articles which are subject to textile agreements; and“(4) footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel which were not eligible articles for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) on April 1, 1984.“(d) If the cost or value of materials produced in the customs territory of the United States is included with respect to an eligible article which is a product of Palau, an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the appraised value of the article at the time it is entered that is attributable to such United States cost or value may be applied for duty assessment purposes toward determining the percentage referred to in section 503(b)(2) of title V of the Trade Act of 1974.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1925–1925 · leading case: United States v. One Floating Fish Trap, 7 Alaska 334 (D. Alaska 1925).

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United States v. One Floating Fish Trap, 7 Alaska 334 (D. Alaska 1925). “” Section 14 of the Act of June 26, 1906 (48 USCA § 242 [U. S. Comp. St. § 3643]), which appears to be still in force, provides : “That the violation of any provision of this act may be prosecuted in any district court of Alaska or any District Court of the United States in the…”

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