48 U.S.C. § 738
Free interchange of merchandise with United States
All merchandise and articles coming into the United States from Puerto Rico and coming into Puerto Rico from the United States shall be entered at the several ports of entry free of duty and in no event shall any tariff duties be collected on said merchandise or articles.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1935–1992 · leading case: Trailer Marine Transp. Corp. v. Carmen M. Rivera Vazquez, Etc., 977 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1992).
Trailer Marine Transp. Corp. v. Carmen M. Rivera Vazquez, Etc., 977 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1992). “, 48 U.S.C. § 738 (no duties may be imposed on trade between Puerto Rico and the United States); 48 U.”
Porto Rico Brokerage Co. v. United States, 76 F.2d 605 (C.C.P.A. 1935). “rein provided for Porto Rico or by Act of Congress of the United States; and such legislative authority shall have power, when not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, by due enactment to amend, alter, modify, or repeal any law or ordinance, civil or criminal,…”
Presidential Auth. Under the Trade Expansion Act toAdjust Shipments of Oil to & from Puerto Rico (OLC 1980). “Again, our conclusions apply only to quotas or other quantitative restrictions on shipments from Puerto Rico to the mainland.”
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