19 USC 3001 – Purposes
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to approve the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System;
(2) to implement in United States law the nomenclature established internationally by the Convention; and
(3) to provide that the Convention shall be treated as a trade agreement obligation of the United States.
Terms Used In 19 USC 3001
- Convention: means the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, done at Brussels on June 14, 1983, and the Protocol thereto, done at Brussels on June 24, 1986, submitted to the Congress on June 15, 1987. See 19 USC 3002
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.