In general
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.
Crude oil and petroleum products
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.
June 17, 1930, ch. 497 46 Stat. 732 Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(a)102 Stat. 1312 (, title IV, § 507, ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 506 42 Stat. 968 Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 507 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642 42 Stat. 989 A prior provision relative to the allowance of tare, prohibiting any allowance for draught, was contained in R.S. § 2898, prior to repeal by , .
Amendments
Pub. L. 100–4181988— designated existing provision as subsec. (a), substituted “(except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be” for “in no case shall there be”, and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(b)102 Stat. 1313 Pub. L. 100–647, title IX, § 9001(a)(18)102 Stat. 3808