19 U.S.C. § 1516 | Petitions by domestic interested parties

(a)

Request for classification and rate of duty; petition

(1)

The Secretary shall, upon written request by an interested party furnish the classification and the rate of duty imposed upon designated imported merchandise of a class or kind manufactured, produced, or sold at wholesale by such interested party. If the interested party believes that the appraised value, the classification, or rate of duty is not correct, it may file a petition with the Secretary setting forth—

(A)

a description of the merchandise,

(B)

the appraised value, the classification, or the rate of duty that it believes proper, and

(C)

the reasons for its belief.

(2)

As used in this section, the term “interested party” means a person who is—

(A)

a manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler in the United States;

(B)

a certified union or recognized union or group of workers which is representative of an industry engaged in the manufacture, production, or wholesale in the United States; or

(C)

a trade or business association a majority of whose members are manufacturers, producers, or wholesalers in the United States,

of goods of the same class or kind as the designated imported merchandise. Such term includes an association, a majority of whose members is composed of persons described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).

(3)

section 1677(4)(E) of this title Any producer of a raw agricultural product who is considered under to be part of the industry producing a processed agricultural product of the same class or kind as the designated imported merchandise shall, for purposes of this section, be treated as an interested party producing such processed agricultural product.

(b)

Determination on petition

If, after receipt and consideration of a petition filed by such an interested party, the Secretary determines that the appraised value, the classification, or rate of duty is not correct, he shall determine the proper appraised value, classification, or rate of duty and shall notify the petitioner of his determination. All such merchandise entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption more than thirty days after the date such notice to the petitioner is published in the weekly Customs Bulletin shall be appraised, classified, or assessed as to the rate of duty in accordance with the Secretary’s determination.

(c)

Contest by petitioner of appraised value, classification, or rate of duty

If the Secretary determines that the appraised value, classification, or rate of duty with respect to which a petition was filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section is correct, he shall notify the petitioner. If dissatisfied with the determination of the Secretary, the petitioner may file with the Secretary, not later than thirty days after the date of the notification, notice that it desires to contest the appraised value, classification, or rate of duty. Upon receipt of notice from the petitioner, the Secretary shall cause publication to be made of his determination as to the proper appraised value, classification, or rate of duty and of the petitioner’s desire to contest, and shall thereafter furnish the petitioner with such information as to the entries and consignees of such merchandise, entered after the publication of the determination of the Secretary, at such ports of entry designated by the petitioner in his notice of desire to contest, as will enable the petitioner to contest the appraised value, classification, or rate of duty imposed upon such merchandise in the liquidation of one such entry at such port. The Secretary shall direct the appropriate customs officer at such ports to immediately notify the petitioner by mail when the first of such entries is liquidated.

(d)

Appraisal, classification, and liquidation of entries of merchandise covered by published decisions of Secretary

Notwithstanding the filing of an action pursuant to chapter 169 of title 28, merchandise of the character covered by the published decision of the Secretary (when entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or before the date of publication of a decision of the United States Court of International Trade or of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, not in harmony with the published decision of the Secretary) shall be appraised or classified, or both, and the entries liquidated, in accordance with the decision of the Secretary and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the final liquidations of these entries shall be conclusive upon all parties.

(e)

Consignee or his agent as party in interest before the Court of International Trade

The consignee or his agent shall have the right to appear and to be heard as a party in interest before the United States Court of International Trade.

(f)

Appraisement, classification, and assessment of duty of merchandise covered by published decision of Secretary in accordance with final judicial decision of Court of International Trade or Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sustaining cause of action in whole or in part; suspension of liquidation of entries; publication

If the cause of action is sustained in whole or in part by a decision of the United States Court of International Trade or of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, merchandise of the character covered by the published decision of the Secretary, which is entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after the date of publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary or the administering authority of a notice of the court decision, shall be subject to appraisement, classification, and assessment of duty in accordance with the final judicial decision in the action, and the liquidation of entries covering the merchandise so entered or withdrawn shall be suspended until final disposition is made of the action, whereupon the entries shall be liquidated, or if necessary, reliquidated in accordance with the final decision. Such notice of the court decision shall be published within ten days from the date of the issuance of the court decision.

(g)

Regulations implementing required procedures

Regulations shall be prescribed by the Secretary to implement the procedures required under this section.

June 17, 1930, ch. 497 46 Stat. 735 June 25, 1938, ch. 679, § 17(a)52 Stat. 1084 June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 62 Stat. 992 Pub. L. 91–271, title II, § 209June 2, 197084 Stat. 286 Pub. L. 93–618, title IIIJan. 3, 197588 Stat. 2048 Pub. L. 96–39, title X, § 1001(b)(1)July 26, 197993 Stat. 303 Pub. L. 96–417, title VIOct. 10, 198094 Stat. 1744 Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 163(a)(1)Apr. 2, 198296 Stat. 49 Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1888(5)Oct. 22, 1986100 Stat. 2925 Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1326(d)(3)Aug. 23, 1988102 Stat. 1204(, title IV, § 516, ; , ; , ; , , ; , §§ 321(f)(1), 331(b), , , 2052; , , ; , §§ 601(6), 607, , , 1745; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 516 42 Stat. 970June 17, 1930Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 516 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

Amendments

Pub. L. 100–4181988—Subsec. (a)(3). added par. (3).

Pub. L. 99–5141986—Subsec. (a)(2). inserted “Such term includes an association, a majority of whose members is composed of persons described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).”

Pub. L. 97–1641982—Subsecs. (d), (f). substituted “Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit” for “Court of Customs and Patent Appeals”.

Pub. L. 96–417, § 607(a)1980—Subsec. (a). , designated existing provisions as par. (1), redesignated as subpars. (A), (B), and (C), former pars. (1), (2), and (3), struck out “(as defined in section 1677(9)(C), (D), and (E) of this title)” after “interested party”, covered in par. (2), and added par. (2).

Pub. L. 96–417 section 2632 of title 28Subsec. (d). , §§ 601(6), 607(b), redesignated the United States Customs Court as the United States Court of International Trade and substituted reference to chapter 169 for .

Pub. L. 96–417, § 601(6)Subsecs. (e), (f). , redesignated the United States Customs Court as the United States Court of International Trade.

Pub. L. 96–391979— completely revised the section to provide an expedited process for judicial review of an appealable determination, expanded the size of the group of parties having standing to obtain review of an appealable determination, and, in the process, revised subsecs. (a), (b), and (c), redesignated former subsecs. (e), (f), (g), and (h) as (d), (e), (f), and (g), and struck out former subsec. (d) relating to the contest of the Secretary’s determination that foreign merchandise was not being sold in the United States at less than fair value or that bounty or grant was not being paid.

Pub. L. 93–618, § 331(b)section 1303 of this title section 161 of this title1975—Subsec. (a). , inserted provisions relating to additional duty described in (to be known as “countervailing duties”) and to special duty described in (to be known as “antidumping duties”).

Pub. L. 93–618, § 331(b)Subsecs. (b), (c). , inserted provisions relating to countervailing duties and antidumping duties.

Pub. L. 93–618, § 321(f)(1)Subsecs. (d) to (h). , added subsec. (d) and redesignated subsecs. (d) to (g) as (e) to (h), respectively.

Pub. L. 91–2711970—Subsec. (a). substituted provisions requiring the Secretary to furnish to the American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler the classification, and the rate of duty, if any, imposed upon designated imported merchandise, and provisions authorizing the American manufacturer, etc., to file a protest with the Secretary if the appraised value is too low, the classification is not correct, or the proper rate of duty is not being assessed, for provisions setting forth the procedure for the determination of a protest by an American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler that the appraised value of any imported merchandise of a class or kind manufactured, produced, or sold at wholesale by him is too low.

Pub. L. 91–271Subsec. (b). substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary to determine the proper appraised value, classification, or rate of duty of the imported merchandise, and to notify the American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler of his determination, for provision setting forth the procedure for the determination of a protest by an American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler that the classification of, and the rate of duty, if any, is not proper.

Pub. L. 91–271Subsec. (c). substituted provisions setting forth the procedure for the petitioner to contest the decisions of the Secretary with respect to a petition filed pursuant to subsec. (a) of this section, for provisions requiring the collector to mail to the consignee or his agent a copy of every appeal and every protest filed by an American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler, and authorizing such consignee or his agent to appear and be heard as a party in interest before the Customs Court.

Pub. L. 91–271Subsecs. (d) to (g). added subsecs. (d) to (g).

June 25, 19481948—Subsec. (b). Act , repealed last sentence relating to procedure of proceeding over all other cases on Customs Court docket. See sections 2602 and 2638 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

June 25, 1948section 2637 of Title 28Subsec. (c). Act , repealed last sentence relating to finality of Customs Court’s decision. See .

June 25, 1948section 2634 of Title 28Subsec. (d). Act , repealed subsec. (d) relating to inspection of documents. See .

June 25, 19381938—Subsec. (b). Act , amended subsec. (b) generally.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–418Aug. 23, 1988Aug. 23, 1988section 1337(b) of Pub. L. 100–418 section 1671 of this titleAmendment by applicable with respect to investigations initiated after , and to reviews initiated under section 1673e(c) or 1675 of this title after , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–164Oct. 1, 1982section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164 section 171 of Title 28Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Pub. L. 96–417Nov. 1, 1980section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96–417 section 251 of Title 28Amendment by effective , and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Pub. L. 96–39Jan. 1, 1980Pub. L. 96–39Amendment by effective , see sections 1002 and 107 of , set out as Effective Date notes under sections 1516a and 1671 of this title, respectively.

Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 321(g)(3)Jan. 3, 197588 Stat. 2049

section 160 of this titleJan. 3, 1975“The amendment made by subsection (f) [amending this section and sections 2631 and 2632 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] shall apply with respect to determinations under section 201 of the Antidumping Act, 1921 [], resulting from questions of dumping raised or presented on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

, , , provided that:

section 331(b) of Pub. L. 93–618Jan. 3, 1975section 331(d)(1) of Pub. L. 93–618 section 1315 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Pub. L. 91–271 section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271 section 1500 of this titleFor effective date of amendment by , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 38 62 Stat. 992Sept. 1, 1948, , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .

Effective Date of 1938 Amendment

June 25, 1938June 25, 1938June 25, 1938section 1401 of this titleAmendment by act , effective on thirtieth day following , except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 37 of act , set out as a note under .

Plan Amendments Not Required Until January 1, 1989

Pub. L. 99–514Jan. 1, 1989section 1140 of Pub. L. 99–514 section 401 of Title 26For provisions directing that if any amendments made by subtitle A or subtitle C of title XI [§§ 1101–1147 and 1171–1177] or title XVIII [§§ 1801–1899A] of require an amendment to any plan, such plan amendment shall not be required to be made before the first plan year beginning on or after , see , as amended, set out as a note under , Internal Revenue Code.

Application of Subsection (b) to Complaints

Act June 25, 1938, ch. 679, § 17(b)52 Stat. 1086 act June 16, 1951, ch. 141, § 9(b)65 Stat. 75

“(b)

section 1401 of this title The provisions of subsection (b) of section 516 of the Tariff Act of 1930 [this section], as amended by this act, shall apply only in the case of complaints filed after the effective date of this act [see Effective Date of 1938 Amendment note set out under ]. The provisions of subsection (b) of section 516 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as in force prior to the effective date of this act, shall continue in force with respect to any proceedings commenced by the filing of a complaint thereunder, except that upon the expiration of thirty days after the effective date of this act, or upon the expiration of thirty days after the date of a decision of the Secretary adverse to the complainant, whichever is the later, any such proceedings in which a protest has not been duly filed shall be deemed to have been terminated unless the complainant shall have filed with the Secretary after the effective date of this act a notice that he desires to protest the classification of, or rate of duty assessed upon, the merchandise.

“(c)

June 16, 1951, ch. 141, § 9(b)65 Stat. 75 [Repealed. , .]

”

, (c), , as amended by , , provided that:

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

section 1516a of this title 93 Stat. 1381Jan. 2, 1980Jan. 2, 1980section 2171 of this titleFunctions of Secretary of the Treasury under this section insofar as they relate to any protest, petition, or notice of desire to contest described in section 1002(b)(1) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, set out as a note under , transferred to Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979, § 5(a)(1)(D), 44 F.R. 69275, , eff. , as provided by section 1–107(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 11288, , 45 F.R. 993, set out as notes under .