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LegalText 19 U.S.C. § 81a Definitions us united_states_code code_section 19 CUSTOMS DUTIES 1A FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 81a 19 U.S.C. § 81a current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc19@119-100.zip /us/usc/t19/s81a data/legal/raw/us/code/title-19/usc19.xml 6075c27e891fe9016eb8abdd11c60e1d4bb2023a379e016d56466e606019c4c4 c90da65eeb9b6895d254e48af923eedc3b1275c7e88d986eb56f934bfcdfdf5c 419ddd620222c564b2da191bf301f1ac4c9785aa19a9a23460d100fcef9409e3 2026-07-04 official
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19 U.S.C. § 81a - Definitions

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When used in this chapter—

(a) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce;

(b) The term “Board” means the Board which is established to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, and the Secretary of the Treasury;

(c) The term “State” includes any State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

(d) The term “corporation” means a public corporation and a private corporation, as defined in this chapter;

(e) The term “public corporation” means a State, political subdivision thereof, a municipality, a public agency of a State, political subdivision thereof, or municipality, or a corporate municipal instrumentality of one or more States;

(f) The term “private corporation” means any corporation (other than a public corporation) which is organized for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone and which is chartered under special Act enacted after June 18, 1934, of the State or States within which it is to operate such zone;

(g) The term “applicant” means a corporation applying for the right to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign-trade zone;

(h) The term “grantee” means a corporation to which the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone has been granted;

(i) The term “zone” means a “foreign-trade zone” as provided in this chapter.

(June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 104201, div. A, title IX, § 910, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2621.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104201, § 910(1), substituted “and the Secretary of the Treasury” for “the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104201, § 910(2), struck out “Alaska, Hawaii,” after “Columbia,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitleThis chapter is popularly known as the “Foreign Trade Zones Act”.

Floor Stocks Tax Treatment of Articles in Foreign Trade ZonesNotwithstanding this chapter, articles located in a foreign trade zone on the effective date of increases in tax under specific amendments by Pub. L. 101508 subject to floor stocks taxes under certain circumstances, see section 11218 of Pub. L. 101508, set out as a note under section 5001 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.