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19 U.S.C. § 1683c — Export charge determination and publication
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**(a) Determination** The Under Secretary for International Trade of the Department of Commerce shall determine, on a monthly basis, any export charges (expressed as a percentage of export price) to be collected by a country of export from exporters of softwood lumber or softwood lumber products described in [section 1683b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1683b/a&num=0&edition=prelim) in order to ensure compliance with any international agreement entered into by that country and the United States.
**(b) Publication** The Under Secretary for International Trade shall immediately publish any determination made under subsection (a) on the website of the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, and in any other manner the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
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**(a) Determination** The Under Secretary for International Trade of the Department of Commerce shall determine, on a monthly basis, any export charges (expressed as a percentage of export price) to be collected by a country of export from exporters of softwood lumber or softwood lumber products described in [section 1683b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1683b/a&num=0&edition=prelim) in order to ensure compliance with any international agreement entered into by that country and the United States.
**(b) Publication** The Under Secretary for International Trade shall immediately publish any determination made under subsection (a) on the website of the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, and in any other manner the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
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In this subtitle:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
(2) **Country of export** — The term “country of export” means the country (including any political subdivision of the country) from which softwood lumber or a softwood lumber product is exported before entering the United States.
(3) **Customs laws of the United States** — The term “customs laws of the United States” means any law or regulation enforced or administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(4) **Export charges** — The term “export charges” means any tax, charge, or other fee collected by the country from which softwood lumber or a softwood lumber product, described in [section 1683b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1683b/a&num=0&edition=prelim), is exported pursuant to an international agreement entered into by that country and the United States.
(5) **Export price**
(A) *In general* — The term “export price” means one of the following:
(i) In the case of softwood lumber or a softwood lumber product that has undergone only primary processing, the value that would be determined F.O.B. at the facility where the product underwent the last primary processing before export.
(ii)
(I) In the case of softwood lumber or a softwood lumber product described in subclause (II), the value that would be determined F.O.B. at the facility where the lumber or product underwent the last primary processing.
(II) Softwood lumber or a softwood lumber product described in this subclause is lumber or a product that underwent the last remanufacturing before expo
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**(a) Establishment of program**
(1) **In general** — The President shall establish and maintain an importer declaration program with respect to the importation of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products described in [section 1683b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1683b/a&num=0&edition=prelim). The importer declaration program shall require importers of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products described in [section 1683b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1683b/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to provide the information required under subsection (b) and declare the information required by subsection (c), and require that such information accompany the entry summary documentation.
(2) **Electronic record** — The President shall establish an electronic record that includes the importer information required under subsection (b) and the declarations required under subsection (c).
**(b) Required information** The President shall require the following information to be submitted by any person seeking to import softwood lumber or softwood lumber products described in [section 1683b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1683b/a&num=0&edition=prelim):
(1) The export price for each shipment of softwood lumber or softwood lumber products.
(2) The estimated export charge, if any, applicable to each shipment of softwood lumber or softwood lumber products as calculated by applying the percentage determined and published by the Under Secretary for International Trade of the Department of Commerce pursuant to [section 1683c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-s
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1683d
age or kit, regardless of the classification
under the HTS, if the importer declares that
the following requirements have been met:
(i) The package or kit constitutes a full
package of the number of wooden pieces
specified in the plan, design, or blueprint
necessary to produce a home of at least 700
square feet produced to a specified plan,
design, or blueprint.
(ii) The package or kit contains—
(I) all necessary internal and external
doors and windows, nails, screws, glue,
subfloor, sheathing, beams, posts, and
connectors; and
(II) if included in the purchase con-
tract, the decking, trim, drywall, and
roof shingles specified in the plan, de-
sign, or blueprint.
(iii) Prior to importation, the package or
kit is sold to a United States retailer that
sells complete home packages or kits pur-
suant to a valid purchase contract ref-
erencing the particular home design, plan,
or blueprint, and the contract is signed by
a customer not affiliated with the im-
porter.
(iv) Softwood lumber products entered as
part of the package or kit, whether in a
single entry or multiple entries on mul-
tiple days, are to be used solely for the
construction of the single family home
specified by the home design, plan, or blue-
print matching the U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection import entry.
(B) Additional documentation required for
home packages and kits
In the case of each entry of products de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (iv) of subpara-
graph (A) the following documentation shall
be retained by the importer and made avail-
able to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
upon request:
(i) A copy of the appropriate home de-
sign, plan, or blueprint matching the cus-
toms entry in the United States.
(ii) A purchase co
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