Purposes
19 U.S.C. § 3001
in effectThe 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.
Source: OLRC USLMURL: https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/95/xml_usc19@119-95.zipFetched: 6/4/2026
