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01/19/04

Sec. 291. Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for
immediate exportation


Whenever merchandise is imported into the United States by sea
for immediate exportation to a foreign port by sea, or by a river,
the right to ascend or descend which for the purposes of commerce
is secured by treaty to the citizens of the United States and the
subjects of a foreign power, the Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to prescribe regulations for the transshipment and
transportation of such merchandise.

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