§ 73. — Agreements involving restrictions in favor of imported goods.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC73]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER VI--PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
Sec. 73. Agreements involving restrictions in favor of imported
goods
If any article produced in a foreign country is imported into the
United States under any agreement, understanding, or condition that the
importer thereof or any other person in the United States shall not use,
purchase, or deal in, or shall be restricted in his using, purchasing,
or dealing in, the articles of any other person, there shall be levied,
collected, and paid thereon, in addition to the duty otherwise imposed
by law, a special duty equal to double the amount of such duty:
Provided, That the above shall not be interpreted to prevent the
establishing in this country on the part of a foreign producer of an
exclusive agency for the sale in the United States of the products of
said foreign producer or merchant, nor to prevent such exclusive agent
from agreeing not to use, purchase, or deal in the article of any other
person, but this proviso shall not be construed to exempt from the
provisions of this section any article imported by such exclusive agent
if such agent is required by the foreign producer or if it is agreed
between such agent and such foreign producer that any agreement,
understanding or condition set out in this section shall be imposed by
such agent upon the sale or other disposition of such article to any
person in the United States.
(Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, Sec. 802, 39 Stat. 799.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 74 of this title.
