§ 2801. — Congressional findings and purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2801]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 16--WINE TRADE
Sec. 2801. Congressional findings and purposes
(a) Congress finds that--
(1) there is a substantial imbalance in international wine trade
resulting, in part, from the relative accessibility enjoyed by
foreign wines to the United States market while the United States
wine industry faces restrictive tariff and nontariff barriers in
virtually every existing or potential foreign market;
(2) the restricted access to foreign markets and the continued
low prices for United States wine and grape products adversely
affect the economic position of our Nation's winemakers and grape
growers, as well as all other domestic sectors that depend upon wine
production;
(3) the competitive position of United States wine in
international trade has been weakened by foreign trade practices,
high domestic interest rates, and unfavorable foreign exchange
rates;
(4) wine consumption per capita is very low in many major non-
wine producing markets and the demand potential for United States
wine is significant; and
(5) the United States winemaking industry has the capacity and
the ability to export substantial volumes of wine and an increase in
United States wine exports will create new jobs, improve this
Nation's balance of trade, and otherwise strengthen the national
economy.
(b) The purposes of this chapter are--
(1) to provide wine consumers with the greatest possible choice
of wines from wine-producing countries;
(2) to encourage the initiation of an export promotion program
to develop, maintain, and expand foreign markets for United States
wine; and
(3) to achieve greater access to foreign markets for United
States wine and grape products through the reduction or elimination
of tariff barriers and nontariff barriers to (or other distortions
of) trade in wine.
(Pub. L. 98-573, title IX, Sec. 902, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3047.)
Short Title
Section 901 of title IX of Pub. L. 98-573 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Wine Equity and
Export Expansion Act of 1984'.''
