foreign commerce
Defined in 6 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
Except as provided herein, the term “foreign commerce” means commerce between any State, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside of the United States or its possessions.
Same definition in 2 sections
- 1995–present7 U.S.C. § 589Agriculture · Definitions · in this chapter
- 1995–present7 U.S.C. § 599Agriculture · Definitions · in this chapter
Foreign commerce.—The term “foreign commerce”—
(A) subject to subparagraph (B), means—
(i) commerce or trade between the United States, its territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, and a foreign country; and
(ii) commerce or trade between foreign countries; and
(B) includes, in the case of liquid and dry bulk cargo carrying services, trading between foreign ports in accordance with normal commercial bulk shipping practices in such manner as will permit United States-documented vessels freely to compete with foreign-flag bulk carrying vessels in their operation or in competing for charters, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to this chapter or subtitle D of the Maritime Security Act of 2003.
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- 2003–201246 U.S.C. § 53101Shipping · Definitions · in this chapter
Foreign commerce.—The term "foreign commerce" means—
(A) commerce or trade between the United States, its territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, and a foreign country; and
(B) commerce or trade between foreign countries.
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- 2012–present46 U.S.C. § 53101Shipping · Definitions · in this chapter
In General.—In this title, the terms “foreign commerce” and “foreign trade” mean commerce or trade between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country.
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- 2006–present46 U.S.C. § 109Shipping · Foreign commerce or trade · in this title
The term “foreign commerce” includes, among other things, any transaction—
(A) between persons within one foreign country;
(B) between persons in two or more foreign countries;
(C) between a person within the United States and a person in a foreign country; or
(D) between persons within the United States, where the fish and wildlife in question are moving in any country or countries outside the United States.
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- 1994–present16 U.S.C. § 1532Conservation · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter
The term “foreign commerce” means—
(A) commerce or trade between the United States, its territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, and a foreign country; and
(B) commerce or trade between foreign countries.
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- 201446 U.S.C. § 53101Shipping · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “foreign commerce” means commerce between the United States, its possessions, or any Territory of the United States, and any foreign country.
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- 1995–present7 U.S.C. § 1561Agriculture · Definition of terms · for the purposes of this chapter