United States customs statutes
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United States customs statutes are federal laws that regulate the assessment, collection, and enforcement of duties and tariffs on imported and exported goods.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Customs regulations in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations | 1 |
| United States customs law | 1 |
| United States customs statutes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States customs statutes Context triple: [Surveyor of the Port of Salem, legalBasis, United States customs statutes]
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A.
Customs Courts Act of 1980
The Customs Courts Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal statute that reorganized and expanded the jurisdiction of the federal customs judiciary, establishing the modern United States Court of International Trade to handle international trade and customs disputes.
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B.
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was a 1934 U.S. law that empowered the president to negotiate bilateral tariff-reduction agreements, marking a major shift toward freer international trade and away from protectionism.
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C.
Tariff Act of 1789
The Tariff Act of 1789 was the first major federal revenue law of the United States, establishing import duties to fund the new government and protect emerging American industries.
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D.
U.S. ports of entry
U.S. ports of entry are official border crossing points—such as airports, seaports, and land crossings—where travelers and goods are inspected and processed for admission into the United States.
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E.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States customs statutes Target entity description: United States customs statutes are federal laws that regulate the assessment, collection, and enforcement of duties and tariffs on imported and exported goods.
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A.
Customs Courts Act of 1980
The Customs Courts Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal statute that reorganized and expanded the jurisdiction of the federal customs judiciary, establishing the modern United States Court of International Trade to handle international trade and customs disputes.
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B.
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was a 1934 U.S. law that empowered the president to negotiate bilateral tariff-reduction agreements, marking a major shift toward freer international trade and away from protectionism.
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C.
Tariff Act of 1789
The Tariff Act of 1789 was the first major federal revenue law of the United States, establishing import duties to fund the new government and protect emerging American industries.
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D.
U.S. ports of entry
U.S. ports of entry are official border crossing points—such as airports, seaports, and land crossings—where travelers and goods are inspected and processed for admission into the United States.
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E.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of federal law
ⓘ
customs law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Department of Homeland Security
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Treasury
|
| appliesTo |
carriers and freight forwarders
ⓘ
customs brokers ⓘ exported goods ⓘ exporters ⓘ imported goods ⓘ importers ⓘ |
| basedOn | U.S. Constitution Article I power to regulate foreign commerce ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enforcedBy |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ⓘ
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
|
| governs |
administrative protests of customs decisions
ⓘ
classification of merchandise ⓘ country of origin determinations ⓘ customs penalties ⓘ drawback of duties ⓘ entry of merchandise into the United States ⓘ judicial review of customs decisions ⓘ marking of imported goods ⓘ seizure and forfeiture of goods ⓘ valuation of merchandise ⓘ |
| includes |
United States tariff law
ⓘ
surface form:
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States implementing provisions
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
surface form:
Tariff Act of 1930
statutes on antidumping duties ⓘ statutes on countervailing duties ⓘ statutes on customs enforcement ⓘ statutes on customs valuation ⓘ statutes on trade remedies ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of International Trade ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Court of International Trade
|
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enforce trade policy measures
ⓘ
to protect domestic industries ⓘ to raise revenue through customs duties ⓘ to regulate foreign trade ⓘ |
| regulates |
assessment of customs duties
ⓘ
collection of customs duties ⓘ enforcement of customs duties ⓘ tariffs on exported goods ⓘ tariffs on imported goods ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States tariff law
ⓘ
surface form:
United States trade law
international trade law ⓘ |
| scope | federal law applicable at U.S. borders and ports of entry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States customs statutes Description of subject: United States customs statutes are federal laws that regulate the assessment, collection, and enforcement of duties and tariffs on imported and exported goods.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States customs law
this entity surface form:
Customs regulations in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations