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 116 STAT. 1048 PUBLIC LAW 107-210—AUG. 6, 2002 (2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION. —Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, and subject to paragraph (4), the entry of any article— (A) that was made on or after January 1, 2002, and (B) to which duty-free treatment would have applied if the amendment made by this section had been in effect on the date of such entry, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such duty-free treatment applied, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any duty paid with respect to such entry. (3) ENTRY.— As used in this subsection, the term "entry" includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. (4) REQUESTS.— Liquidation or reliquidation may be made under paragraph (2) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the Customs Service, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Customs Service— (A) to locate the entry; or (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located. SEC. 5203. SUGAR TARIFFRATE QUOTA CIRCUMVENTION. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended in the superior text to subheading 1702.90.05 by striking "Containing" and all that follows through "solids:" and inserting the following: "Containing soluble non-sugar solids (excluding any foreign substances, including but not limited to molasses, that may have been added to or developed in the product) equal to 6 percent or less by weight of the total soluble solids:". (b) MONITORING FOR CIRCUMVENTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Customs shall continuously monitor imports of sugar and sugar-containing products provided for in chapters 17, 18, 19, and 21 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, other than molasses imported for use in animal feed or the production of rum and articles prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the form and package in which imported, for indications that an article is being used to circumvent a tariff-rate quota provided for in those chapters. The Secretary and Commissioner shall specifically examine imports of articles provided for in subheading 1703.10.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

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