---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 1622"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "1622"
heading: "Foreign landing certificates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/1622"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930"
  - "Subtitle III — Administrative Provisions"
  - "Part V — Enforcement Provisions"
---

# §1622. Foreign landing certificates


The [Secretary](/usc/19/1681.md?p=1) of the Treasury may by regulations require the production of landing certificates in respect of merchandise exported from the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9), or in respect of residue cargo, in cases in which he deems it necessary for the protection of the revenue, or to comply with international obligations.


## Source credit

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 622, 46 Stat. 759; Pub. L. 99–570, title III, § 3126, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–89.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–570 inserted “, or to comply with international obligations” before period at end.