---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 55120"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "55120"
heading: "Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/55120"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part D — Promotional Programs"
  - "Chapter 551 — Coastwise Trade"
---

# §55120. Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation


The [Secretary](/usc/46/53101.md?p=8) of Homeland Security may prescribe regulations for the transshipment and transportation of merchandise that is imported into the [United States](/usc/46/53101.md?p=10) by sea for immediate exportation to a foreign port by sea, or by a river, the right to ascend or descend which for the purposes of commerce is secured by treaty to the citizens of the [United States](/usc/46/53101.md?p=10) and the subjects of a foreign power.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1641.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 55120 | 46 App.:291. | Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, § 3, 30 Stat. 248. |