---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 584"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "584"
heading: "Exemptions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/584"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — Export Standards for Apples"
---

# §584. Exemptions

- (a) **In general—** [Apples](/usc/7/589.md?p=4) in less than carload lots as defined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) may, in his discretion, be shipped to any foreign country without complying with the provisions of this chapter.
- (b) **Bulk containers—** [Apples](/usc/7/589.md?p=4) may be shipped to Canada in [bulk containers](/usc/7/589.md?p=5) without complying with the provisions of this chapter.

## Source credit

(June 10, 1933, ch. 59, § 4, 48 Stat. 124; Pub. L. 106–96, § 1(c)(2), Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1321; Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10009(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 949.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–79 inserted section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

1999—Pub. L. 106–96 struck out “or pears” after “Apples”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10009(c), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 949, provided that: “Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Feb. 7, 2014], the Secretary [of Agriculture] shall issue regulations to carry out the amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 589 of this title].”