{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s4002","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4002.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f4002.\nDefinitions\n(a) For purposes of this subchapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cexport trade\u201d means trade or commerce in goods or services produced in the United States which are exported, or in the course of being exported, from the United States to any other country;\n(2) the term \u201cservices\u201d includes, but is not limited to, accounting, amusement, architectural, automatic data processing, business, communications, construction franchising and licensing, consulting, engineering, financial, insurance, legal, management, repair, tourism, training, and transportation services;\n(3) the term \u201cexport trade services\u201d includes, but is not limited to, consulting, international market research, advertising, marketing, insurance, product research and design, legal assistance, transportation, including trade documentation and freight forwarding, communication and processing of foreign orders to and for exporters and foreign purchasers, warehousing, foreign exchange, financing, and taking title to goods, when provided in order to facilitate the export of goods or services produced in the United States;\n(4) the term \u201cexport trading company\u201d means a person, partnership, association, or similar organization, whether operated for profit or as a nonprofit organization, which does business under the laws of the United States or any State and which is organized and operated principally for purposes of\u2014\n(A) exporting goods or services produced in the United States; or\n(B) facilitating the exportation of goods or services produced in the United States by unaffiliated persons by providing one or more export trade services;\n(5) the term \u201cState\u201d means any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;\n(6) the term \u201cUnited States\u201d means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and\n(7) the term \u201cantitrust laws\u201d means the antitrust laws as defined in\nsection 12(a) of this title\nsection 45 of this title\nsection 45 of this title\n(b) The Secretary of Commerce may by regulation further define any term defined in subsection (a), in order to carry out this subchapter.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s4002.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4002."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" For purposes of this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cexport trade\u201d means trade or commerce in goods or services produced in the United States which are exported, or in the course of being exported, from the United States to any other country;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cservices\u201d includes, but is not limited to, accounting, amusement, architectural, automatic data processing, business, communications, construction franchising and licensing, consulting, engineering, financial, insurance, legal, management, repair, tourism, training, and transportation services;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cexport trade services\u201d includes, but is not limited to, consulting, international market research, advertising, marketing, insurance, product research and design, legal assistance, transportation, including trade documentation and freight forwarding, communication and processing of foreign orders to and for exporters and foreign purchasers, warehousing, foreign exchange, financing, and taking title to goods, when provided in order to facilitate the export of goods or services produced in the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201cexport trading company\u201d means a person, partnership, association, or similar organization, whether operated for profit or as a nonprofit organization, which does business under the laws of the United States or any State and which is organized and operated principally for purposes of\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" exporting goods or services produced in the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" facilitating the exportation of goods or services produced in the United States by unaffiliated persons by providing one or more export trade services;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cState\u201d means any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cUnited States\u201d means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cantitrust laws\u201d means the antitrust laws as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 12(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s12/a","tail":", "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 45 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s45","tail":" to the extent that "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 45 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s45","tail":" applies to unfair methods of competition, and any State antitrust or unfair competition law."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s4002/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Secretary of Commerce may by regulation further define any term defined in subsection (a), in order to carry out this subchapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}