# Exporters not Liable for Harbor Maintenance Fee
> **CBP** · Final rule. · Published 1998-07-31 · Effective 1998-07-31 · 63 FR 40822
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-20456
- **Category:** customs-cbp
- **Sub-agency:** CBP
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 40822
- **CFR reference:** 19 CFR 24
- **Publication date:** 1998-07-31
- **Effective date:** 1998-07-31
- **Treasury docket:** T.D. 98-64
## Abstract

This document amends the Customs Regulations to remove the requirement that an exporter of cargo is liable for the payment of the Harbor Maintenance Fee when cargo is loaded for export at a port subject to the Harbor Maintenance Fee. This change is required pursuant to a Supreme Court decision finding that the Harbor Maintenance Fee for exporters was in violation of the Export Clause of the Constitution of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/07/31/98-20456/exporters-not-liable-for-harbor-maintenance-fee)
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