{"data":{"id":"us/19-cfr-4.22","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"19 CFR 4.22","heading":"Exemptions from special tonnage taxes.","body":"Vessels of the following nations are exempted by treaties, Presidential proclamations, or orders of the Secretary of the Treasury from the payment of any higher tonnage duties than are applicable to vessels of the United States and are exempted from the payment of light money:\nAlgeria\nAntigua and Barbuda\nArab Republic of Egypt\nArgentina\nAustralia\nAustria\nBahamas, The\nBahrain\nBangladesh\nBarbados\nBelgium\nBelize\nBermuda\nBolivia\nBrazil\nBulgaria\nBurma\nCanada\nChile\nColombia\nCook Islands\nCosta Rica\nCuba\nCyprus\nCzechoslovakia\nDenmark (including the Faeroe Islands)\nDominica\nDominican Republic\nEcuador\nEl Salvador\nEstonia\nEthiopia\nFiji\nFinland\nFrance\nGambia, The\nGerman Democratic Republic\nGerman Federal Republic\nGhana\nGreat Britain (including the Cayman Islands)\nGreece\nGreenland\nGuatemala\nGuinea, Republic of\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHonduras\nHong Kong\nHungarian People's Republic\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland (Eire)\nIsrael\nItaly\nIvory Coast, Republic of\nJamaica\nJapan\nKenya\nKorea\nKuwait\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLiberia\nLibya\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMalaysia\nMalta\nMarshall Islands, Republic of\nMauritius\nMexico\nMonaco\nMorocco\nNauru, Republic of\nNetherlands\nNetherlands Antilles\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNigeria\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeople's Republic of China\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPoland\nPortugal\nQatar\nRumania\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSingapore, Republic\nSomali, Republic\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSt. Vincent and The Grenadines\nSurinam, Republic of\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTaiwan\nThailand\nTogo\nTonga\nTunisia\nTurkey\nTuvalu\nUnion of South Africa\nUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics\nUnited Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm Al Qaiwain)\nUruguay\nVanuatu, Republic of\nVenezuela\nYugoslavia\nZaire","path":["Title 19—Customs Duties","CHAPTER I—U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","PART 4—VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-19.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:40Z","sha256":"c5a7f09847205fbf22dfecd66bf60d0d7950432fbee7f1ec5912f0b3db545430","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/19-cfr-4.21","next":"us/19-cfr-4.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}