Exemptions from special tonnage taxes.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 19
  3. Customs Duties
  4. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury
  5. Vessels in Foreign and Domestic Trades
  6. Tonnage Tax and Light Money
  7. Exemptions from special tonnage taxes.

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§ 4.22 Exemptions from special tonnage taxes.

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:

  • Algeria
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas, The
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burma
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Denmark (including the Faeroe Islands)
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • Gambia, The
  • German Democratic Republic
  • German Federal Republic
  • Ghana
  • Great Britain (including the Cayman Islands)
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea, Republic of
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungarian People's Republic
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland (Eire)
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast, Republic of
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands, Republic of
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Morocco
  • Nauru, Republic of
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • People's Republic of China
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Rumania
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Singapore, Republic
  • Somali, Republic
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Vincent and The Grenadines
  • Surinam, Republic of
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Tuvalu
  • Union of South Africa
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm Al Qaiwain)
  • Uruguay
  • Vanuatu, Republic of
  • Venezuela
  • Yugoslavia
  • Zaire

[28 FR 14596, Dec. 31, 1963]

Editorial Note

Editorial Note:

For Federal Register citations affecting § 4.22, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.


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