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  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2802]

 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                         CHAPTER 16--WINE TRADE
 
Sec. 2802. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter--
        (1) The term ``Committees'' means the Committee on Ways and 
    Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
    of the Senate.
        (2) The term ``grape product'' means grapes and any product 
    (other than wine) made from grapes, including, but not limited to, 
    raisins and grape juice, whether or not concentrated.
        (3) The term ``major wine trading country'' means any foreign 
    country, or group of foreign countries, designated as such under 
    section 2803 of this title.
        (4) The phrase ``nontariff barrier to (or other distortion 
    of)'', in the context of trade in United States wine, includes any 
    measure implemented by the government of a major wine trading 
    country that either gives a competitive advantage to the wine 
    industry of that country or restricts the importation of United 
    States wine into that country.
        (5) The term ``Trade Representative'' means the United States 
    Trade Representative.
        (6) The term ``United States wine'' means wine produced within 
    the customs territory of the United States.
        (7) The term ``wine'' means any fermented alcoholic beverage 
    that--
            (A) is made from grapes or other fruit;
            (B) contains not less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume and 
        not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume, including all 
        dilutions and mixtures thereof by whatever process produced; and
            (C) is for nonindustrial use.

(Pub. L. 98-573, title IX, Sec. 903, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3048.)