### Question
What does United States duty mean?


### Answer
**United States duty** has the following meaning in *22 U.S.C. § 1360*:

> the rate or rates of ordinary customs duty which (at the time and place of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, in the United States for consumption, of the Philippine article) would be applicable to a like article if imported from that foreign country which is entitled to the lowest rate, or the lowest aggregate of rates, of ordinary customs duty with respect to such like article

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 1360*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 15-THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES > SUBCHAPTER IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE RELATIONS**

