### Question
How does the law define major drug-transit country?


### Answer
Under *19 U.S.C. § 2495*, **major drug-transit country** is defined as:

> a country—


(A) that is a significant direct source of illicit narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances significantly affecting the United States

#### Citation:
  - *19 U.S.C. § 2495*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-TRADE ACT OF 1974 > SUBCHAPTER VII-TARIFF TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS OF, AND OTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST, UNCOOPERATIVE MAJOR DRUG PRODUCING OR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES**

