[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR102.17]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 102--RULES OF ORIGIN--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B--Rules of Origin
 
Sec. 102.17  Non-qualifying operations.

    A foreign material shall not be considered to have undergone an 
applicable change in tariff classification specified in Sec. 102.20 or 
Sec. 102.21 or to have met

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any other applicable requirements of those sections merely by reason of 
one or more of the following:
    (a) A change in end-use;
    (b) Dismantling or disassembly;
    (c) Simple packing, repacking or retail packaging without more than 
minor processing;
    (d) Mere dilution with water or another substance that does not 
materially alter the characteristics of the material; or
    (e) Collecting parts that, as collected, are classifiable in the 
same tariff provision as an assembled good pursuant to General Rule of 
Interpretation 2(a), without any additional operation other than minor 
processing.

[T.D. 96-48, 61 FR 28956, June 6, 1996]