[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: 19CFR134.32]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 134--COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart D--Exceptions to Marking Requirements
 
Sec. 134.32  General exceptions to marking requirements.

    The articles described or meeting the specified conditions set forth 
below are excepted from marking requirements (see subpart C of this part 
for marking of the containers):
    (a) Articles that are incapable of being marked;
    (b) Articles that cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United 
States without injury;
    (c) Articles that cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United 
States except at an expense economically prohibitive of its importation;
    (d) Articles for which the marking of the containers will reasonably 
indicate the origin of the articles;

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    (e) Articles which are crude substances;
    (f) Articles imported for use by the importer and not intended for 
sale in their imported or any other form;
    (g) Articles to be processed in the United States by the importer or 
for his account otherwise than for the purpose of concealing the origin 
of such articles and in such manner that any mark contemplated by this 
part would necessarily be obliterated, destroyed, or permanently 
concealed;
    (h) Articles for which the ultimate purchaser must necessarily know, 
or in the case of a good of a NAFTA country, must reasonably know, the 
country of origin by reason of the circumstances of their importation or 
by reason of the character of the articles even though they are not 
marked to indicate their origin;
    (i) Articles which were produced more than 20 years prior to their 
importation into the United States;
    (j) Articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for immediate 
exportation or for transportation and exportation;
    (k) Products of American fisheries which are free of duty;
    (l) Products of possessions of the United States;
    (m) Products of the United States exported and returned;
    (n) Articles exempt from duty under Secs. 10.151 through 10.153, 
145.31 or 145.32 of this chapter;
    (o) Articles which cannot be marked after importation except at an 
expense that would be economically prohibitive unless the importer, 
producer, seller, or shipper failed to mark the articles before 
importation to avoid meeting the requirements of the law;
    (p) Goods of a NAFTA country which are original works of art; and
    (q) Goods of a NAFTA country which are provided for in subheading 
6904.10 or heading 8541 or 8542 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202).

[T.D. 72-262, 37 FR 20318, Sept. 29, 1972, as amended by T.D. 73-135, 38 
FR 13369, May 21, 1973; T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973; T.D. 94-
1, 58 FR 69471, Dec. 30, 1993; T.D. 94-4, 59 FR 140, Jan. 3, 1994; T.D. 
96-48, 61 FR 28980, June 6, 1996]