[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR102.13]

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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. 102.13  De Minimis.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section, foreign materials that do not undergo the applicable change in 
tariff classification set out in Sec. 102.20 or satisfy the other 
applicable requirements of that section when incorporated into a good 
shall be disregarded in determining the country of origin of the good if 
the value of those materials is no more than 7 percent of the value of 
the good or 10 percent of the value of a good of Chapter 22, Harmonized 
System.
    (b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to a foreign 
material incorporated in a good provided for in Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 
8, 11, 12, 15, 17, or 20 of the Harmonized System.
    (c) Foreign components or materials that do not undergo the 
applicable change in tariff classification set out in Sec. 102.21 or 
satisfy the other applicable requirements of that section when 
incorporated into a textile or apparel product covered by that section 
shall be disregarded in determining the country of origin of the good if 
the total weight of those components or materials is not more than 7 
percent of the total weight of the good.

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