[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR500.204]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 500_FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Prohibitions
 
Sec. 500.204  Importation of and dealings in certain merchandise.

    (a) Except as specifically authorized by the Secretary of the 
Treasury (or any person, agency, or instrumentality designated by him) 
by means of regulations, or rulings, instructions, licenses, or 
otherwise, persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States may 
not purchase, transport, import, or otherwise deal in or engage in any 
transaction with respect to any merchandise outside the United States 
specified in following paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (1) Merchandise the country of origin of which is North Korea, North 
Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam. Articles which are the growth, 
produce or manufacture of these areas shall be deemed for the purposes 
of this chapter to be merchandise whose country of origin is North 
Korea, North Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam, notwithstanding that 
they may have been subjected to one or any combination of the following 
processes in another country:
    (i) Grading;
    (ii) Testing;
    (iii) Checking;
    (iv) Shredding;
    (v) Slicing;
    (vi) Peeling or splitting;
    (vii) Scraping;
    (viii) Cleaning;
    (ix) Washing;
    (x) Soaking;
    (xi) Drying;
    (xii) Cooling, chilling or refrigerating;
    (xiii) Roasting;
    (xiv) Steaming;
    (xv) Cooking;
    (xvi) Curing;
    (xvii) Combining of fur skins into plates;
    (xviii) Blending;
    (xix) Flavoring;
    (xx) Preserving;
    (xxi) Pickling;
    (xxii) Smoking;
    (xxiii) Dressing;
    (xxiv) Salting;
    (xxv) Dyeing;
    (xxvi) Bleaching;
    (xxvii) Tanning;
    (xxviii) Packing;
    (xxix) Canning;
    (xxx) Labeling;
    (xxxi) Carding;
    (xxxii) Combing;
    (xxxiii) Pressing;
    (xxxiv) Any process similar to any of the foregoing.

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Any article wheresoever manufactured shall be deemed for the purposes of 
this chapter to be merchandise whose country of origin is North Korea, 
North Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam, if there shall have been 
added to such articles any embroidery, needle point, petit point, lace 
or any other article of adornment which is the product of North Korea, 
North Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam, notwithstanding that such 
addition to the merchandise may have occurred in a country other than 
North Korea, North Viet-Nam, Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam.

[40 FR 19202, May 2, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 16553, Apr. 20, 1976; 45 
FR 7224, Jan. 31, 1980]