[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: 31CFR500.412]

[Page 534-535]
 
                  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 D_Interpretations
 
Sec. 500.412  Process vs. manufacture.

    A commodity subject to Sec. 500.204 remains subject howsoever it 
has been processed. It should not be assumed that a commodity which has 
undergone operations other than those listed in Sec. 500.204(a)(1), has 
become a manufactured form of the commodity rather than a processed form 
thereof. In case of question, a ruling should be requested from the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control. Requests for rulings in the form of 
license applications or otherwise should include adequate technical 
detail. It should be noted that it

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is quite possible for merchandise to have North Korea, North Viet-Nam, 
Cambodia, or South Viet-Nam as its ``country of origin'' for Foreign 
Assets Control purposes while having some other country as its ``country 
of origin'' for marking or statistical purposes.

[41 FR 16554, Apr. 20, 1976]