[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR102.17]

[Page 442]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY; 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 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]