[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 31, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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]