[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: 19CFR102.13]



[Page 440-441]

 

                        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.  102.13  De Minimis.



    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 

section,



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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]