[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: 19CFR134.32]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 134_COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart D_Exceptions to Marking Requirements

 

Sec.  134.32  General exceptions to marking requirements.



    The articles described or meeting the specified conditions set forth 

below are excepted from marking requirements (see subpart C of this part 

for marking of the containers):

    (a) Articles that are incapable of being marked;

    (b) Articles that cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United 

States without injury;

    (c) Articles that cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United 

States except at an expense economically prohibitive of its importation;

    (d) Articles for which the marking of the containers will reasonably 

indicate the origin of the articles;

    (e) Articles which are crude substances;

    (f) Articles imported for use by the importer and not intended for 

sale in their imported or any other form;

    (g) Articles to be processed in the United States by the importer or 

for his account otherwise than for the purpose of concealing the origin 

of such articles and in such manner that any mark contemplated by this 

part would necessarily be obliterated, destroyed, or permanently 

concealed;

    (h) Articles for which the ultimate purchaser must necessarily know, 

or in the case of a good of a NAFTA country, must reasonably know, the 

country of origin by reason of the circumstances of their importation or 

by reason of the character of the articles even though they are not 

marked to indicate their origin;

    (i) Articles which were produced more than 20 years prior to their 

importation into the United States;

    (j) Articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for immediate 

exportation or for transportation and exportation;

    (k) Products of American fisheries which are free of duty;

    (l) Products of possessions of the United States;

    (m) Products of the United States exported and returned;

    (n) Articles exempt from duty under Sec. Sec.  10.151 through 

10.153, 145.31 or 145.32 of this chapter;

    (o) Articles which cannot be marked after importation except at an 

expense that would be economically prohibitive unless the importer, 

producer, seller, or shipper failed to mark the articles before 

importation to avoid meeting the requirements of the law;

    (p) Goods of a NAFTA country which are original works of art; and

    (q) Goods of a NAFTA country which are provided for in subheading 

6904.10 or heading 8541 or 8542 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202).



[T.D. 72-262, 37 FR 20318, Sept. 29, 1972, as amended by T.D. 73-135, 38 

FR 13369, May 21, 1973; T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973; T.D. 94-

1, 58 FR 69471, Dec. 30, 1993; T.D. 94-4, 59 FR 140, Jan. 3, 1994; T.D. 

96-48, 61 FR 28980, June 6, 1996]



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