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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/75
19 March 2002
(02-1424)
Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
The following proposals on harmonized rules of origin are forwarded for endorsement to the
formal meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin scheduled for 19 April 2002.  Consensus on the
basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meeting in November andDecember 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 37:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 12.08 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issues Nos. 49-50: to endorse the following primary rules: "CC, subject to
Chapter Note 1(a)" for heading 16.01
1 and split heading ex16.02(a)2; "CC" for split heading
ex16.02(b)3; "CTH" for heading 16.034 and 16.055 and split heading ex16.04(b)5.
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 946: to endorse the following rule: "CTH, except from heading
22.01" for subheading 2202.10.
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 103:  to endorse Option C (the primary rule of subheading 2207.10
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 107:  to delete this issue.- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 9:  to endorse the following rules: "CTH except by mere dilution
or by mere addition of alcohol to odoriferous substance or to a perfume base" for heading
33.03.
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 24
7:  to endorse Option A (a Note (primary rule) for Chapters 30-
38 should read "the addition, whether or not in combination, of the addictives enumerated in
HS Chapter Notes 1(f) and 1(g) to Chapter 29 for purposes indicated therein is not origin
conferring").
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 5 bis: to delete this issue.
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.2:  to endorse th e following primary rule s: "CTH" for heading
51.05; "CC" for heading 52.03.
                                                     
1 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia and Malaysia.
2 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia, the European Communities, Malaysia and Venezuela.
3 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia, Malaysia and the United States.
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to Honduras, Korea and the United States.
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Honduras and Venezuela.
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to Guatemala, Honduras, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and
Venezuela
7 Consensus on this issue is subject to the European Communities and Switzerland.G/RO/W/75
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.3:  to endorse Option B:
- split heading ex50.04(a), ex50.05(a) and ex50.06(b) should be deleted; split headings
ex50.04(b) and (c), ex50.05(b) and (c), ex50.06(c) and (d) should be renumbered as
ex50.04(a) and (b), ex50.05 (a) and (b), ex50.06 (b) and (c);  each primary rule ofrenumbered split heading ex50.04 (b) and ex50.05(b) should read "CTH, except from
heading 50.06";  the primary rule of renumbered split heading ex 50.06(c) should read
"CTH except from heading 50.04 or 50.07";
- each primary rule of split heading ex51.06(c), ex51.07(c) and ex51.08(c) should read
"CTH except from heading 51.09"; the primary rule of split heading ex51.09(c)
should read "CTH, except from headings 51.06 through 51.08;
- the primary rule of split heading ex51.10(c) should read "CTH";- each primary rule of split heading ex52.05(c) and ex52.06(c) should read "CTH,
except from heading 52.04 or 52.07";
- the primary rule of split heading ex52.07(c ) should read: "CTH, except from headings
52.04 though 52.06";
- each primary rule of split heading ex53.06(c), ex53.07(c) and ex53.08(c), should read
"CTH".
- split headings ex54.01(a), ex54.04(a)(1), ex54.04(c)(1), ex54.05(a)(1), ex54.05(c)(1),
ex54.06(a) should be deleted; split headings ex54.01(b) and (c), ex54.04(b)(1) and
(a)(2) and (b)(2), ex54.05(b)(1) and (a)(2) and (b)(2), ex54.06(b) and (c) shouldrenumbered as ex54.01(a) and (b), ex54.04(a) and (b)(1) (other-cut from sheet) and
(b)(2) (other-other), ex54.05(a) and (b)(1) (other-cut from sheet) and
(b)(2)(other-other) and ex54.06(a) and (b) respectively; the primary rule of
renumbered split headings ex54.01(b) should read "CTH, except from headings 54.02
through 54.06"; each primary rule of renumbered split heading, ex54.04(b)(2),
ex54.05(b)(2) should read "CTH, except from headings 54.01 or 54.06";  the primary
rule of split heading ex54.06(b) should read "CTH, except from heading 54.01through 54.05" (see document G/RO/W/67/Rev.3 for the primary rule of renumbered
of split headings ex54.04(b)(1) and ex54.05(b)(1) – "CTH, except from heading
39.20 or 39.21).
- each primary rule of split heading ex55.08(c), ex55.09(c) and ex55.10(c) should read
"CTH, except from headings 55.08 or 55.11;  the primary rule of split heading
ex55.11(c) should read: "CTH, except from headings 55.08 through 55.10".
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 14: to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheading
5101.21 and 5101.29 should read "CC".
- Chapters 50-63 – Issues No. 15:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 51.01
should read "The origin of the good shall be the country in which wool of this heading is
obtained in its natural or unprocessed state"; the primary rule of heading 51.03 should read
"the country of origin of the good is the country in which the waste of this heading is derivedfrom manufacturing or processing operations or from consumption".)G/RO/W/75
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 208:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 56.04
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 379:  to endorse Option A for heading 59.06 (the primary rule of
heading 59.06 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 44:  to endorse Option D for split heading ex60.02(c) (the split
heading ex60.02(c) should be deleted, and ex60.02(d) should be renumbered as ex.60.02(c)).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 54: to endorse th e following primary rule of split heading
ex62.09: "CC, except by cutting and/or hamming only".
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 57:  to endorse Option B (split headings ex63.01(a), ex63.02(a),
ex63.03(a), ex63.04(a), ex63.05(a) and ex63.06(a) should be deleted).
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue No. 3:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 65.05 should
read "CTH").
- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 110:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheading 7106.92
and 7108.13 should read "CTSH".
- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 5:  to delete this issue (the proposed Chapter Note should be deleted).
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 4:  to endorse the following  Note (primary rule) for Chapter 72:
for the purposes of this Chapter, the ex pressions "cold-rolled" (cold-reduced) and
"cold-formed" mean cold reduction resulting in changes to the crystalline structure of the
workpiece.  The expressions do not include very light cold-rolling and cold-forming processes
(skin pass or pinch pass) which act only on the surface of the material and do not result inchange to its crystalline structure;  to endo rse the following primary rule: "CTH, except from
72.13 through 72.15;  or change from headings 72.13 through 72.15, provided the material
has been cold-formed in conformity with the Chapter Note" for heading 72.17; "CTH, except
from 72.21 through 72.22;  or change from headings 72.21 through 72.22, provided the
material has been cold-formed in conformity with the Chapter Note" for heading 72.23,
"CTH, except from 72.27 through 72.28;  or change from headings 72.27 through 72.28,
provided the material has been cold-formed in conformity with the Chapter Note for heading
72.29.
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No.6:  to endorse th e following primary rule: "CTH" for subheadings
7304.21, 7304.29 and 7304.90,  split subheadings ex7304.39(a), ex7304.39(b), ex7304.49(a),
ex7304.49(b), ex7304.59(a) and ex7304.59(b); "CTH, or CTSHS from split subheadingex7304.39(a)" for subheading 7304.31; "CTH or CTSHS from split subheading ex7304.49(a)"
for subheading 7304.41; "CTH, or CTSHS from split subheading ex7304.59(a)" for
subheading 7304.51.
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 7
11:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex73.08(a) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 812:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex73.08(b) should read "CTH").
                                                     
8 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina, Honduras, Mexico, United States and Venezuela-
9 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina, Guatemala and Honduras.
10 Consensus on this issue is subject to Sri Lanka.
11 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina and Egypt.G/RO/W/75
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- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1112:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 73.15
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 74-78 – Issue No.13:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 75.01
should read "CTH or change within this headin g to mattes or sinters containing 90 % or more
of nickel from mattes or sinters containing not  more than 75 % of nickel";  the primary rule
of split subheading ex7601.10(a) should read "CTSHS"; the primary rule of subheading
7801.10 should read "CTSH", the primary rule of subheading 8001.10 should read "CTH or
manufacture of refined tin of this subheading from unrefined tin of the same subheading";
each primary rule of split heading ex8101(b)-ex8112.91(b) should read "CTHS".
- Chapters 74-81 – Issues Nos. 15 and 16:  to endorse the following primary rules:  "CTSH" for
subheadings 7507.11, 7507.12 and 7507.20; "CTHS for split headings ex78.05, ex79.06(a)
and (b), ex80.06(a) and (b), split headings ex81.01(g)(1) – ex81.11(g)(1) and ex81.13(h)(1);
"CTHS or cold-rolling from articles of this split heading" for split headings ex81.01(g)-
81.11(g) and ex81.13(h);  "CTSHS, or cold-rolling from articles of this split subheading" forsplit subheading ex8112.19(d), ex8112.20(g)-ex8112.40(g), and ex8112.99(d); "CTSHS" for
split subheadings ex8112.19(d)(1), ex8112.20(g)(1)-ex8112.40(g)(1) and ex8112.99(d)(1).
- Chapters 74.81 – Issue No. 18
13:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex76.10(a) should read "CTHS".
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 114:  to endorse the following Note (primary rule) for Chapter 82:
Note 1: A good or part produced from a blank:
1. The country of origin of a good or part pr oduced from a blank which by application of
the Harmonized System General Interpretative Rule 2(a) is classified in the same
heading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall be
the country in which every working edge, working surface and working part was
configured to final shape and dimension, provided, in its imported condition, the
blank from which it was produced:
(i)  was not capable of functioning, and
(ii)  was not advanced beyond the initial stamping process or any processing required
to remove the material from the forging platter or casting mold.
2. If the criteria in paragraph 1 are not satisfied, the country of origin is the country of
origin of the blank of this chapter.
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 914:  to endorse the following Note for Chapter 83:
Note 1: A good or part produced from a blank:
The country of origin of a good or part produced from a blank, which by application
of the Harmonized System General Interpretative Rule 2(a) is classified in the same
heading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall bethe country in which the blank was finished, provided finishing included configuring
to final shape by the removal of material (other than merely by honing or polishing or
both), or by forming processes such as be nding, hammering, pressing or stamping.
                                                                                                                                                                    
12 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic.
13 Consensus on this issue is subject to Egypt.
14 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Eur opean Communities, Egypt, India, Morocco and the
Philippines.G/RO/W/75
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- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 11 bis 15:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of split
subheading ex8302.60(a) should read "CTSHS"; the primary rule of split subheading
ex8302.60(b) should read "CTH".
- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issues Nos. 14, 21-31, 32, 44, 50, 54, 5716, 8017 and 8517: to delete
these issues18.
- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issue No. 6319:  to delete this issue (split headings 85.41(f) and
85.42(e) should be deleted.
- Chapters 86-89 – Issue No. 6820:  to endorse the following primary rule: "CTH, except from
heading 73.09 or 73.10" for heading 86.09.
- Chapters 86-89 – Issue No. 70 bis :  to delete this issue18.
- Chapter 91 – Issue No.3:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of headings 91.08 and
91.09 should read "CTH, except from split heading ex91.10(b)").
- Chapter 91 – Issue No.5:  to endorse Opti on C (each primary rule of subheading 9113.10 and
9113.20 should read "CTH or change from parts to  finished goods classified in the same
subheading).
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 621 to endorse Option A (each primary rule of subheading
9401.10-9401.80 should read "CTH, or change from subheading 94.01.90;  each primary rule of
subheading 9403.10-9403.30 should read "CTH, or change from subheading from 9403.90".
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue Nos. 23-26 and 2820:  to endorse the following primary rule for
subheadings 9607.11, 9607.19, 9608.10-9608.40, 9608.60 and 9613.10-9613.80: "CTSH,
provided at least one part is originated in the country of assembly".
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 3314:  to endorse the following Note  (primary rule) for Chapter 93
and heading 95.06:
Note 2: A good or part produced from a blank:
The country of origin of a good or part produced from a blank, which by application
of the Harmonized System General Interpretative Rule 2(a) is classified in the same heading,
subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall be the country in
which the blank was finished, provided finishing included configuring to final shape by the
removal of material (other than merely by honing or polishing or both), or by formingprocesses such as bending, hammering, pressing or stamping.
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15 Consensus on this issue is subject to the European Communities
16 Split heading ex85.37(a) should be deleted.
17 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
18 Two options are to be kept in the relevant documents.
19 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia and Singapore.
20 Consensus on this issue is subject to Morocco.
21 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina and New Zealand.