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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/68/Rev.1
26 October 2001
(01-6018)
Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
Revision
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 10 December 2001.  Consensus, or
consensus on the basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meetings in
July 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 801:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 2101.11(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 852:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 2103.10
should read "CTH";  the primary rule of subheading 2103.20 should read "CTH";  the primary
rule of subheading 2103.90 should read "CTSH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 883:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 2104.20
should read "CTSH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 1024:  to endorse option A (the following proposed rule for heading
22.07 should be deleted:  "The country of origin of the goods of this subheading shall be the
country in which the sugar cane or beet, grapes or other materials from which alcohol is
produced are obtained in their natural or unprocessed state, or elimination of at least 80% ofimpurities, or modification of the alcoholic strength by concentration, distillation or any other
process").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 9
5:  to endorse option B (split headings ex 52.08(c), ex 52.09(c),
ex 52.10(c), ex 52.11(c) and ex 52.12(c) should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 186:  to endorse option D (the split headings ex 56.02(a),
ex 56.03(a), ex 58.01(a), ex 58.02(a), ex 58.03(a), ex 58.04(a), ex 58.06(a), ex 58.09(c) and
ex 58.11(b) should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue Nos. 41-437:  to endorse the following primary rule: "CTH" for
headings 59.08, 59.09, 59.10; "CTH, except by cutting only" for revised split heading ex
59.11(b).  The current split heading ex 59.11(b) should be renumbered as 59.11(a).
                                                     
1 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Singapore,
Thailand and the United States.
2 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia and Venezuela.
3 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic.
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to Costa Rica.
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Pakistan.
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic, Malaysia and Pakistan.
7 Consensus on this issue is subject to Mexico and Venezuela.G/RO/W/68/Rev.1
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 468:  to endorse option A1 (the primary rule of split chapters
ex chapter 61(c) and ex chapter 62(a) should read "change to goods of this split chapter
provided that the goods are assembled in a single country in accordance with Chapter Note
(option 1)").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 509:  to endorse option A1 (the primary rule of split chapter
ex chapter 61(g) and ex chapter 62(e) should read "change to goods of this split chapter
provided that the goods are assembled in a single country in accordance with Chapter Note
(option 1)").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 210:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 70.05
should read "CTH, except from heading 70.03 or 70.04").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 311:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading 6812.30
should read "CTSH, except from subheading 6812.20").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1(c)12:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex 72.22(a) should read "CTH, except from heading 72.21;  the primary rule of split heading
ex 72.28(a) should read "CTH, except from heading 72.27").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1013:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 73.12
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 414:  to endorse option B1 (the primary rule of subheading
8205.59 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1115:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheadings
8302.10-8302.50 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1216:  to endorse option A2 (the primary rule should read as
follows:  "CTHS" for ex 83.03(a);  "CTH" for ex 83.03(b)).
- Chapters 84, 85 and 90 – Issue No. 517:  to endorse the text recommended by the Chairman (a
primary rule of chapters 84, 85 and 90 should read "Goods assembled from a collection of
parts classified as the assembled good by application of General Interpretative Rule 2 shall
have origin in the country of assembly, provided the assembly would have satisfied the
primary rule for the good had each of the parts been presented separately and not as a
collection").
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8 Consensus on this issue is subject to Pakistan and Egypt.
9 Consensus on this issue is subject to Fiji, Pakistan and Thailand.
10 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic.
11 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic.
12 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
13 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic
14 Consensus on this issue is subject to Switzerland.
15 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
16 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
17 Consensus on this issue is subject to Venezuela.