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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/63
30 April 2001
(01-2176)
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 18 May 2001.  Consensus was
reached on these proposals at the informal meetings in November 2000 and March 2001.
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- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 12:  to be deleted
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 17:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 37.07 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 19:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 38.08 should
"CTH")
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 20:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 38.09 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 21:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 38.11 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 29:  to endorse option A (each primary rule of heading 39.20 and
heading 39.21 should read "CTH or change within the heading following the vacuum
deposition of metal on the surface of plastics")
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 34:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 40.05 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 38:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 4012.90
should read "CTH")
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 5:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 48.10 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 5:  to endorse as  follows:  the primary rule of subheading 7019.51
should read "CTSH, except from subheadings 7019.52 or 7019.59;  the primary rule of
subheading 7019.52 should read "CTSH, except from subheadings 7019.51 or 7019.59;  and
the primary rule of subheading 7019.59 should read "CTSH, except from subheadings
7019.51 or 7019.52"
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 6:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 7019.90
should read "CTSH")G/RO/W/63
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- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 2:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 78.04(b) should read "CTHS")
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 3:  to endorse option A (each primary rule of split headings
ex 81.01(ij), ex 81.02(ij), ex 81.03(ij), ex 81.04(ij), ex 81.05(ij), ex 81.06(ij), ex 81.07(ij),
ex 81.08(ij), ex 81.09(ij), ex 81.10(ij), ex 81.11(ij), ex 81.13(d) should read "CTHS";  each
primary rule of split subheadings ex 8112.19(e), ex 8112.20(ij), ex 8112.30(ij), ex 8112.40(ij),
ex 8112.99 (e) should read "CTSHS")
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 5:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 80.05(b) should read "CTHS")
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue Nos. 6 and 7:  to endorse option A (each primary rule of headings
74.07 and 76.04 and split subheadings ex 79.04(a) and ex 80.03(a) should read "CTH";  each
primary rule of subheading 7505.11 and 7505.12 should read "CTSH")
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 12:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 80.05(a) should read "CTHS")
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 22:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 78.04(d) should read "CTHS")
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 23:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 78.04(c) should read "CTHS, except from split heading ex 7804(b))
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 7:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 82.13 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 8:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 8215.91
should read "CTH")
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 14:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading 8306.21
should read "CTH")
- Chapters 84-90 – Issue No. 9:  to be deleted- Chapters 84-90 – Issue No. 10:  to endorse option B (Note for chapters 84-90 should read "a
change of classification which results from the recertification or retesting of the good shall notbe considered as the change required by the rule set out in the matrix")
- Chapter 91 – Issue No. 6:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 9113.90
should read "CTH")
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