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27 September 2001
(01-4606)
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 8 October 2001.  Consensus, or
consensus on the basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meetings inJuly 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 76
1:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 2008.19
should read "the country of origin of the goods of this subheading shall be the country in
which the nuts and seeds are harvested";  the primary rule of subheading 2008.92 should read
"CC, except from Chapter 8").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 802:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 2101.11(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 84:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 2102.20
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 853:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheadings 2103.10,
2103.20 and 2103.90 should read "CTSH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 86:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 2103.30(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 87:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 2104.10
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 884:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 2104.20
should read "CTSH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 90:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 2106.90(a) should read "CTSH/CTH, except from heading 17.02").
                                                     
1 Consensus on this issue is subject to Canada, Guatemala and Thailand.
2 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Domini can Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, Singapore, Thailand
and the United States.
3 Consensus on this issue is subject to India, Korea and Venezuela.
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to Chile, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and India.G/RO/W/68
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 925:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 2106.90(c) should read "CTSH, except from heading 20.09").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 1026:  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 thecountry 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% of
impurities, or modification of the alcoholic strength by concentration, distillation or any other
process").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 111
7:  to endorse the following primary rule:  "CTSH" for
subheading 2401.30.
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 11:  to endorse the following primary rule:  "CTH, except by
cutting and putting up for retail sale only" for subheading 3306.20.
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 15:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading 3502.19
should read "CTH, except from headings 04.07 or 04.08").
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 16:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 3701.20
should read "CTH";  the primary rule of subheading 3702.20 should read "CTH, except from
heading 37.01").
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 18:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 38.03(a) should read "CTHS") without prejudice to Members' positions on Chapter 15.
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 258:  to endorse option B (Note 3(b)(v) "[non-toxic uses for health
and safety]" of Chapters 28-35 and 38-39 should be deleted).
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 31:  to endorse option B (Note 2 of Chapter 40 (Mixtures and
Blends) should read "The deliberate and pr oportionally controlled mixing or blending
(including dispersing) of materials [other than the addition of diluents only]9 to conform to
predetermined specifications which results in the production of a good having physical or
chemical characteristics which are relevant to the purposes or uses of the good and aredifferent from the input materials is to be considered to be origin-conferring").
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 33:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheadings
4002.19, 4002.20, 4002.31, 4002.39, 4002.49, 4002.59, 4002.60, 4002.70, 4002.99 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 35:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 40.06 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 37:  to endorse option B1 (the primary rule of subheading 4012.20
should read "the country of origin of the goods of this subheading is the country in which
these goods were last collected and packed for shipment").
                                                     
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Japan and New Zealand
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to Costa Rica.
7 Consensus on this issue is subject to India.
8 Consensus on this issue is subject to Thailand.
9 To be finalized when Issue No.5 is resolved.G/RO/W/68
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 6:  to endorse opti on A (corespinning starting from yarn or from
fibres is a substantial transformation;  knopping and looping are not substantial
transformation.  Substantiality of other processes (compact yarn process and slub yarn
process) will be further discussed).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 8:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 52.04(c) and ex 55.08(c) should read "CTH, by corespinning from yarn or fibres".  The
applicability of this rule to split heading 55.08(c) will be further discussed).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 910:  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. 1811:  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 No. 19:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 5604.10
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 22:  to endorse "CTH, except by cutting only" as the primary rule
for heading 56.06 (the language is to be fine-tuned).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 30:  to endorse "CTH, except by cutting only" as the primary rule
of split heading ex 58.07(b) (the language is to be fine-tuned).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 32:  to endorse "CTH, except by cutting only" as the primary rule
of split heading ex 58.08(b); the description of split heading ex 58.08(b) should read"ornamental trimmings in the piece, without embroidery, other than knitted or crocheted; (the
primary rule of split heading ex58.08(c) "other" should read "CTH" as endorsed by the CRO
at the meeting on 23 July 2001).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue Nos. 41-43
12:  to endorse "CTH" as the primary rule of headings
59.08, 59.09, 59.10 and split heading ex 59.11(b) (split heading ex 59.11(a) should be deleted)
and split heading ex59.11(b) should be renumbered as ex59.11(a)).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 4613:  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. 5014:  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 50-63 – Issue No. 73:  to be deleted.
                                                     
10 Consensus on this issue is subject to Pakistan.
11 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Norway and Pakistan.
12 Consensus on this issue is subject to Mexico.
13 Consensus on this issue is subject to Pakistan.
14 Consensus on this issue is subject to Fiji, Pakistan and Thailand.G/RO/W/68
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 7615:  to endorse "CTH, except when resulting only from putting
up in sets" as the primary rule of heading 63.08.
- Textile-related chapters – Issue Nos. 78 and 79:  to be deleted (split heading ex 87.08(b)
should be deleted).
- Textile-related chapters – Issue No. 80:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 88.04(b) should read "CTH").
- Textile-related chapters (subheadings 9404.30) – Issue No. 81:  to endorse option A (the
primary rule of subheading 9404.30 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 216:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 70.05
should read "CTH, except from headings 70.03 or 70.04").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 317:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading 6812.30
should read "CTSH, except from subheading 6812.20").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 4:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split subheading
ex 7019.19(a) should read "CTSHS").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 8:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of headings 69.11 and
69.12 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 12:  to endorse option A (the primary rule for chapter 70 should
read "for subheadings 7019.51 to 7019.90, those rules which refer to a change of subheading
shall not apply to changes which are the result solely of trimming or cutting").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1(b):  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 72.19(a) and ex 72.25(a) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1(c)18:  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. 2(a)(i) and (ii)19:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split
heading ex 72.11(b) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 2(c)(i) and (ii):  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split
heading ex 72.19(b) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 2(d)(i) and (ii):  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split
heading ex 72.20(b) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 3(b)20:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex 72.10(c) should read "CTH").
                                                     
15 Consensus on this issue is subject to Canada, Egypt, Japan and the United States.
16 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic.
17 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic.
18 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
19 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina.
20 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina.G/RO/W/68
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- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1021:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 73.12
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 12:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 73.24 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 1:  to endorse option A1 (the primary rules should read as follows:
"CTSHS" for split subheading 7406.20(a);  "CTSHS" for split subheading ex 7603.20(a)).
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 4:  to endorse option A (the primary rules should read as follows:
"CTSH, except from ex 7406.20(a)" for su bheading 7406.10;  "CTHS" for split heading
ex 75.04(a);  "CTSH, except from ex 7603.20(a)" for subheading 7603.10;  "CTSHS" for split
subheading ex 7903.90(a);  "CTHS" for split headings ex 81.01(h), ex 81.02(h), ex 81.03(h),
ex 81.04(h), ex 81.05(h), ex 81.06(h), ex 81.07(h), ex 81.08(h), ex 81.09(h), ex 81.10(h),
ex 81.11(h), ex 81.13(h), ex 81.13(c);  "CTSHS" for split subheadings ex 8112.11(d),
ex 8112.20(h), ex 8112.30(h), ex 8112.40(h), ex 8112.91(d).
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 8:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex 74.09(a) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 10:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 74.10 should
read "CTH";  the primary rule of split headings ex 75.06(a) and ex 78.04(a) should read
"CTHS").
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 11:  to endorse option B1 (the primary rule of subheadings
7607.19 and 7607.20 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 1922:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex 76.10(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 21:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex 80.07(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 2:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheadings 8202.10,
8211.91, 8211.92 and 8211.93 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 423:  to endorse option B1 (the primary rule of subheading
8205.59 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 6:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 8212.10
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1124:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheadings
8302.10-8302.50 should read "CTH").
                                                     
21 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic
22 Consensus on this issue is subject Canada
23 Consensus on this issue is subject to Switzerland.
24 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.G/RO/W/68
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- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1225:  to endorse option A2 (the primary rule should read as
follows:  "CTHS" for ex 83.03(a);  "CTH" for ex 83.03(b)).
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 15:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading 8306.29
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 16:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 83.08 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1726:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 83.11
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 84, 85 and 90 – Issue Nos. 3 and 7:  to be deleted.
- Chapters 84, 85 and 90 – Issue No. 427:  to endorse option B (a primary rule of chapters 84, 85
and 90 should read "Where a change in classification results from the application of HS
General Interpretative Rule 2(a) with respect to collections of parts that are presented asunassembled articles of another heading or subheading, the individual parts shall retain their
origin prior to such collection").
- Chapters 84, 85 and 90 – Issue No. 5
28:  to endorse the text recommended by the Chairman (a
primary rule of chapters 84, 85 and 90 should read "Goods assembled from a collection ofparts 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
requirements of the [primary]
29 rule for the good had each of the parts been presented
separately and not as a collection").
- Chapters 84, 85 and 90 – Issue No. 630:  to endorse the text recommended by the Chairman (a
primary rule for chapters 84, 85 and 90 should read " Where a change in classification results
from putting up goods for transport, storage or retail sale, the origin of the good shall be the
origin prior to putting up").
- Chapter 91 – Issue No. 5:  to endorse "CTH" for heading 91.14 (Subheadings 9112.10 and
9112.80 will be further discussed.
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25 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
26 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
27 Consensus on this issue is subject to India.
28 Consensus on this issue is subject to India, Japan and Venezuela.
29 To be further discussed.
30 Consensus on this issue is subject to India and the Philippines.