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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/67
9 July 2001
(01-3410)
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 23 July 2001.  Consensus, or
consensus on the basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meetings inMarch and May 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 3: to endorse Option B (split heading ex02.09(c) should be
deleted).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No.4 for HS ex07.12(c), 07.13, 08.13, and ex08.14(a): to endorse
Option C (each primary rule of headings 07.13, 08.13, and split heading ex07.12(c) should
read "the country of origin of the goods of this [split] heading shall be the country in which
the vegetable grew"; the primary rule of head ing 08.14 should read "the country of origin of
the goods of this heading shall be the country in which the citrus fruits or melons (including
water melons) grew").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No.7: to endorse Option A (the primary rule of split heading ex02.10(j)
should read "CTHS, except from split heading ex02.10(i) "; the primary rule of split heading
ex03.05(e) should read "CTHS, except from split heading ex03.05(d)";  the primary rule of
heading ex03.06(d) should read "CTHS, except from split heading ex03.06(c)"; and theprimary rule of split heading ex03.07(d) should read "CTHS, except from ex03.07(c))".
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 9
1: to endorse Option A2 (the primary rule of split heading
ex03.01(b) should read "the country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the
country in which they have been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the fish has beenraised from egg or fry (including fingerling)").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 39: to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 13.01 should
read "the country of origin of the goods of this heading shall be the country in which the plant
grew").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 40:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of headings 14.01,
14.02, 1403 and 14.04 should read "the country of origin of the goods of this heading shall be
country in which the plant grew"; split subheading ex14.01.20(c) should be deleted).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 65:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of subheading 1901.10
should read "CTSH, except from putting up for retail sale").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 66:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of subheading 1901.20
should read "CTSH").
                                                     
1 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.G/RO/W/67
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 672: to endorse Option A (the primary rule of subheading 1902.20
should read "CTSH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 683:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of split subheading
ex1905.90(a) should read "CTSHS").
- Chapters 25-27 – Issue No. 74:  to endorse the following Chap ter Note: the country of origin
of goods of headings 27.07 and 27.10 through 27.13 that have been obtained as a result of a
chemical reaction as defined in Note 1 of this chapter or as a result of a physical separation
process listed below shall be the country where the reaction or process occurred:
(a) atmospheric or vacuum distillation;
(b) extraction by means of selective solvents.
- Chapters 25-27 – Issue No. 8:  to delete the proposed Note 5 of Chapter 27.- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 36:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 40.08
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 41-43 – Issue No.1
5:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheadings
4102.21 and 4102.29 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 41-43 – Issue No. 56:  to endorse Option A (each primary rule of split headings
ex41.04(b), ex41.05(b), ex41.06(b) and ex41.07(b) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 41-43 – Issue No. 8: to endorse option C (the primary rules should read as follows:
- "CTHS, except from split headings ex41.04(b), ex41.04(c) or ex41.04(d)" for
ex41.04(e);
- "CTHS, except from split headings ex41.05(b), ex41.05(c) or ex41.05(d)" for
ex41.05(e) ;
- "CTHS, except from split headings ex41.06(b), ex41.06(c) or ex41.06(d)" for
ex41.06(e); and
- "CTHS, except from split headings ex41.07(b), ex41.07(c) or ex41.07(d)") for
ex41.07(e).)
- Chapters 44-49 – Issues Nos 1-27:  to endorse the following primary rules:  "CTHS" for split
headings ex44.07(a), ex44.08(a) and ex44.09(a) (description of good of ex44.07(a) and
ex44.09(a) should be "- finger or end-jointed";  description of good of ex44.08(a) should be "-
finger or end-jointed, [or reinforced]8; "CTH" for headings 44.13 and 44.18 (split headings
ex44.13(a), ex44.13(b), ex44.18(a) and ex44.18(b) should be deleted).
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 69:  to endorse the following primary rules;  "CTH, except by
mere assembly of wood already cut to size of heading 44.09" for heading 4414.;" CTH,
                                                     
2 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Philippines.
3 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia and the Philippines
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to Canada and Singapore.
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Norway.
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina.
7 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Philippines.
8 To be finalized when Issue Nos. 3 and 4 are resolved.
9 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia, Canada, India and Thailand.G/RO/W/67
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except by mere assembly of board already out to size of heading 44.07 and 44.08" for heading
44.15".
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 810:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of headings 47.01,
47.02, 47.03, 47.04, 47.05 and 47.06 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 10:  to endors e the following primary rules:  "CTH" for
subheadings 4808.20 and 4808.30"; "CC" for subheading 4808.90.
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 111:  to endorse the following pr imary rules: "CTHS" for split
headings ex50.03(a), ex53.01(b), ex53.02(b), ex53.03(b), ex53.04(b), ex53.05(b), ex55.05(a);
"CTSH" for subheading 5202.91 and "CTH" for heading 51.04.
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 712:  to endorse Option B (each proposed rule "change by folding
or cabling" for headings 50.04-50.06, 51.06-51.10, 52.04-52.07, 53.06-53.08, 54.01-54.06,
55.09-55-11 should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 10:  to endorse the following primary rule:  "CTH, except from
heading 56.02" for split heading ex57.04(a).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 1713:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of split heading
ex54.04(a)(2) and ex54.05(a)(2) should read "CTH, except from headings 39.20 or 39.21").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 21:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 5605
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.2514:  to endorse Option B (split heading ex56.08(a) should be
deleted; the description of goods of ex56.08(b) should read "knotted netting of twine, cordage
or rope").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.2815:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 56.09
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.2916:  to endorse Option B (split headings ex58.07(b) and
ex58.08(b) should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 31:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex58.08(c) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issues Nos. 3317 and 3416:  to endorse Option A (split headings ex58.10(a)
and ex58.10(b) should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.5618:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule for subheading
6301.10 should read "CTH").
                                                     
10 Consensus on this issue is subject to Thailand.
11 Consensus on this issue is subject to Costa Rica and Venezuela.
12 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Pakistan and Singapore.
13 Consensus on this issue is subject to India, Pakistan and Venezuela.
14 Consensus on this issue is subject to Guatemala.
15 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina.
16 Consensus on this issue is subject to Guatemala.
17 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina.G/RO/W/67
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.7019:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of subheading
6307.20 should read "CTH".
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue No. 220:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 65.04
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 64-67 – Issues Nos. 4 and 5:  to endorse Option A (each primary rule of headings
66.01 and 66.02 should read "CTH").
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue No.621:  to endorse the following primary rules: "CTH" for split
heading ex67.01(a); "CTHS" for split headin g ex67.01(b) and "CTHS" for split heading
ex67.01(c).
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue No.8:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 67.03 should
read "CTH"; split headings ex67.03(a) and (b) should be deleted).
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue No.10:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of subheading 6406.99
should read "CTH"; split headings ex6406.9(a) and (b) should be deleted.
- Chapters 86-89 – Issue No. 74:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of the heading 89.08
should read "the country of origin of this heading shall be the country of origin of the vesselsand other floating structures prior to being classified in this heading").
- Chapter 92 – Issue No. 2:  to delete this issue.- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 3
22:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheadings
9306.10, 9306.21, 9306.29, 9306.30 should read "CTH; or loading the munitions").
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 523:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 9307
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No.1124:  to delete the proposed rule  "CTH, except from cushions and
mattresses of heading 94.04" for headings 9401 and 9403.
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No.31:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 96.15 should
read "CTH";  split subheadings ex9615.90(a) and (b) should be deleted).
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No.32:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex96.17(a) should read "CTHS").
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18 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina, Egypt and Guatemala.
19 Consensus on this issue is subject to the European Communities.
20 Consensus on this issue is subject to Egypt and Korea.
21 Consensus on ex67.01(a) is subject to Egypt, Norway and the Philippines.
22 Consensus on this issue is subject to Canada, Egypt, the Philippines and the United States.
23 Consensus on this issue is subject to Egypt and Thailand.
24 Consensus on this issue is subject to Brazil.