G/TBT/N/USA/1943  
17 November 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 
Department of the Treasury (TREAS) [1974]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority desi gnated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: This document sets forth technical corrections that conform the tariff shift 
rules in the regulations to the current U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) and will 
facilitate trade by ensuring that country of origin determinations made using the 
regulations are consistent with the HTSUS.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Impor ted 
goods; Packaging and distribution of goods in general (ICS code(s): 55.020); Processes 
of the textile industry (ICS code(s): 59.020); Products of the textile industry (ICS 
code(s): 59.080); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and l anguage(s) of the notified document:  Rules of Origin 
for Goods Imported Into the United States; (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final rule; technical corrections - This document sets forth 
technical corrections to U.S. Customs and Bord er Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect 
recent changes in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States . The affected 
provisions, which are based in part on specified changes in t ariff classification, comprise 
a codified system used for determining: the country of origin for marking purposes for 
goods imported under the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United 
Mexican States, and Canada ( USMCA ); determining the country of origin of imported 
goods for the purposes specified in paragraph 1 of Annex 311  of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA)  for outstanding pending NAFTA claims; determining whether 
an imported good is a new or differen t article of commerce under the United States -
Morocco Free Trade Agreement  and the United States -Bahrain Free Tr ade Agreement ; 
and for determining the country of origin of textile and apparel products (other than those 
of Israel).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/USA/1943  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 68338, 15 November 2022; Title 19 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 102:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-11-15/html/2022 -23329.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-11-15/pdf/2022 -23329.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 November 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 November 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable; CBP has determined it would be unnecessary 
and contrary to the public interest to delay publication of this rule in final form pending 
an opportunity for public comment because the technical corrections set forth in this 
document merely conform the tariff shift rules in the regulations to the current H TSUS 
and will facilitate trade by ensuring that country of origin determinations made using the 
regulations are consistent with the HTSUS. WTO Members and their stakeholders with 
questions concerning this action are asked to submit them to the USA TBT Enqu iry Point. 
Questions received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders will be shared with the contact listed in the Federal Register for this action.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_7879_00_e.pdf