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eration of equipment associated with the growth, 
production, or manufacture of a good, including— 
(A) fuel and energy; 
(B) tools, dies, and molds; 
(C) spare parts and materials used in the 
maintenance of equipment and buildings; 
(D) lubricants, greases, compounding ma-
terials, and other materials used in the growth, 
production, or manufacture of a good or used 
to operate equipment and buildings; 
(E) gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, 
safety equipment, and supplies; 
(F) equipment, devices, and supplies used 
for testing or inspecting the good; 
(G) catalysts and solvents; and 
(H) any other goods that are not incor-
porated into the good but the use of which in 
the growth, production, or manufacture of the 
good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a 
part of that growth, production, or manufac-
ture. 
(5) MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘material’’ means a 
good, including a part or ingredient, that is used in 
the growth, production, or manufacture of another 
good that is a new or different article of commerce
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that has been grown, produced, or manufactured in 
Bahrain or the United States, or both. 
(6) MATERIAL PRODUCED IN THE TERRITORY 
OF BAHRAIN OR THE UNITED STATES, OR BOTH.— 
The term ‘‘material produced in the territory of 
Bahrain or the United States, or both’’ means a 
good that is either wholly the growth, product, or 
manufacture of Bahrain or the United States, or 
both, or a new or different article of commerce that 
has been grown, produced, or manufactured in the 
territory of Bahrain or the United States, or both. 
(7) NEW
OR
DIFFERENT
ARTICLE
OF
COM-
MERCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘new or dif-
ferent article of commerce’’ means, except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), a good that— 
(i) has been substantially transformed 
from a good or material that is not wholly 
the growth, product, or manufacture of 
Bahrain or the United States, or both; and 
(ii) has a new name, character, or use 
distinct from the good or material from 
which it was transformed. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—A good shall not be con-
sidered a new or different article of commerce
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by virtue of having undergone simple combining 
or packaging operations, or mere dilution with 
water or another substance that does not mate-
rially alter the characteristics of the good. 
(8) RECOVERED GOODS.—The term ‘‘recovered 
goods’’ means materials in the form of individual 
parts that result from— 
(A) the complete disassembly of used goods 
into individual parts; and 
(B) the cleaning, inspecting, testing, or 
other processing of those parts that is necessary 
for improvement to sound working condition. 
(9) REMANUFACTURED GOOD.—The term ‘‘re-
manufactured good’’ means an industrial good that 
is assembled in the territory of Bahrain or the 
United States and that— 
(A) is entirely or partially comprised of re-
covered goods; 
(B) has a similar life expectancy to, and 
meets similar performance standards as, a like 
good that is new; and 
(C) enjoys a factory warranty similar to 
that of a like good that is new. 
(10) SIMPLE COMBINING OR PACKAGING OPER-
ATIONS.—The term ‘‘simple combining or packaging
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operations’’ means operations such as adding bat-
teries to devices, fitting together a small number of 
components by bolting, gluing, or soldering, and re-
packing or packaging components together. 
(11) 
SUBSTANTIALLY
TRANSFORMED.—The 
term ‘‘substantially transformed’’ means, with re-
spect to a good or material, changed as the result 
of a manufacturing or processing operation so 
that— 
(A)(i) the good or material is converted 
from a good that has multiple uses into a good 
or material that has limited uses; 
(ii) the physical properties of the good or 
material are changed to a significant extent; or 
(iii) the operation undergone by the good 
or material is complex by reason of the number 
of different processes and materials involved 
and the time and level of skill required to per-
form those processes; and 
(B) the good or material loses its separate 
identity in the manufacturing or processing op-
eration. 
(j) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to proclaim, as part of the HTS—