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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
19 CFR Part 181

[T.D. 94-1]
RIN 1515-AB33

 

North American Free Trade Agreement; Corrections

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Interim regulations; corrections.

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SUMMARY: This document makes corrections to the document published in 
the Federal Register which set forth interim amendments to the Customs 
Regulations to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other 
Customs-related provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
and the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These corrections are effective January 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Valentine, Office of Regulations 
and Rulings (202-482-7000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 30, 1993, Customs published in the Federal Register (58 
FR 69460) T.D. 94-1 to set forth interim amendments to the Customs 
Regulations to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other 
Customs-related provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
(NAFTA) which was adopted by the United States through the enactment of 
the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Public Law 
103-182, 107 Stat. 2057. Those interim regulatory amendments took 
effect on January 1, 1994, to coincide with the effective date of the 
NAFTA.
    The majority of the NAFTA regulations were set forth in T.D. 94-1 
as a new part 181 which included, as an appendix thereto, substantively 
verbatim, trilaterally negotiated texts implementing the rules of 
origin provisions of Chapter Four of the NAFTA. This document makes 
some corrections to the appendix to part 181 as published in T.D. 94-1. 
These corrections involve (1) textual changes to properly reflect the 
trilaterally agreed texts and (2) formatting changes resulting from 
manuscript or typesetting errors.

Corrections of Publication

    The document published in the Federal Register as T.D. 94-1 on 
December 30, 1993 (58 FR 69460) is corrected in the appendix to part 
181 as set forth below.
    1. On page 69497, in the definition of ``customs value'', paragraph 
(c) is corrected by adding the words ``as amended,'' before the word 
``converted'' in the second line.
    2. On page 69498, in the definition of ``heavy-duty vehicle'', at 
the end of the first line, the figure ``8702.10.30'' is corrected to 
read ``8702.90.30''.
    3. On page 69501, under section 2, the words ``References to 
domestic laws'' are added as a centered heading before subsection (5).
    4. On page 69503, under section 5, subsection (1), the words 
``provided that'', which appear as the third line of paragraph (b), 
should be flush with the left margin of subsection (1).
    5. On page 69507, under section 6, the last three lines under 
subsection (7), which begin with the words ``the exporter or producer 
may choose'', should be flush with the left margin of subsection (7).
    6. On page 69509, under section 6, subsection (20), in the list of 
figures within Example 4, the sign ``$'' is added before the figure 
``12.00'' opposite ``Total excluded costs''.
    7. On page 69511, under section 7, subsection (1), the line 
beginning with the words ``and shall include'', which appears as the 
last line of paragraph (b), should be flush with the left margin of 
subsection (1).
    8. On page 69512, under section 7, the heading to subsection (2) is 
corrected by removing the word ``use'' and adding, in its place, the 
words ``require valuation under''.
    9. At the top of page 69513, under section 7, the heading to 
subsection (11) is corrected by removing the words ``deemed to be 
originating'' and adding, in their place, the words ``origin 
disregarded''.
    10. On page 69514, under section 7, subsection (17), Example 2, 
Situation 1 is corrected by removing the double line under the figure 
``$23.00'' opposite ``Total cost of Good B'' and adding a minus sign 
(``-'') before the figure ``0.20'' in the next line opposite ``Excluded 
costs: (included in period costs)''.
    11. On page 69515, under section 7, subsection (17), Example 2, the 
third group of figures under Situation 2 is corrected by adding a minus 
sign (``-'') before the figure ``0.40'' in the column headed ``Total''.
    12. On page 69516, under section 7, subsection 17:
    a. The table at the top of the page is corrected by adding a minus 
sign (``-'') before the figure ``0.20'' in the column headed ``Total''; 
and
    b. The first paragraph of Example 4 is corrected by removing the 
reference ``Material A'' in the second line and adding, in its place, 
the reference ``Material X''.
    13. On page 69518, under section 9, subsection (2), the last two 
lines under subparagraph (c)(ii), which begin with the words ``the sum 
of the customs value'', should be flush with the left margin of 
paragraph (c).
    14. On page 69519, under section 9, subsection (2):
    a. At the top of the page, the last two lines under subparagraph 
(d)(ii), which begin with the words ``the sum of'', should be flush 
with the left margin of paragraph (d);
    b. The last two lines under subparagraph (e)(ii), which begin with 
the words ``the value of the traced material'', should be flush with 
the left margin of paragraph (e);
    c. The third line under subparagraph (f)(ii), which reads ``an 
amount equal to VM  x  (1-RVCR)'', should be flush with the left margin 
of paragraph f);
    d. In paragraph (g), the paragraph designation and the first two 
lines of the paragraph, and the last two lines under subparagraph 
(g)(ii) which begin with the words ``if the producer of the good'', 
should be flush with the left margin of paragraphs (a) through (f); and
    e. Paragraph (h) should be flush with the left margin of paragraphs 
(a) through (g).
    15. Also on page 69519, under section 9:
    a. The heading to subsection (3) is corrected by removing the word 
``use'' and adding, in its place, the words ``require valuation 
under'';
    b. The heading to subsection (4) is corrected by adding the word 
``customs'' before the word ``value'' appearing at the end of the 
heading; and
    c. In subsection (5), the text under paragraph (b) beginning with 
the words ``and, where'' in the third line should be flush with the 
left margin of subsection (5).
    16. On page 69520, under section 9, subsection (9), the word 
``and'' is removed at the end of paragraph (d), the period at the end 
of paragraph (e) is replaced by a semicolon followed by the word 
``and'', and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
    (f) any information set out in a statement referred to in 
subsection (2) that concerns the value of materials or costs shall be 
in the same currency as the currency of the country in which the person 
who provided the statement is located.
    17. On page 69523, under section 10, subsection (1), paragraph (d):
    a. The last four lines of subparagraph (i)(D), which begin with the 
words ``if the producer has'', should be flush with the left margin of 
subparagraph (i); and
    b. In the third line of subparagraph (ii), the word ``where'' 
should be flush with the left margin of subparagraph (ii).
    18. On page 69524, under section 10:
    a. In subsection (1), paragraph (d), subparagraph (ii), the first 
four lines at the top of the page should be flush with the left margin 
of subparagraph (ii); and
    b. In subsection (4), the last two lines, which begin with the 
words ``the value of the'', should be flush with the left margin of 
subsection (4).
    19. At the top of page 69525 under section 10, the words ``VNM may 
be redetermined for certain acquired materials'' are added as a 
centered heading before subsection (6).
    20. Also on page 69525, under section 10, subsection (9), the word 
``and'' is removed at the end of paragraph (c), the period at the end 
of paragraph (d) is replaced by a semicolon followed by the word 
``and'', and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
    (e) any information set out in a statement referred to in 
subsection (2) that concerns the value of materials or costs shall be 
in the same currency as the currency of the country in which the person 
who provided the statement is located.
    21. On page 69529, under section 11:
    a. In subsection (6), in the second line the reference to 
``Schedule V.1'' is corrected to read ``Schedule VI'';
    b. In subsection (7), in the first line the reference to ``Schedule 
V.1'' is corrected to read ``Schedule VI''; and
    c. The words ``Averaged net cost and VNM included in calculation of 
RVC on the basis of producer's option to include all vehicles of 
category or only certain exported vehicles of category'' are added as a 
centered heading before subsection (9).
    22. On page 69530, under section 12:
    a. In subsection (1), in the third line the word ``elects'' is 
corrected to read ``chooses'';
    b. In subsection (3), the last two lines, which begin with the 
words ``shall be the sum of'', should be flush with the left margin of 
subsection (3); and
    c. In the heading to subsection (6), the reference ``VNM'' is added 
after the word ``averaging''.
    23. On page 69531, under section 13:
    a. In the heading to subsection (2), the word ``retrofit'' is 
corrected to read ``refit''; and
    b. In subsection (4), in the third line the words ``an election'' 
are corrected to read ``a choice''.
    24. On page 69533, under section 14, subsection (4), the word 
``and'' is removed at the end of paragraph (a)(ii), the period at the 
end of paragraph (b) is replaced by a semicolon followed by the word 
``and'', and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
    (c) any information set out in a statement referred to in 
subsection (2) that concerns the value of materials or costs shall be 
in the same currency as the currency of the country in which the person 
who provided the statement is located.
    25. On page 69537, under Schedule I, the following words are added 
before the period at the end of the sentence: ``as implemented in 
General Note 12 of the HTSUS''.
    26. On page 69538, under Schedule II, section 4:
    a. In subsection (6), paragraph (h), in the second line the word 
``material'' is corrected to read ``good''; and
    b. In subsection (12), in the sixth and eighth lines the word 
``mould'' in each case is corrected to read ``mold''.
    27. On page 69542, under Schedule VI, section 2, in the third line 
the word ``elect'' is corrected to read ``choose''.
    28. On page 69543, under Schedule VI, section 5, subsection (1), 
paragraph (b), in the first line the reference to ``section 2.1'' is 
corrected to read ``section 3''.
    29. On page 69550, under Schedule VIII, section 5, subsection (6), 
paragraph (d), the text beginning with the words ``and shall in-'' in 
the second line and continuing to the end of the paragraph should start 
on a separate line flush with the left margin of subsection (6).
    30. At the top of page 69551, under Schedule VIII, section 5, 
subsection (12), in the sixth and eighth lines the word ``mould'' in 
each case is corrected to read ``mold''.
    31. Also on page 69551, under Schedule VIII:
    a. In section 6, subsection (1), in the second line the reference 
to ``Part III'' is corrected to read ``Part IV'';
    b. In section 7, subsection (1), in the third line the reference to 
``Part III'' is corrected to read ``Part IV''; and
    c. In section 8, in the third line the reference to ``Part III'' is 
corrected to read ``Part IV''.
    32. On page 69552, under Schedule VIII:
    a. In section 9, subsection (1), in the third line the reference to 
``Part III'' is corrected to read ``Part IV''; and
    b. In section 10, subsection (1), in the second line the reference 
to ``Part III'' is corrected to read ``Part IV''.
    33. On page 69553, under Schedule VIII:
    a. In section 10, subsection (3), in the last line the reference to 
``Schedule VI'' is corrected to read ``Schedule XII''; and
    b. In section 11, subsection (1), in the third line the reference 
to ``Part III'' is corrected to read ``Part IV''.
    34. On page 69557, under Schedule X, in subsection (1) under each 
of sections 6, 7 and 8, the word ``by'', which occupies the line 
between paragraphs (a) and (b), should be flush with the left margin of 
subsection (1).
    35. On page 69558, under Schedule X, section 14, subsection (1), 
the word ``by'', which occupies the line between paragraphs (a) and 
(b), should be flush with the left margin of subsection (1).
    36. On page 69563, under Schedule XI, Addendum, first example, the 
texts of footnotes 1 through 5 should be moved to the end of the 
example.

    Dated: March 24, 1994.
Harvey B. Fox,
Director, Office of Regulations and Rulings.
[FR Doc. 94-7394 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]
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