                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
               CHAPTER 22--URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS
 
                            Part B--Textiles
 
Sec. 3592. Rules of origin for textile and apparel products


(a) Regulatory authority

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe rules implementing the 
principles contained in subsection (b) of this section for determining 
the origin of textiles and apparel products. Such rules shall be 
promulgated in final form not later than July 1, 1995.

(b) Principles

                           (1) In general

        Except as otherwise provided for by statute, a textile or 
    apparel product, for purposes of the customs laws and the 
    administration of quantitative restrictions, originates in a 
    country, territory, or insular possession, and is the growth, 
    product, or manufacture of that country, territory, or insular 
    possession, if--
            (A) the product is wholly obtained or produced in that 
        country, territory, or possession;
            (B) the product is a yarn, thread, twine, cordage, rope, 
        cable, or braiding and--
                (i) the constituent staple fibers are spun in that 
            country, territory, or possession, or
                (ii) the continuous filament is extruded in that 
            country, territory, or possession;

            (C) the product is a fabric, including a fabric classified 
        under chapter 59 of the HTS, and the constituent fibers, 
        filaments, or yarns are woven, knitted, needled, tufted, felted, 
        entangled, or transformed by any other fabric-making process in 
        that country, territory, or possession; or
            (D) the product is any other textile or apparel product that 
        is wholly assembled in that country, territory, or possession 
        from its component pieces.

                          (2) Special rules

        (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) and except as provided in 
    subparagraphs (B) and (C)--
            (i) the origin of a good that is classified under one of the 
        following HTS headings or subheadings shall be determined under 
        subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1), as appropriate: 
        5609, 5807, 5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214, 6301, 6302, 6303, 
        6304, 6305, 6306, 6307.10, 6307.90, 6308, or 9404.90; and
            (ii) a textile or apparel product which is knit to shape 
        shall be considered to originate in, and be the growth, product, 
        or manufacture of, the country, territory, or possession in 
        which it is knit.

        (B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C), fabric classified under 
    the HTS as of silk, cotton, man-made fiber, or vegetable fiber shall 
    be considered to originate in, and be the growth, product, or 
    manufacture of, the country, territory, or possession in which the 
    fabric is both dyed and printed when accompanied by two or more of 
    the following finishing operations: bleaching, shrinking, fulling, 
    napping, decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent 
    embossing, or moireing.
        (C) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D), goods classified under HTS 
    heading 6117.10, 6213.00, 6214.00, 6302.22, 6302.29, 6302.52, 
    6302.53, 6302.59, 6302.92, 6302.93, 6302.99, 6303.92, 6303.99, 
    6304.19, 6304.93, 6304.99, 9404.90.85, or 9404.90.95, except for 
    goods classified under such headings as of cotton or of wool or 
    consisting of fiber blends containing 16 percent or more by weight 
    of cotton, shall be considered to originate in, and be the growth, 
    product, or manufacture of, the country, territory, or possession in 
    which the fabric is both dyed and printed when accompanied by two or 
    more of the following finishing operations: bleaching, shrinking, 
    fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, 
    permanent embossing, or moireing.
            (B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C), fabric classified 
        under the HTS as of silk, cotton, man-made fiber, or vegetable 
        fiber shall be considered to originate in, and be the growth, 
        product, or manufacture of, the country, territory, or 
        possession in which the fabric is both dyed and printed when 
        accompanied by two or more of the following finishing 
        operations: bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, 
        permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, or 
        moireing.
            (C) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D), goods classified under 
        HTS heading 6117.10, 6213.00, 6214.00, 6302.22, 6302.29, 
        6302.52, 6302.53, 6302.59, 6302.92, 6302.93, 6302.99, 6303.92, 
        6303.99, 6304.19, 6304.93, 6304.99, 9404.90.85, or 9404.90.95, 
        except for goods classified under such headings as of cotton or 
        of wool or consisting of fiber blends containing 16 percent or 
        more by weight of cotton, shall be considered to originate in, 
        and be the growth, product, or manufacture of, the country, 
        territory, or possession in which the fabric is both dyed and 
        printed when accompanied by two or more of the following 
        finishing operations: bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, 
        decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, 
        or moireing.

                        (3) Multicountry rule

        If the origin of a good cannot be determined under paragraph (1) 
    or (2), then that good shall be considered to originate in, and be 
    the growth, product, or manufacture of--
            (A) the country, territory, or possession in which the most 
        important assembly or manufacturing process occurs, or
            (B) if the origin of the good cannot be determined under 
        subparagraph (A), the last country, territory, or possession in 
        which important assembly or manufacturing occurs.

               (4) Components cut in the United States

        (A) The value of a component that is cut to shape (but not to 
    length, width, or both) in the United States from foreign fabric and 
    exported to another country, territory, or insular possession for 
    assembly into an article that is then returned to the United 
    States--
            (i) shall not be included in the dutiable value of such 
        article, and
            (ii) may be applied toward determining the percentage 
        referred to in General Note 7(b)(i)(B) of the HTS, subject to 
        the limitation provided in that note.

        (B) No article (except a textile or apparel product) assembled 
    in whole of components described in subparagraph (A), or of such 
    components and components that are products of the United States, in 
    a beneficiary country as defined in General Note 7(a) of the HTS 
    shall be treated as a foreign article, or as subject to duty if--
            (i) the components after exportation from the United States, 
        and
            (ii) the article itself before importation into the United 
        States

    do not enter into the commerce of any foreign country other than 
    such a beneficiary country.

     (5) Exception for United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement

        This section shall not affect, for purposes of the customs laws 
    and administration of quantitative restrictions, the status of goods 
    that, under rulings and administrative practices in effect 
    immediately before December 8, 1994, would have originated in, or 
    been the growth, product, or manufacture of, a country that is a 
    party to an agreement with the United States establishing a free 
    trade area, which entered into force before January 1, 1987. For 
    such purposes, such rulings and administrative practices that were 
    applied, immediately before December 8, 1994, to determine the 
    origin of textile and apparel products covered by such agreement 
    shall continue to apply after December 8, 1994, and on and after the 
    effective date described in subsection (c) of this section, unless 
    such rulings and practices are modified by the mutual consent of the 
    parties to the agreement.

(c) Effective date

    This section shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after July 1, 1996, except that this 
section shall not apply to goods if--
        (1) the contract for the sale of such goods to the United States 
    is entered into before July 20, 1994;
        (2) all of the material terms of sale in such contract, 
    including the price and quantity of the goods, are fixed and 
    determinable before July 20, 1994;
        (3) a copy of the contract is filed with the Commissioner of 
    Customs within 60 days after December 8, 1994, together with a 
    certification that the contract meets the requirements of paragraphs 
    (1) and (2); and
        (4) the goods are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
    consumption on or before January 1, 1998.

The origin of goods to which this section does not apply shall be 
determined in accordance with the applicable rules in effect on July 20, 
1994.

(Pub. L. 103-465, title III, Sec. 334, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4949; 
Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 20(c)(9), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3528; Pub. L. 
106-200, title IV, Sec. 405(a), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 292.)

                       References in Text

    The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), (5), are classified 
generally to this title.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-200 designated existing provisions 
as subpar. (A), in introductory provisions substituted ``Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1)(D) and except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C)'' 
for ``Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D)'', added subpars. (B) and (C), 
and redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), 
respectively, of subpar. (A).
    1996--Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 104-295 substituted 
``possession;'' for ``possession,''.


                    Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

    Pub. L. 106-200, title IV, Sec. 405(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 293, 
provided that: ``The amendments made by this section [amending this 
section] apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [May 18, 
2000].''
