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 108 STAT. 4950 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 (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 countrv, territory, or possession; (B) the product is a yam, 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 yams 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 possessionfi"omits component pieces. (2) SPECIAL RULES. —Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D)— (A) 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 (B) 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. (3) MULTICOUNTRY RULE. —I f 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 wnicn 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 fix)m 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

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