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 PUBLIC LAW 108–77—SEPT. 3, 2003

117 STAT. 927

as defined in section 203(a) of that Act, charges against the bond shall be paid before the 61st day after the date of exportation; but upon the presentation, before such 61st day, of satisfactory evidence of the amount of any customs duties paid to the NAFTA country on the product, the bond shall be credited (subject to section 508(b)(2)(B)) in an amount not to exceed the lesser of— ‘‘(A) the total amount of customs duties paid or owed on the materials on importation into the United States, or ‘‘(B) the total amount of customs duties paid to the NAFTA country on the product; and ‘‘(2) in the case of a withdrawal for exportation to Chile, if any of the imported metal-bearing materials are goods subject to Chile FTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, charges against the bond shall be paid before the 61st day after the date of exportation, and the bond shall be credited in an amount equal to— ‘‘(A) 100 percent of the total amount of customs duties paid or owed on the materials on importation into the United States during the 8-year period beginning on January 1, 2004, ‘‘(B) 75 percent of the total amount of customs duties paid or owed on the materials on importation into the United States during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2012, ‘‘(C) 50 percent of the total amount of customs duties paid or owed on the materials on importation into the United States during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2013, and ‘‘(D) 25 percent of the total amount of customs duties paid or owed on the materials on importation into the United States during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2014.’’. (3) DRAWBACK.—Section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4) of subsection (j)— (i) by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)’’; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) Beginning on January 1, 2015, the exportation to Chile of merchandise that is fungible with and substituted for imported merchandise, other than merchandise described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, shall not constitute an exportation for purposes of paragraph (2). The preceding sentence shall not be construed to permit the substitution of unused drawback under paragraph (2) of this subsection with respect to merchandise described in paragraph (2) of section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.’’; (B) in subsection (n)— (i) by striking ‘‘(n)’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(n) REFUNDS, WAIVERS, OR REDUCTIONS UNDER CERTAIN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS.—’’; (ii) in paragraph (1)—

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