RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/70/Rev.1
22 March 2002
(02-1490)
Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
Revision
The following proposals on harmonized rules of origin are forwarded for endorsement to the
formal meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin scheduled for 19 April 2002.  Consensus, or
consensus on the basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meetings in
September/October 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 10(i)1:  to endorse option B (each primary rule of headings 03.02
and 03.03 should read " the country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the
country in which they have been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the fish has beenraised from egg or fry (including fingerling)";  the primary rule of split heading ex03.06(a)
should read " the country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the country in
which they have been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the live crustaceans have
been raised from youth";  and the primary rule of split heading ex03.07(a) should read "the
country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the country in which they have
been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the animals have been raised from youth".
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 11
2:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex03.04(a) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 233:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 0408.99
should read "the country of origin of the goods of this subheading shall be the country inwhich the eggs are obtained from the animals").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue Nos. 24-25
4:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading
0408.19 should read "the country of origin of the goods of this subheading shall be the
country in which the eggs are obtained from the animals").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 275:  to endorse option A (each primary rule of split headings
ex06.03(a) and ex06.04(a) should read "CTHS").
                                                     
1 Subject to Ecuador.
2 Subject to Venezuela.
3 Subject to Australia, Canada, Guatemala and the United States.
4 Subject to Australia, Canada and the United States.
5 Subject to Honduras.G/RO/W/70/Rev.1
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 296:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex07.12(a) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 337:  to delete this issue.
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 698:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 20.01 should
read "CC/CTH"9).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 7010:  to endorse option A (each primary rule of subheading
2002.10, split subheading ex2002.90(c), heading 20.03, subheadings 2008.20 through
2008.91, and subheading 2008.99 should read "CTH".
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 7111:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex2002.90(a) should read "CTH";  the following proposals should be deleted:  "CTSH or
CTSHS for the powders of subheadings 2009.19 to 2009.30 or 2009.70 to 2009.80" for
subheading 2009.11 and "CTSH or CTSHS for powders of subheading 2009.90" for
subheading 2009.90 should be deleted.
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 7212:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex2002.90(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 7313:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 20.07
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue Nos. 112-11414:  to endorse option A (the current split headings
ex13.02(c) and ex13.02(d) should be renumbered as ex13.02(a) and ex13.02(b) respectively,
and the primary rule thereof should read "CTHS";  the current split headings ex13.02(a),ex13.02(b) and ex13.02(e) should be renumbered as ex13.02(c) (other), and the primary rule
thereof should read "CC".
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 13
15:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split headings
ex34.01(a) and ex34.05(b) should read "CTHS"; the primary rule of split heading ex34.05(a)
should read "CTH".
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 516:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 48.10
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 2617:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex56.08(c) should read "CTH, except from 58.04").
                                                     
6 Subject to the Dominican Republic, Switzerland and the United States.
7 Subject to Australia.
8 Subject to Sri Lanka.
9 Terminology to be determined during the overall coherence exercise.
10 Subject to Argentina and Sri Lanka.
11 Subject to Australia, Guatemala and Switzerland.
12 Subject to Guatemala.
13 Subject to Guatemala.
14 Subject to Egypt, India, Korea and the Philippines.
15 Subject to Chile.
16 Subject to Malaysia.
17 Subject to Morocco.G/RO/W/70/Rev.1
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- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 3918:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex59.05(b) should read "CTH, provided the starting material is unbleached fabric, felt or
non-woven fabric").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue Nos. 5119 and 5319:  to endorse the consensus that the processes under
these issues are non origin-conferring (the proper rule will be further considered).
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue no. 720:  to endorse the following primary rules:  "CTH" for split
headings ex67.02(a) and ex67.02(b);  "CTHS" for split heading ex67.02(c).
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 121:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 69.08
should read "CTH, except from heading 69.07").
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 722:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 68.13
should read "CTH").
- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 2(d)23:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 7104.90
should read "CTSH, provided the goods are cut or ground or otherwise worked to final shape,
whether or not polished").
- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 424:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 71.16 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 925:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex73.08(c) should read "CTH, except from heading 72.08 through 72.16, 73.01, 73.04, 73.05
or 73.06").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 326:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 8203.31
should read "CTSH";  the primary rule of split subheadings ex8202.39(b) and ex8202.40(b)
should read "CTSHS").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1327:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 83.05
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 84, 85 and 90 – Issue No. 2:  to endorse the following chapter Note:
"X.  Parts and accessories produced from blanks28:  The country of origin of goods that are
produced from blanks which, by application of the Harmonized System General InterpretativeRule 2(a), are classified in the same heading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or
finished goods, shall be the country in which the blank was finished provided finishingincluded configuring to final shape by the removal of material (other than merely by honing
                                                     
18 Subject to Pakistan.
19 Subject to Malaysia.
20 Subject to Malaysia.
21 Subject to the Dominican Republic.
22 Subject to Chile.
23 Subject to Sri Lanka.
24 Subject to Australia, Malaysia and Mauritius.
25 Subject to Egypt and the Philippines.
26 Subject to Malaysia.
27 Subject to India.
28 It is intended that this rule be considered also for Chapters 85 and 90.  For Chapter 90, the rule would
apply to parts and accessories and goods classifiable in headings  90.17, 90.18, 90.21 and 90.23.G/RO/W/70/Rev.1
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or polishing or both), or by forming processes such as bending, hammering, pressing or
stamping.
- Chapter 91 – Issue No. 429:  to endorse option C (the primary rule headings 91.11 and 91.12
should read "CTH or change from blanks").
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 130:  to endorse the following primary rules:  "CTH, with the
exclusion of locks, breeches, breech boxes, frames or barrels of heading 93.05;  or assembly if
accompanied by the production of at least one of the essential parts of the mechanism (lock,
breech, breech box, frame) or of the complete barrel" for split headings ex93.01(a) and
ex93.04(a), headings 93.02 and 93.03;  "CTH" for split headings ex93.01(b) and ex93.04(b).
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29 Subject to the European Communities, Egypt and India.
30 Subject to Chile and India.