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- 2. For trade between Canada and the United States:
-
- (a) imported citrus products;
-
- (b) an imported good used as a material in the production
- of, or substituted by an identical or similar good used
-
- as a material in the production of, a good provided for
- in U.S. tariff items 5811.00.20 (quilted cotton piece
- goods), 5811.00.30 (quilted man-made piece goods) or
- 6307.90.99 (furniture moving pads) that are subject to
- the most-favored-nation rate of duty when exported to
- the territory of the other Party; (Canadian tariff
- items to be added) and
-
- (c) an imported good used as a material in the production
- of, or substituted by an identical or similar good used
- as a material in the production of, apparel that is
- subject to the most-favored-nation rate of duty when
- exported to the territory of the other Party.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 303.7
-
- Effective Dates for the Application of Article 303
-
-
- Section A - Canada
-
- For Canada, Article 303 shall apply to a good imported into the
- territory of Canada that is:
-
- (a) subsequently exported to the territory of the United
- States on or after January 1, 1996, or subsequently
- exported to the territory of Mexico on or after January
- 1, 2001;
-
- (b) used as a material in the production of another good
- that is subsequently exported to the territory of the
- United States on or after January 1, 1996, or used as a
- material in the production of another good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of Mexico on or
- after January 1, 2001;
-
- (c) substituted by an identical or similar good used as a
- material in the production of another good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of the United
- States on or after January 1, 1996, or substituted by
- an identical or similar good used as a material in the
- production of another good that is subsequently
- exported to the territory of Mexico on or after January
- 1, 2001; or
-
- (d) substituted by an identical or similar good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of the United
- States on or after January 1, 1996, or substituted by
- an identical or similar good that is subsequently
- exported to the territory of Mexico on or after January
- 1, 2001.
-
-
- Section B - Mexico
-
- For Mexico, Article 303 shall apply to a good imported into the
- territory of Mexico that is:
-
- (a) subsequently exported to the territory of another Party
- on or after January 1, 2001;
-
- (b) used as a material in the production of another good
- that is subsequently exported to the territory of
- another Party on or after January 1, 2001;
-
- (c) substituted by an identical or similar good used as a
- material in the production of another good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of another Party
- on or after January 1, 2001; or
-
- (d) substituted by an identical or similar good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of another Party
- on or after January 1, 2001.
-
-
- Section C - United States
-
- For the United States, Article 303 shall apply to a good
- imported into the territory of the United States that is:
-
- (a) subsequently exported to the territory of Canada on or
- after January 1, 1996, or subsequently exported to the
- territory of Mexico on or after January 1, 2001;
-
- (b) used as a material in the production of another good
- that is subsequently exported to the territory of
- Canada on or after January 1, 1996, or used as a
- material in the production of another good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of Mexico on or
- after January 1, 2001;
-
- (c) substituted by an identical or similar good used as a
- material in the production of another good subsequently
- exported to the territory of Canada on or after January
- 1, 1996, or substituted by an identical or similar good
- used as a material in the production of another good
- subsequently exported to the territory of Mexico on or
- after January 1, 2001; or
-
- (d) substituted by an identical or similar good that is
- subsequently exported to the territory of Canada on or
- after January 1, 1996, or substituted by an identical
- or similar good that is subsequently exported to the
- territory of Mexico on or after January 1, 2001.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 303.8
-
- Exception to Article 303(8)
- For Certain Cathode-Ray Picture Tubes
-
-
- Mexico
-
- Mexico may refund customs duties paid, or waive or reduce the
- amount of customs duties owed, on goods provided for in
- subheading 8540.xx for a person who, during the period July 1,
- 1991 through June 30, 1992, imported into its territory no fewer
- than 20,000 units of such goods that would not have been
- considered to be originating goods had this Agreement been in
- force during that period, where the goods are:
-
- (a) subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to
- the territory of the United States, or are used as
- materials in the production of other goods that are
- subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to
- the territory of the United States, or are substituted
- by identical or similar goods used as materials in the
- production of other goods that are subsequently
- exported to the territory of the United States, in an
- amount, for all such persons combined, no greater than
-
- (i) 1,200,000 units in 1994,
-
- (ii) 1,000,000 units in 1995,
-
- (iii) 800,000 units in 1996,
-
- (iv) 600,000 units in 1997,
-
- (v) 400,000 units in 1998,
-
- (vi) 200,000 units in 1999, and
-
- (vii) zero units in 2000 and thereafter,
-
- provided that the number of goods on which such customs duties
- may be refunded, waived or reduced in any year shall be reduced,
- with respect to that year, by the number of such goods qualifying
- as originating goods during the year immediately preceding that
- year, considering operations performed in, or materials obtained
- from, the territories of Canada and the United States as if they
- were performed in, or obtained from, a non-Party; or
-
- (b) subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to
- the territory of Canada, or used as materials in the
- production of other goods that are subsequently
- exported from the territory of Mexico to the territory
- of Canada, or are substituted by identical or similar
- goods used as materials in the production of other
- goods that are subsequently exported to the territory
- of Canada, in an amount no greater than
-
- (i) 75,000 units in 1994,
-
- (ii) 50,000 units in 1995, and
-
- (iii) zero units in 1996 and thereafter.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 304.1
-
- Exceptions for Existing Waiver Measures
-
-
- Article 304(1) shall not apply in respect of existing
- Mexican waivers of customs duties, except that:
-
- (a) Mexico shall not increase the ratio of customs duties
- waived to customs duties owed relative to the
- performance required under any such waiver; or
-
- (b) Mexico shall not add any type of good to those
- qualifying on July 1, 1991, in respect of any waiver of
- customs duties in effect on that date.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 304.2
-
- Continuation of Existing Waiver Measures
-
-
- For purposes of Article 304(2):
-
- (a) Canada may condition on the fulfillment of a
- performance requirement the waiver of customs duties
- under any measure in effect on or before September 28,
- 1988, on any goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse
- for consumption before January 1, 1998;
-
- (b) Mexico may condition on the fulfillment of a
- performance requirement the waiver of customs duties
- under any measure in effect on July 1, 1991, on any
- goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for
- consumption before January 1, 2001;
-
- (c) as between the United States and Canada, Article 405 of
- the Canada - United States Free Trade Agreement is
- incorporated and made part of this Annex solely with
- respect to measures adopted by Canada or the United
- States prior to the date of entry into force of this
- Agreement; and
-
- (d) Canada may grant duty waivers as set out in Annex 300-
- A.
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 307.1
-
- Goods Re-Entered after Repair or Alteration
-
-
- Section A - Canada
-
- Canada may impose customs duties on goods, regardless of
- their origin, that re-enter its territory after such goods have
- been exported from its territory to the territory of another
- Party for repair or alteration as follows:
-
- (a) for goods set out in section D that re-enter its
- territory from the territory of Mexico, Canada shall
- apply to the value of the repair or alteration of such
- goods the rate of duty for such goods applicable under
- its Schedule attached to Annex 302.2;
-
- (b) for goods other than those set out in section D that
- re-enter its territory from the territory of the United
- States or Mexico, other than goods repaired or altered
- pursuant to a warranty, Canada shall apply to the value
- of the repair or alteration of such goods the rate of
- duty for such goods applicable under the Tariff
- Schedule of Canada attached to Annex 401.2 of the
- Canada - United States Free Trade Agreement.
-
- (c) for goods set out in section D that re-enter its
- territory from the territory of the United States,
- Canada shall apply to the value of the repair or
- alteration of such goods the rate of duty for such
- goods applicable under its Schedule attached to Annex
- 401.2 of the Canada - United States Free Trade
- Agreement.
-
-
- Section B - Mexico
-
- Mexico may impose customs duties on goods set out in section
- D, regardless of their origin, that re-enter its territory after
- such goods have been exported from its territory to the territory
- of another Party for repair or alteration, by applying to the
- value of the repair or alteration of those goods the rate of duty
- for such goods that would apply if such goods were included in
- staging category B in the Schedule of Mexico attached to Annex
- 302.2.
-
-
- Section C - United States
-
- 1. The United States may impose customs duties on:
-
- (a) goods set out in section D, or
-
- (b) goods that are not set out in section D and that are
- not repaired or altered pursuant to a warranty,
-
- regardless of their origin, that re-enter its territory after
- such goods have been exported from its territory to the territory
- of Canada for repair or alteration, by applying to the value of
- the repair or alteration of such goods the rate of duty
- applicable under the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
-
- 2. The United States may impose customs duties on goods set out
- in section D, regardless of their origin, that re-enter its
- territory after such goods have been exported from its territory
- to the territory of Mexico for repair or alteration, by applying
- to the value of the repair or alteration of such goods a rate of
- duty of 50 percent reduced in five equal annual stages
- commencing on January 1, 1994, and the value of such repair or
- alteration shall be duty-free on January 1, 1998.
-
-
- Section D - List of Goods [description under review]
-
- Any vessel, including the following goods, documented by a
- Party under its law to engage in foreign or coastwise trade, or a
- vessel intended to be employed in such trade:
-
- 1. Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships,
- barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods,
- including:
-
- (a) tankers;
-
- (b) refrigerated vessels, other than tankers; and
-
- (c) other vessels for the transport of goods and other
- vessels for the transport of both persons and goods,
- including open vessels.
-
- 2. Fishing vessels, including factory ships and other vessels
- for processing or preserving fishery products of a registered
- length not exceeding 30.5m.
-
- 3. Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and
- other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their
- main function, floating docks, floating or submersible drilling
- or production platforms, including drilling ships, drilling
- barges and floating drilling rigs.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 307.3
-
- Repair and Rebuilding of Vessels
-
-
- United States
-
- For the purpose of increasing transparency regarding the
- types of repairs that may be performed in shipyards outside the
- territory of the United States that do not result in any loss of
- privileges for such vessel to:
-
- (a) remain eligible to engage in coastwise trade or to
- access U.S. fisheries,
-
- (b) transport U.S. government cargo, or
-
- (c) participate in U.S. assistance programs, including the
- "operating difference subsidy",
-
- the United States shall, no later than the date of entry into
- force of this Agreement:
-
- (d) provide written clarification to the other Parties of
- current U.S. Customs and Coast Guard practices that
- constitute, and differentiate between, the repair and
- the rebuilding of vessels, including, where possible,
- clarifications on "jumboizing", vessel conversions, and
- emergency repairs, and
-
- (e) commence a process to define the terms "repairs",
- "emergency repairs", and "rebuilding" under U.S.
- maritime legislation, including the Merchant Marine Act
- of 1920 (codified at 46 U.S.C. App. 883) and the
- Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (codified at 46 U.S.C. App.
- 1171, 1176, 1241 and 1241(o)).
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 308.1
-
- Most-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty on
- Certain Automatic Data Processing Goods and Their Parts
-
-
- Section A - General Provisions
-
- 1. Each Party shall reduce its most-favored-nation rate of duty
- applicable to the goods provided for under the tariff provisions
- set out in Tables 308.1.1 and 308.1.2 in section B of this Annex
- to the rate set out therein, or to such reduced rate as the
- Parties may agree, in accordance with the Schedule set out in
- section B of this Annex, or with such accelerated schedule as the
- Parties may agree.
-
- 2. Notwithstanding Chapter 3, when the most-favored-nation rate
- of duty applicable to a good provided for under the tariff
- provisions set out in Table 308.1.1 in section B of this Annex
- has been reduced in accordance with paragraph 1, each Party shall
- consider the good, when imported into its territory from the
- territory of another Party, to be an originating good.
-
- 3. A Party may reduce in advance of the schedule set out in
- Table 308.1.1 or Table 308.1.2 in section B of this Annex, or of
- such accelerated schedule as the Parties may agree, its most-
- favored-nation rate of duty applicable to any good provided for
- under the tariff provisions set out therein, to the rate set out
- therein or to such reduced rate as the Parties may agree.
-
- =============================================================================
-
- Section B - Rates of Duty and Schedule for Reduction
-
-
- Table 308.1.1
-
- Tariff Rate Schedule
-
- Automatic Data Processing
- Machines (ADP):
-
- 8471.10 3.9% S
-
- 8471.20 3.9% S
-
-
- Digital Processing Units:
-
- 8471.91 3.9% S
-
- Input or Output Units:
-
- Combined Input/Output Units:
-
- Canada:
-
- 8471.92.90.11 3.7% S
- 8471.92.90.12 3.7% S
- 8471.92.90.19 3.7% S
-
- Mexico:
-
- 8471.92.h1 3.7% S
-
- United States:
-
- 8471.92.10 3.7% S
-
- Display Units:
-
- Canada:
-
- 8471.92.90.32 3.7% S
- 8471.92.90.39.a1 3.7% S
- 8471.92.90.39.a2 Free S
-
- Mexico:
-
- 8471.92.h2 3.7% S
- 8471.92.h3 Free S
-
- United States:
-
- 8471.92.30 Free S
- 8471.92.40.75 3.7% S
- =============================================================================
-
- Other Input or Output Units:
-
- Canada:
-
- 8471.92.10.20 Free S
- 8471.92.10.90 Free S
- 8471.92.90.20 Free S
- 8471.92.90.40 Free S
- 8471.92.90.50 3.7% S
- 8471.92.90.91 Free S
- 8471.92.90.99 Free S
-
- Mexico:
-
- 8471.92.h4 3.7% S
- 8471.92.h5 Free S
-
- United States:
-
- 8471.92.20 Free S
- 8471.92.80 Free S
- 8471.92.90.20 Free S
- 8471.92.90.40 3.7% S
- 8471.92.90.60 Free S
- 8471.92.90.80 Free S
-
- =============================================================================
-
- Storage Units
-
- 8471.93 Free S
-
-
- Other Units of Automatic Data Processing
- Machines
-
- 8471.99 Free S
-
-
- Parts of Computers
-
- 8473.30 Free R
-
-
- Computer Power Supplies
-
- 8504.40.a3 Free S
-
- 8504.90.a4 Free S
-
-
- Table 308.1.2
-
-
- Metal Oxide Varistors:
-
- 8533.40.a4 Free R
-
-
- Diodes, Transistors and Similar
- Semiconductor Devices; Photosensitive
- Semiconductor Devices; Light Emitting
- Diodes; Mounted Piezo-electric Crystals
-
- 8541.10 Free R
- 8541.21 Free R
- 8541.29 Free R
- 8541.30 Free R
- 8541.50 Free R
- 8541.60 Free R
- 8541.90 Free R
-
-
- Canada:
-
- 8541.20 Free R
-
-
- Mexico:
-
- 8541.20 Free R
-
-
- United States:
-
- 8541.40.20 Free S
- 8541.40.60 Free R
- 8541.40.70 Free R
- 8541.40.80 Free R
- 8541.40.95 Free R
-
-
- Electronic Integrated Circuits
- and Microassemblies
-
- 8542 Free R
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 308.2
-
- Most-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty
- on Certain Color Television Picture Tubes
-
-
- 1. Any Party considering the reduction of its most-favored-
- nation rate of customs duty for goods provided for in tariff
- provision 8540.11.a2 (cathode-ray color television picture tubes,
- including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, with a diagonal
- exceeding 14 inches) during the first 10 years after the date of
- entry into force of this Agreement shall consult with the other
- Parties in advance of such reduction.
-
- 2. If any other Party objects in writing to such reduction, and
- the Party proceeds with the reduction, any objecting Party may
- raise its applicable rate of duty on originating goods provided
- for in the corresponding tariff provision set out in its Schedule
- attached to Annex 302.2, up to the applicable rate of duty as if
- such good had been placed in staging category C for purpose of
- tariff elimination.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 308.3
-
- Most-Favored-Nation Duty-Free
- Treatment of Local Area Network Apparatus
-
- Section A - Canada
-
- Canada shall accord most-favored-nation duty-free treatment
- to goods provided for in item(s) [to be provided] of its tariff
- schedule.
-
-
- Section B - Mexico
-
- Mexico shall accord most-favored-nation duty-free treatment
- to goods provided for in item(s) [to be provided] of its tariff
- schedule.
-
-
- Section C - United States
-
- The United States shall accord most-favored-nation duty-free
- treatment to goods provided for in item(s) [to be provided] of
- its tariff schedule.
-
- For purposes of this Annex:
-
- local area network apparatus means a good dedicated for use
- solely or principally to permit the interconnection of automatic
- data processing machines and units thereof for a network that is
- used primarily for the sharing of resources such as central
- processor units, data storage devices and input or output units,
- including in-line repeaters, converters, concentrators, bridges
- and routers, and printed circuit assemblies for physical
- incorporation into automatic data processing machines and units
- thereof suitable for use solely or principally with a private
- network, and providing for the transmission, receipt, error-
- checking, control, signal conversion or correction functions for
- non-voice data to move through a local area network.
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 311.2
-
- Existing Customs User Fees
-
-
- Section A - Mexico
-
- Mexico shall not increase its customs processing fee
- ("derechos de tr mite aduanero") on originating goods, and shall
- by June 30, 1999, eliminate such fee on originating goods.
-
-
- Mexico B - United States
-
- 1. The United States shall not increase its merchandise
- processing fee and shall eliminate such fee according to the
- schedule set out in Article 403 of the Canada - United States
- Free Trade Agreement on originating goods where those goods
- qualify to be marked as goods of Canada pursuant to Annex 312,
- without regard to whether the goods are marked.
-
- 2. The United States shall not increase its merchandise
- processing fee and shall by June 30, 1999, eliminate such fee, on
- originating goods where those goods qualify to be marked as goods
- of Mexico pursuant to Annex 312, without regard to whether the
- goods are marked.
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 312
-
- Country of Origin Marking
-
-
- 1. The Parties shall establish by January 1, 1994, rules for
- determining whether a good is a good of a Party ("Marking Rules")
- for the purposes of this Annex, Annex 300-B and Annex 302.2, and
- for such other purposes as may be agreed.
-
- 2. Each Party may require that a good of another Party, as
- determined in accordance with the Marking Rules, imported into
- its territory bear a country of origin marking that indicates to
- the ultimate purchaser of that good the name of its country of
- origin.
-
- 3. Each Party shall permit the country of origin marking of a
- good of another Party to be indicated in English, French or
- Spanish, except that a Party may, as part of its general consumer
- information measures, require that an imported good be marked
- with its country of origin in the same manner as prescribed for
- goods of that Party.
-
- 4. Each Party shall, in adopting, maintaining and administering
- any measure relating to country of origin marking, minimize the
- difficulties, costs and inconveniences that such measure may
- cause to the commerce and industry of the other Parties.
-
- 5. Each Party shall:
-
- (a) accept any reasonable method of marking, including the
- use of stickers, labels, tags or paint, that ensures
- that the marking is conspicuous, legible and
- sufficiently permanent;
-
- (b) exempt from a country of origin marking requirement a
- good of another Party which
-
- (i) is incapable of being marked,
-
- (ii) cannot be marked prior to exportation to the
- territory of another Party without causing injury
- to the goods,
-
- (iii) cannot be marked except at an expense which
- would materially discourage its exportation
- to the territory of another Party,
-
- (iv) cannot be marked without materially impairing its
- function or substantially detracting from its
- appearance,
-
- (v) is in a container that is marked in a manner that
- will reasonably indicate the good's origin to the
- ultimate purchaser,
-
- (vi) is a crude substance,
-
- (vii) is imported for use by the importer and is
- not intended for sale in the form in which it
- was imported,
-
- (viii) is to be processed in the importing Party by
- the importer, or on its behalf, in a manner
- that results in a change of origin for
- marking purposes, under the Marking Rules,
-
- (ix) by reason of its character, or the circumstances
- of its importation, the ultimate purchaser would
- reasonably know its country of origin even though
- it is not marked,
-
- (x) was produced more than 20 years prior to its
- importation,
-
- (xi) was imported without the required marking and
- cannot be marked after its importation except at
- an expense that would materially discourage its
- importation, provided that the failure to mark the
- good before importation was not for the purpose of
- avoiding compliance with such requirement,
-
- (xii) for the purposes of temporary duty-free
- admission, is in transit or in bond or
- otherwise under customs administration
- control,
-
- (xiii) is an original work of art, or
-
- (xiv) is provided for in headings 8541 or 8542, and
- 6904.10.
-
- 6. Except for a good described in subparagraphs 5(b)(vi),(vii),
- (viii), (ix), (x), (xii), (xiii) and (xiv), a Party may provide
- that, wherever a good is exempted under subparagraph 5(b), its
- outermost container that ordinarily reaches the ultimate
- purchaser shall be marked so as to indicate the country of origin
- of the good it contains.
-
- 7. Each Party shall provide that:
-
- (a) a usual container imported empty, whether or not
- disposable, shall not be required to be marked with its
- own country of origin, but the container in which it is
- imported may be required to be marked with the country
- of origin of its contents; and
-
- (b) a usual container imported filled, whether or not
- disposable,
-
- (i) shall not be required to be marked with its own
- country of origin, but
-
- (ii) may be required to be marked with the country of
- origin of its contents, unless the contents are
- marked with their country of origin and the
- container can be readily opened for inspection of
- the contents, or the marking of the contents is
- clearly visible through the container.
-
- 8. Each Party shall, whenever administratively practicable,
- permit an importer to mark a good subsequent to importation but
- prior to release of the good from customs control or custody,
- unless there have been repeated violations of the country of
- origin marking requirements of that Party by the same importer
- and that importer has been previously notified in writing that
- such good is required to be marked prior to importation.
-
- 9. Each Party shall provide that, except with respect to
- importers that have been notified under paragraph 8, no special
- duty or penalty shall be imposed for failure to comply with
- country of origin marking requirements, unless a good is removed
- from customs custody or control without being properly marked, or
- a deceptive marking has been used.
-
- 10. The Parties shall cooperate and consult on matters related
- to this Annex, including additional exemptions from a country of
- origin marking requirement, in accordance with Chapter Five
- (Customs Procedures).
-
- 11. For purposes of this Annex:
-
- conspicuous means capable of being easily seen with normal
- handling of the good or container;
-
- legible means capable of being easily read;
-
- materially discourage means add a cost to the good that is
- substantial in relation to its customs value;
-
- sufficiently permanent means capable of remaining in place until
- the good reaches the ultimate purchaser, unless deliberately
- removed;
-
- the form in which it was imported means the condition of the good
- before it has undergone one of the changes in tariff
- classification described in the Marking Rules;
-
- ultimate purchaser means the last person in the territory of the
- Party into which the good is imported that purchases the good in
- the form in which it was imported; such purchaser need not be the
- last person that will use the good; and
-
- usual container means the container in which a good will
- ordinarily reach its ultimate purchaser.
-
- =============================================================================
- ANNEX 314
-
- Distinctive Products
-
-
- 1. Mexico and Canada shall recognize Bourbon Whiskey and
- Tennessee Whiskey, which is a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorized
- to be produced only in the State of Tennessee, as distinctive
- products of the United States. Accordingly, Mexico and Canada
- shall not permit the sale of any product as Bourbon Whiskey or
- Tennessee Whiskey, unless it has been manufactured in the United
- States in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United
- States governing the manufacture of Bourbon Whiskey and Tennessee
- Whiskey.
-
- 2. The United States and Mexico shall recognize Canadian
- Whiskey as a distinctive product of Canada. Accordingly, the
- United States and Mexico shall not permit the sale of any product
- as Canadian Whiskey, unless it has been manufactured in Canada in
- accordance with the laws and regulations of Canada governing the
- manufacture of Canadian Whiskey for consumption in Canada.
-
- 3. The United States and Canada shall recognize Tequila and
- Mezcal as distinctive products of Mexico. Accordingly, the
- United States and Canada shall not permit the sale of any product
- as Tequila or Mezcal, unless it has been manufactured in Mexico
- in accordance with the laws and regulations of Mexico governing
- the manufacture of Tequila and Mezcal. This provision shall
- apply to Mezcal, either on the date of entry into force of this
- Agreement, or 90 days after the date when the official standard
- for this product is made obligatory by the Government of Mexico,
- whichever is later.
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- ANNEX 315
-
- Export Taxes
-
-
- Mexico
-
- 1. Mexico may adopt or maintain a duty, tax, or other charge on
- the export of those basic foodstuffs set out in paragraph 4, on
- their ingredients, or on the goods from which such foodstuffs are
- derived, if such duty, tax, or other charge is adopted or
- maintained on the export of such goods to the territory of all
- other Parties, and is used:
-
- (a) to limit to domestic consumers the benefits of a
- domestic food assistance program with respect to such
- foodstuff; or
-
- (b) to ensure the availability of sufficient quantities of
- such foodstuff to domestic consumers or of sufficient
- quantities of its ingredients, or of the goods from
- which such foodstuffs are derived, to a domestic
- processing industry, when the domestic price of such
- foodstuff is held below the world price as part of a
- governmental stabilization plan, provided that such
- duty, tax, or other charge
-
- (i) does not operate to increase the protection
- afforded to such domestic industry, and
-
- (ii) is maintained only for such period of time as is
- necessary to maintain the integrity of the
- stabilization plan.
-
- 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Mexico may adopt or maintain a
- duty, tax, or other charge on the export of any foodstuff to the
- territory of another Party if such duty, tax, or other charge is
- temporarily applied to relieve critical shortages of that
- foodstuff. For purposes of this paragraph, "temporarily" means
- up to one year, or such longer period as the Parties may agree.
-
- 3. Mexico may maintain its existing tax on the export of goods
- provided for under tariff item 4001.30.02 of the Tariff Schedule
- of the General Export Duty Act ("Tarifa de la Ley del Impuesto
- General de Exportación") for up to 10 years after the date of
- entry into force of this Agreement.
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- 4. For purposes of paragraph 1, "basic foodstuffs" means:
-
- Beans
- Beef steak or pulp
- Beef liver
- Beef remnants and bones ("retazo con
- hueso")
- Beer
- Bread
- Brown sugar
- Canned sardines
- Canned tuna
- Canned peppers
- Chicken broth
- Condensed milk
- Cooked ham
- Corn tortillas
- Corn flour
- Corn dough
- Crackers
- Eggs
- Evaporated milk
- French rolls ("pan blanco")
- Gelatine
- Ground beef
- Instant coffee
- Low-priced cookies ("galletas dulces
- populares)
- Margarine
- Oat flakes
- Pasteurized milk
- Powdered chocolate
- Powdered milk for children
- Powdered milk
- Rice
- Roasted coffee
- Salt
- Soft drinks
- Soup paste
- Tomato puree
- Vegetable oil
- Vegetable fat
- Wheat flour
- White sugar
-
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- ANNEX 316
-
- Other Export Measures
-
-
- Article 316 shall not apply as between Mexico and the other
- Parties.
-
-