10.402—General definitions.
As used in this subpart, the following terms will have the meanings indicated unless either the context in which they are used requires a different meaning or a different definition is prescribed for a particular section of this subpart:
(a) Certification.
“Certification” means, either when used by itself or in the expression “certification of origin”, the certification established under article 4.13 of the US-CFTA, that a good qualifies as an originating good under the US-CFTA;
(b) Claim of origin.
“Claim of origin” means a claim that a textile or apparel good is an originating good or a good of a Party;
(c) Claim for preferential tariff treatment.
“Claim for preferential tariff treatment” means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the US-CFTA and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;
(d) Customs authority.
“Customs authority” means the competent authority that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration of customs laws and regulations;
(e) Customs Valuation Agreement.
“Customs Valuation Agreement” means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which is part of the WTO Agreement;
(g) Customs duty.
“Customs duty” includes any customs or import duty and a charge of any kind imposed in connection with the importation of a good, including any form of surtax or surcharge in connection with such importation, but, for purposes of implementing the US-CFTA, does not include any:
(1)
Charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed consistently with Article III:2 of the GATT 1994; in respect of like, directly competitive, or substitutable goods of the Party, or in respect of goods from which the imported good has been manufactured or produced in whole or in part;
(3)
Fee or other charge in connection with importation commensurate with the cost of services rendered;
(h) Enterprise.
“Enterprise” means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;
(i) GATT 1994.
“GATT 1994” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which is part of the WTO Agreement;
(j) Goods.
“Goods” means domestic products as these are understood in the GATT 1994 or such goods as the Parties may agree, and includes originating goods of that Party. A good of a Party may include materials of other countries;
(k) Harmonized System.
“Harmonized System (HS)” means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;
(l) Heading.
“Heading” means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;
(m) HTSUS.
“HTSUS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U.S. International Trade Commission;
(n) Identical goods.
“Identical goods” means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the particular rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating;
(o) Indirect material.
“Indirect material” means a good used in the production, testing, or inspection of a good in the territory of the United States or Chile but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of a good in the territory of the United States or Chile, including—
(4)
Lubricants, greases, compounding materials, and other materials used in production or used to operate equipment and buildings;
(8)
Any other goods that are not incorporated into the good but whose use in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that production;
(p) Originating.
“Originating” means qualifying under the rules of origin set out in Chapter Four (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures) of the US-CFTA;
(s) Preferential tariff treatment.
“Preferential tariff treatment” means the duty rate applicable to an originating good under the US-CFTA, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee.
(t) Subheading.
“Subheading” means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;
(u) Tariff preference level.
“Tariff preference level” means a quantitative limit for certain non-originating textiles and textile apparel goods that may be entitled to preferential tariff treatment as if such goods were originating based on the goods meeting the production requirements set forth in § 10.421 of this subpart.
(v) Textile or apparel good.
“Textile or apparel good” means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as ATC), which is part of the WTO Agreement;
(1)
With respect to Chile, the land, maritime and air space under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law; and
(i)
The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,
(iii)
Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;
(x) WTO Agreement.
“WTO Agreement” means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994.