19 CFR 10.198b
§ 10.198b Products of Puerto Rico processed in a beneficiary country.
United States · 19 CFR — Customs Duties · Status: effective
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- 19 CFR 10.198b, § 10.198b Products of Puerto Rico processed in a beneficiary country, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/73005
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Full text
Except in the case of any article described in § 10.191(b)(2)(i) through (vi), the duty-free treatment provided for under the CBI will apply to an article that is the growth, product, or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and that is by any means advanced in value or improved in condition in a beneficiary country, provided that:
(a) If any materials are added to the article in the beneficiary country, those materials consist only of materials that are a product of a beneficiary country or the United States; and
(b) The article is imported directly from the beneficiary country into the customs territory of the United States within the meaning of § 10.193.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.