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107 STAT. 2088 PUBLIC LAW 103-182—DEC. 8, 1993 Where in paragraph (6) a good referred to by an item is described in parentheses following the item, the description is provided for purposes of reference only. (b) CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS WITH DELAYED EFFECJT.— (1) BONDED MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSES. —The last paragraph of section 311 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1311) 18 amended to read as follows: '^o article manufactured in a bonded warehousefrommaterials that are goods subject to NAFTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, may be withdrawn frt)m warehouse for exportation to a NAFTA countiy, as defined in section 2(4) of that Act, without assessment of a duty on the materials in their condition and quantity, and at their weight, at the time of importation into the United States. The duty shall be paid before the 61st day after the date of exportation, except that upon the presentation, before such 6l8t day, of satisfactory evidence of the amount of any customs duties Kaid to the NAFTA country on the article, the customs duty may e waived or reduced (subject to section 508(b)(2)(B)) in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of— "(1) Uie total amount of customs duties paid or owed on the materials on importation into the United States, or "(2) the total amount of customs duties paid on the article to the NAFTA country. If Canada ceases to be a NAFTA country and the suspension of the operation of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement thereafter terminates, no article manufactured in a bonded warehouse, except to the extent that such article is made from an article that is a drawback eligible good under section 204(a) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, may be withdrawnfromsuch warehouse for exportation to Canada during the period such Agreement is in operation without payment of a duty on such imported merchandise in its condition, and at the rate of duty in effect, at the time of importation.". (2) BONDED SMELTING AND REFINING WAREHOUSES.— Section 312 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— (A) in paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (b), by striking out the parenthetical matter and the final **, o^ and by adding at the end the following: "; except that in the case of a withdrawal for exportation of such a product to a NAFTA country, as defined in section 2(4) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, if any of the imported metal-bearing materials are goods subject to NAFTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of that Act, the duties on the materials shall be paid, and the charges against the bond canceled, 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 duties on the materials may be waived or reduced (subject to section 508(b)(2)(B)) in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of— "(A) the total amount of customs duties owed on the materials on importation into the United States, or "(B) the total amount of customs duties paid to the NAFTA countiy on the product, or^;