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[117 STAT. 925]
PUBLIC LAW 107-000—MMMM. DD, 2003
[117 STAT. 925]

PUBLIC LAW 108–77—SEPT. 3, 2003

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(B) used as a material in the production of another good that is exported to Chile; or (C) substituted for by a good of the same kind and quality that is used as a material in the production of another good that is exported to Chile. (b) CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) BONDED MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSES.—Section 311 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1311) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘No article manufactured in a bonded warehouse from materials that are goods subject to Chile FTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, may be withdrawn from warehouse for exportation to Chile without assessment of a duty on the materials in their condition and quantity, and at their weight, at the time of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 the duty may be waived or reduced by— ‘‘(1) 100 percent during the 8-year period beginning on January 1, 2004; ‘‘(2) 75 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2012; ‘‘(3) 50 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2013; and ‘‘(4) 25 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2014.’’. (2) BONDED SMELTING AND REFINING WAREHOUSES.—Section 312 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1) of subsection (b), by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that follows through subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— ‘‘(A) 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— ‘‘(i) the total amount of customs duties owed on the materials on importation into the United States, or ‘‘(ii) the total amount of customs duties paid to the NAFTA country on the product, and ‘‘(B) in the case of a withdrawal for exportation of such a product to Chile, if any of the imported metalbearing materials are goods subject to Chile FTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the duties on the materials shall be paid, and the charges against the

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