PUBLIC LAW 108–77—SEPT. 3, 2003
117 STAT. 929
(C) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (D) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: ‘‘(6)(A) without payment of duties for exportation to Chile, if the merchandise is of a kind described in any of paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; and ‘‘(B) for exportation to Chile if the merchandise consists of goods subject to Chile FTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, except that— ‘‘(i) the merchandise may not be withdrawn from warehouse without assessment of a duty on the merchandise in its condition and quantity, and at its weight, at the time of withdrawal from the warehouse with such additions to, or deductions from, the final appraised value as may be necessary by reason of a change in condition, and ‘‘(ii) duty shall be paid on the merchandise before the 61st day after the date of exportation, except that such duties may be waived or reduced by— ‘‘(I) 100 percent during the 8-year period beginning on January 1, 2004, ‘‘(II) 75 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2012, ‘‘(III) 50 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2013, and ‘‘(IV) 25 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2014.’’. (5) FOREIGN TRADE ZONES.—Section 3(a) of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Trade Zones Act’’; 19 U.S.C. 81c(a)) is amended by striking the end period and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That no merchandise that consists of goods subject to Chile FTA drawback, as defined in section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, that is manufactured or otherwise changed in condition shall be exported to Chile without an assessment of a duty on the merchandise in its condition and quantity, and at its weight, at the time of its exportation (or if the privilege in the first proviso to this subsection was requested, an assessment of a duty on the merchandise in its condition and quantity, and at its weight, at the time of its admission into the zone) and the payment of the assessed duty before the 61st day after the date of exportation of the article, except that the customs 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 1year period beginning on January 1, 2013; and (4) 25 percent during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2014.’’. (c) INAPPLICABILITY TO COUNTERVAILING AND ANTIDUMPING DUTIES.—Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be considered to authorize the refund, waiver, or reduction of countervailing duties or antidumping duties imposed on an imported good.
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