Annex 303.8: Exception to Article 303(8) for Certain Color Cathode-Ray Television Picture Tubes

    Mexico

    Mexico may refund customs duties paid, or waive or reduce the amount of customs duties owed, on a good provided for in item 8540.11.aa (color cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, with a diagonal exceeding 14 inches) or 8540.11.cc (color cathode-ray television picture tubes for high definition television, with a diagonal exceeding 14 inches) for a person who, during the period July 1, 1991 through June 30, 1992, imported into its territory no fewer than 20,000 units of such good that would not have been considered to be an originating good had this Agreement been in force during that period, where the good is:

  • Subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to the territory of the United States, or is used as a material in the production of another good that is subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to the territory of the United States, or is substituted by an identical or similar good used as a material in the production of another good that is subsequently exported to the territory of the United States, in an amount, for all such persons combined, no greater than
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  • 1,200,000 units in 1994,
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  • 1,000,000 units in 1995,
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  • 800,000 units in 1996,
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  • 600,000 units in 1997,
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  • 400,000 units in 1998,
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  • 200,000 units in 1999, and
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  • Zero units in 2000 and thereafter, provided that the number of units of the good on which such customs duties may be refunded, waived or reduced in any year shall be reduced, with respect to that year, by the number of units of such good that qualifies as an originating good during the year immediately preceding that year, considering operations performed in, or materials obtained from, the territories of Canada and the United States as if they were performed in, or obtained from, a non-Party; or
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  • Subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to of another good that is subsequently exported from the territory of Mexico to the territory of Canada, or is substituted by an identical or similar good used as a material in the production of another good that is subsequently exported to the territory of Canada, for all such persons combined, in an amount no greater than
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  • 75,000 units in 1994,
  • 50,000 units in 1995, and
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  • zero units in 1996 and thereafter.