[Federal Register: January 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 19)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

 
Notice of Issuance of Final Determination Concerning PC Cards

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of final determination.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that Customs has issued a final 
determination concerning the country of origin of certain PC cards 
which are being offered for sale to the U.S. Government. The final 
determination found that based upon the facts presented, the country of 
origin of the PC cards which are produced in Mexico from U.S. and 
foreign components is Mexico.

DATES: The final determination was issued on January 9, 1998. Any 
party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 177.22(d), may seek judicial 
review of the final determination within 30 days of January 29, 1998. A 
copy of the final determination will be published in the Customs 
Bulletin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Burton L. Schlissel, Senior Attorney, 
Office of Regulations and Rulings, (202) 927-1034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that on January 9, 
1998, pursuant to subpart B of part 177, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 
part 177, subpart B), Customs issued a final determination concerning 
the country of origin of certain PC cards which are being offered to 
the U.S. Government. The U.S. Customs ruling number is HQ 559815. This 
final determination was issued at the request of the offeror under 
procedures set forth in 19 CFR 177 subpart B, which implements Title 
III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2511-
18). The final determination concluded that based upon the facts 
presented, printed circuit boards and other components imported into 
Mexico are substantially transformed as a consequence of the

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assembly operations performed in Mexico resulting in the completed PC 
cards. Accordingly, the country of origin of the PC cards is Mexico. 
This document gives notice pursuant to Sec. 177.29, Customs Regulations 
(19 CFR 177.29), of that final determination. Any party-at-interest, as 
defined in 19 CFR 177.22(d), may seek judicial review of this final 
determination within 30 days of January 29, 1998.

    Dated: January 26, 1998.
John Durant,
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings.
[FR Doc. 98-2253 Filed 1-28-98; 8:45 am]
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