إرشادات مقترحات البحث معلومات خط الزمن الفهارس الخرائط الصور الوثائق الأقسام

مقاتل من الصحراء

         



and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hereby agree to the establishment of a Joint Committee which will have the responsibility outlined below of identifying those businesses located within the Irbid Qualifying Industrial Zone which involve substantial economic cooperation between Israel and Jordan. Goods processed in the zone by businesses identified by the Committee will be eligible for duty-free entry into the United States if the goods meet the requirements of the Legislation and Proclamation.

  1. A representative of the United States shall have the right to participate in meetings of the Committee as an observer.

  2. The Committee may determine that a business involves substantial economic cooperation between Israel and Jordan.

    1. If the manufacturer on the Jordanian side of the QIZ and the Israeli manufacturer each contribute and maintain at least one third of the minimum 35 percent content required under the legislation and proclamation for duty - free treatment in the United States.

Or:

  1. If the manufacturer on the Jordanian size of the QIZ and the Israeli manufacturer each contribute and maintain at least 20 percent of the total cost of production of goods eligible for duty - free treatment, excluding profits, even if the costs cannot be considered as part of the 35 percent minimum content requirement. For this purpose, costs may include originating materials, wages and salaries, design, research and development, depreciation of capital investment, overhead including marketing expenses, etc.

IV.

The Joint Committee shall have the authority to approve those businesses whose products will be eligible for duty free entry into the United States based on the requirements of paragraph C and to cancel this eligibility of these requirements are no longer met. Approval of eligibility for duty - free privileges will be reconfirmed by the Joint Committee on an annual basis.

V.

The Joint Committee will promptly transmit to U.S. Customs ( Trade Compliance Office, Office of Field Operations ) the names of those businesses whose products are eligible for duty - free treatment and identify the products produced or processed in the QIZ by those businesses which comply with the rule of origin requirements set out in the " outline for designations of qualifying industrial zone under Proclamation No. 6955 " attached to the July 28, 1997 letter from the U.S. Trade Representative to the Israeli and Jordanian Ministers of Industry and Trade.

Article III
Rules of Origin

The Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan agree that origin of any textile or apparel product that is processed in the Irbid Qualifying Industrial Zone, regardless of the origin or place of processing of any of its inputs or materials prior to entry into, or subsequent to withdrawal from, the zone, will be determined solely pursuant to the rules of origin for textile and apparel products set out in Section 334 of Uruguay Round Agreement Act, 12 U.S.C. 3592.

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