Common use of Unassembled or Disassembled Goods Clause in Contracts

Unassembled or Disassembled Goods. Example of a good imported to a Country in a disassembled form but classified as an assembled good (paragraph 1 of Article 33) Company A produces Gas Turbine (HS8411.82) in Japan, which is an extremely large machine obtaining originating status, and plans to export it to Malaysia under the Agreement. Company A exports it in a disassembled form (a group of lots) by reason of transportation. In this case, the Malaysian customs classifies the group of lots as an assembled good, “the article complete, presented disassembled”, i.e., an assembled gas turbine by virtue of Rule 2(a) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System1 (hereinafter referred to as “GRI 2(a)”). Its originating status is not be lost and it is classified as Gas Turbine (HS8411.82).

Unassembled or Disassembled Goods. Example of a good imported to a Country Party in a disassembled form but classified as an assembled good (paragraph 1 of Article 3334) Company A produces Gas Turbine (HS8411.82) in Japan, which is an extremely large machine obtaining originating status, and plans to export it to Malaysia the Philippines under the Agreement. Company A exports it in a disassembled form (a group of lots) by reason of transportation. In this case, the Malaysian Philippine customs classifies the group of lots as an assembled good, “the article complete, presented disassembled”, i.e., an assembled gas turbine by virtue of Rule 2(a) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System1 (hereinafter referred to as “GRI 2(a)”). Its originating status is not be lost and it is classified as Gas Turbine (HS8411.82).