---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 102.22"
title: "19"
number: "102.22"
heading: "Rules of origin for textile and apparel products of Israel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/102.22"
---

# §102.22. Rules of origin for textile and apparel products of Israel.

- (a) **Applicability.** The provisions of this section will control for purposes of determining whether a textile or apparel product, as defined in [§ 102.21(b)(5)](/cfr/19/102.21.md?p=b-5), is considered a product of Israel for purposes of the customs laws and the administration of quantitative limitations. A textile or apparel product will be a product of Israel if it is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Israel. However, a textile or apparel product that consists of materials produced or derived from, or processed in, another country, or insular possession of the United States, in addition to Israel, will be a product of Israel if it last underwent a substantial transformation in Israel. A textile or apparel product will be considered to have undergone a substantial transformation if it has been transformed by means of substantial manufacturing or processing operations into a new and different article of commerce.
- (b) **Criteria for determining country of origin for products of Israel.** The criteria in paragraphs [(b)(1)](#b-1) and [(b)(2)](#b-2) of this section will be considered in determining whether an imported textile or apparel product is a product of Israel. These criteria are not exhaustive. One or any combination of criteria may be determinative, and additional factors may be considered.
  - (1) A new and different article of commerce will usually result from a manufacturing or processing operation if there is a change in:
    - (i) Commercial designation or identity;
    - (ii) Fundamental character; or
    - (iii) **Commercial use.**
  - (2) In determining whether merchandise has been subjected to substantial manufacturing or processing operations, the following will be considered:
    - (i) The physical change in the material or article as a result of the manufacturing or processing operations in Israel or in Israel and a foreign territory or country or insular possession of the U.S.;
    - (ii) The time involved in the manufacturing or processing operations in Israel or in Israel and a foreign territory or country or insular possession of the U.S.;
    - (iii) The complexity of the manufacturing or processing operations in Israel or in Israel and a foreign territory or country or insular possession of the U.S.;
    - (iv) The level or degree of skill and/or technology required in the manufacturing or processing operations in Israel or in Israel and a foreign territory or country or insular possession of the U.S.; and
    - (v) The value added to the article or material in Israel or in Israel and a foreign territory or country or insular possession of the U.S., compared to its value when imported into the U.S.
- (c) **Manufacturing or processing operations.**
  - (1) An article or material usually will be a product of Israel when it has undergone in Israel prior to importation into the United States any of the following:
    - (i) **Dyeing of fabric and printing when accompanied by two or more of the following finishing operations—** bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, or moireing;
    - (ii) Spinning fibers into yarn;
    - (iii) Weaving, knitting or otherwise forming fabric;
    - (iv) Cutting of fabric into parts and the assembly of those parts into the completed article; or
    - (v) Substantial assembly by sewing and/or tailoring of all cut pieces of apparel articles which have been cut from fabric in another foreign territory or country, or insular possession of the U.S., into a completed garment (e.g., the complete assembly and tailoring of all cut pieces of suit-type jackets, suits, and shirts).
  - (2) An article or material usually will not be considered to be a product of Israel by virtue of merely having undergone any of the following:
    - (i) Simple combining operations, labeling, pressing, cleaning or dry cleaning, or packaging operations, or any combination thereof;
    - (ii) Cutting to length or width and hemming or overlocking fabrics which are readily identifiable as being intended for a particular commercial use;
    - (iii) Trimming and/or joining together by sewing, looping, linking, or other means of attaching otherwise completed knit-to-shape component parts produced in a single country, even when accompanied by other processes (e.g., washing, drying, and mending) normally incident to the assembly process;
    - (iv) One or more finishing operations on yarns, fabrics, or other textile articles, such as showerproofing, superwashing, bleaching, decating, fulling, shrinking, mercerizing, or similar operations; or
    - (v) **Dyeing and/or printing of fabrics or yarns.**
- (d) **Results of origin determination.** If Israel is determined to be the country of origin of a textile or apparel product by application of the provisions in paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) of this section, the inquiry into the origin of the product ends. However, if Israel is determined not to be the country of origin of a textile or apparel product by application of the provisions in paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) of this section, the country of origin of the product will be determined under the rules of origin set forth in [§ 102.21](/cfr/19/102.21.md), although the application of those rules cannot result in Israel being the country of origin of the product.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CBP Dec. 05-32, 70 FR 58013, Oct. 5, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1624, 3592, 4513.

### Source

Source: T.D. 94-4, 59 FR 113, Jan. 3, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CBP Dec. 05-32, 70 FR 58013, Oct. 5, 2005]