---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 810.140"
title: "29"
number: "810.140"
heading: "High-wage transportation or related costs for shipping a high-wage part or material."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/810.140"
---

# §810.140. High-wage transportation or related costs for shipping a high-wage part or material.

- (a) High-wage transportation or related costs for shipping a high-wage part or material within the USMCA Countries may be used to calculate high-wage material and manufacturing costs if those costs are not otherwise included in the annual purchase value.
- (b) Where the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section are met, the producer may claim in its calculation of high-wage material and manufacturing expenditures high-wage transportation or related costs for shipping a high-wage part or material within the USMCA Countries, for each transportation, logistics, or material handling provider that paid an average hourly base wage rate of at least US$16 per hour to its direct production workers performing these services. Such workers would include drivers and loaders.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1508(b)(4) and 19 U.S.C. 4535(b); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 39810, July 1, 2020, unless otherwise noted.