Goods to be treated as grown, produced or manufactured within CARICOM area

(1) Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, goods shall be treated as having been the produce of, or having been manufactured in, the CARICOM area if– (a) they have been wholly produced within the CARICOM area; or (b) they have been the CARICOM area wholly or partly from imported from outside the CARICOM area or of undetermined origin by a process which effects a substantial transformation characterized28 Customs and Excise Duties (i) by the goods being classified in a tariff heading different from that in which any of those materials are classified, or (ii) in the case of the goods listed in Part A of the Schedule to these Regulations (Schedule 1 to the Revised Treaty), only by satisfying the conditions therefore specified in that Part. Schedule. (2) In the case of the goods listed in Part B of the Schedule to these Regulations (Schedule 1 to the Revised Treaty) the conditions to be complied with shall be as set out in that Part with effect from the dates appearing against the respective goods in lieu of the conditions applicable prior to those dates in respect of each of those goods. (3) For the purpose of these Regulations and the Schedule, the following are treated as “wholly produced”– (a) mineral products extracted from the ground within the CARICOM area; (b) vegetable products harvested within the (c) live animals born and raised within the (d) products obtained within the CARICOM area from live animals; (e) products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted within the CARICOM area; (f) marine products taken from the sea by a vessel of a member State; Customs and Excise Duties 29 (g) goods produced within the CARICOM area exclusively from one or both of the following– (i) goods referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f) and (h) and (i) of this subregulation; and (ii) goods containing no materials imported from outside or of undetermined or goods containing those materials but which would not be regarded as such under subregulation (4) of this Regulation; and shall be taken to include– (h) used articles fit only for the recovery of materials provided that they have been collected from users within the CARICOM area; and (i) scrap and waste resulting from manufacturing operations within the CARICOM area. (4) Where materials containing any element imported from outside CARICOM meet the conditions specified in this Regulation, those materials shall be regarded as containing no such element. (5) Where in these Regulations, goods are required to be wholly produced, the use of small quantities of preservatives, vitamins, colouring and similar materials imported from outside the CARICOM area or of an undetermined origin shall not affect their eligibility for the CARICOM area treatment as wholly