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原文传递 PRODUCTION SHARING: USE OF U.S. COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS IN FOREIGN ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS, 1995-1998

题名：	PRODUCTION SHARING: USE OF U.S. COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS IN FOREIGN ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS, 1995-1998
作者：	Verm Simpson
关键词：	components；production；sharing；operation；material；statistics；integration；development；report；preference
摘要：	This report series provides an annual summary of developments related to the use of U.S.-made components in foreign assembly plants. It also examines why such production-sharing operations have become an integral part of global efforts to reduce manufacturing costs and have contributed to the accelerated pace of cross-border integration of manufacturing in North America and the Caribbean Basin. The current report uses official U.S. import statistics, .supplemental with various other information, to examine the u.se of North American assembly plants as part of a strategy to reduce manufacturing costs or to improve access to North American and global markets, focusing on developments in 1998. The report also highlights the evolution of assembly plants in Mexico into higher value-added manufacturing operations, as well as the trend toward the integration and rationalization of production facilities throughout North America and the Caribbean Basin. Imports tliat incorporate U.S.-made components can enter the United States either free of duty or at reduced duties under the production-sharing provisions (9802.00.60-.90) of Chapter 98 of die Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). However, a significant and growing portion of imports from production-sharing operations does not enter under these Chapter 98 provisions because the goods are already eligible for dutyfree treatment under other agreements or tariff-preference programs. Therefore, official U.S. statistics arc increasingly unable to quantify the magnitude and .scope of production-sharing activity with complete accuracy. The Commission’s report assessing trade under the production-sharing provisions currently is the only U.S. source of data for documenting the use of U.S. components in foreign assembly. Where possible, tliis report characterizes the extent and type of production-.sharing trade that takes place beyond that reported under the Chapter 98 production-sharing provisions. The official reported value of products entered under these provisions fell by $5.1 billion (6 percent) to $74.1 billion in 1998. The value of U.S.- made components incorporated in imports from Mexico reported under the production-sharing provisions of HTS Chapter 98 in 1998 amounted to $14.5 billion, or 57 percent of the U.S. content in imports under these provisions from all sources dial year ($25.2 billion). This year’s report focuses on regional developments in North America and the Caribbean Basin region and highlights activities in .selected industry sectors - motor vehicles and auto parts, color television receivers, and apparel.
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