Production Sharing: Use of U.S. Components and Materials in Foreign AssemblyOperations, 1992-1995 (U.S. Imports Under Production-Sharing Provisions of Harmonized Tariff Schedule Heading 9802). Investigation No. 332-237

摘要

This report annually monitors developments in the use of U.S. production-sharingtariff provisions, focusing on shifts in trade and product mix, and analyzing recent trends by principal source countries and industry groups. Although incentives to use these provisions have diminished somewhat as NAFTA has reduced or eliminated tariffs and Customs user fees on articles entering from Mexico and Canada, the production-sharing tariff provisions will likely continue to be of importance to U.S. companies. Key issues include the extent to which U.S. production and component manufacture relies on foreign assembly, how production sharing is used globally by manufacturers for competitve advantage, and developments in the global integration of specific industry.