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- <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">252.225-7045</ph> Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.</title>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">Basic. As prescribed in
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+ <concept id="DFARS_252.225-7045" ditaarch:DITAArchVersion="1.2" class="- topic/topic concept/concept ">
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+ <title class="- topic/title "><ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">252.225-7045</ph> Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.</title>
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+ <conbody class="- topic/body concept/conbody ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">Basic. As prescribed in
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  (b) and (b)(1), use the following clause:</p>
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- <p outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps" class="- topic/p ">BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM—CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS—BASIC (JAN 2023)</p>
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- <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">) Definitions</i>. As used in this clause—</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Caribbean Basin country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="List2">
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+ <p outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps" class="- topic/p ">BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM—CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS—BASIC (JAN 2023)</p>
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+ <ol>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">) Definitions</i>. As used in this clause—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Caribbean Basin country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <ol>
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+ <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="List2">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In the
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  case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials from
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  another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a
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  new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item”—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item”—</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Means
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  any item of supply (including construction material) that is—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p "> (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation);</p>
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+ <ol>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(i)</ph> A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation);</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (ii) Sold in
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  substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (iii)
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  Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without
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  modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace;
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  and</p>
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+ </li>
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+ </ol>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) Does not
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  include bulk cargo, as defined in section 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C.
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  40102), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Component” means any article, material, or supply incorporated directly into construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Construction material” means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Cost of components” means—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Component” means any article, material, or supply incorporated directly into construction material.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Construction material” means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction material.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Cost of components” means—</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) For
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  components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation
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  costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are
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  paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry
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  certificate is issued); or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) For
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  components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of
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  the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this
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  definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does
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  not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country” means—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country” means—</p>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) A World
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  Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba,
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  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
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  Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the
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  and Matsu” (Chinese Taipei)), Ukraine, or the United Kingdom);</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "> (2) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(2)</ph> A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (3) A least
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  developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso,
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  Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of
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  Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
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  Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda,
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  Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (4) A
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  Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire,
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  British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat,
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  Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius,
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  Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country construction material” means a construction material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Domestic construction material” means—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) For construction material that does
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country construction material” means a construction material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country construction material.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Domestic construction material” means—</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(1)</ph> For construction material that does
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  not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, if—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) The cost of its components mined, produced,
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(i)</ph> An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States; or</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(ii)</ph> A construction material manufactured in the United States, if—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(A)</ph> The cost of its components mined, produced,
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  or manufactured in the United States exceeds 55
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  percent of the cost of all its components. Components of foreign origin of the
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  same class or kind for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated
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  as domestic; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B) The construction material is a COTS item; or
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+ <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(B)</ph> The construction material is a COTS item; or
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  </p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) For construction material that
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+ </li>
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+ </ol>
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+ </li>
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+ </ol>
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+ </li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(2)</ph> For construction material that
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  consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, a
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  construction material manufactured in the United States if the cost of iron and steel
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  not produced in the United States (excluding fasteners) as estimated in good faith by
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  contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such construction
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  material is calculated in accordance with the definition of “cost of components” in this
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  clause.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Free Trade Agreement country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Free Trade Agreement country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement country; or</p>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In the
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  case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials from
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  another country, has been substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country
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  into a new and different construction material distinct from the material from which it
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  was transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Least developed country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Least developed country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In the
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  case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials from
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  another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country into a
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  new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both”
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both”
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  means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost
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  of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill
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  products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings
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  utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron
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  or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. </p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Steel” means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent
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  iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements. </p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“WTO GPA country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“WTO GPA country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In the
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  case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials from
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  another country, has been substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and
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  different construction material distinct from the materials from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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- <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by providing a preference for domestic construction material. In addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and Free Trade Agreements apply to this acquisition. Therefore, the Balance of Payments Program restrictions are waived for designated country construction materials.</p>
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- <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) The Contractor shall use only domestic or designated country construction material in performing this contract, except for—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation;</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) Information technology that is a commercial item; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3) The construction material or components listed by the Government as follows:</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">___________________________________________________________________________</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or indicate “none”]</p>
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- <p outputclass="Endofclause" class="- topic/p ">(End of clause)</p>
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- <section outputclass="Alternate" class="- topic/section ">
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- <p class="- topic/p ">
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- <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Alternate I</i>. As prescribed in
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(b)</ph> This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by providing a preference for domestic construction material. In addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and Free Trade Agreements apply to this acquisition. Therefore, the Balance of Payments Program restrictions are waived for designated country construction materials.</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(c)</ph> The Contractor shall use only domestic or designated country construction material in performing this contract, except for—</p>
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+ <ol>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(1)</ph> Construction material valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation;</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(2)</ph> Information technology that is a commercial item; or</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "><ph props="autonumber" class="-topic/ph">(3)</ph> The construction material or components listed by the Government as follows:</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">___________________________________________________________________________</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or indicate “none”]</p>
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+ </li>
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+ </ol>
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+ </li>
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+ </ol>
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+ <p outputclass="Endofclause" class="- topic/p ">(End of clause)</p>
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+ <section outputclass="Alternate" class="- topic/section ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p "><i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Alternate I</i>. As prescribed in
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  (b) and (b)(2), use the following clause, which adds “Bahrainian or Mexican construction material” to paragraph (a), and uses a different paragraph (b) and (c) than the basic clause:</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM—CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS—ALTERNATE I (DEC 2022)</p>
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- <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Definitions</i>. As used in this clause—</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Bahrainian or Mexican construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM—CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS—ALTERNATE I (DEC 2022)</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Definitions</i>. As used in this clause—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Bahrainian or Mexican construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain or Mexico; or</p>
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in Bahrain or Mexico into a
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  new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Caribbean Basin country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Caribbean Basin country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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  U.S.C. 40102), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.</p>
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  (1) For
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  not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not
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  Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as “the Separate Customs
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  Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
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  both—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) The cost of its components mined,
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  produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 55 percent of the cost of all its components.
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  Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind for which nonavailability
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  determinations have been made are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as
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  </p>
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  consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, a
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  not produced in the United States (excluding fasteners) as estimated in good faith by
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  construction material contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials
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  used in such construction material is calculated in accordance with the definition of
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  “cost of components” in this clause.</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement
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  country into a new and different construction material distinct from the material
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  from which it was transformed.</p>
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country
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  into a new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which
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  it was transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both”
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  means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total
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  cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or
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  steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or
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  forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the
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  cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state” means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“SC/CASA state construction material” means construction material that—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA state; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in an SC/CASA state into a
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  new and different construction material distinct from the material from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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  iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.</p>
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a
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  new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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- <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by providing a preference for domestic construction material. In addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA, Free Trade Agreements, and other waivers relating to acquisitions in support of operations in Afghanistan apply to this acquisition. Therefore, the Balance of Payments Program restrictions are waived for SC/CASA state and designated country construction materials.</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) Information technology that is a commercial product; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3) The construction material or components listed by the Government as follows:</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">_________________________________________________________________________</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">
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- <p class="- topic/p ">
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- <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Alternate III</i>. As prescribed in <xref href="225.7503.dita#DFARS_225.7503"
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- <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps">BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM—CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS—ALTERNATE III (JAN 2023)</p>
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- <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">) Definitions</i>. As used in this clause—</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Caribbean Basin country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) The Contractor shall use only domestic, SC/CASA state, or designated country construction material in performing this contract, except for—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation;</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) Information technology that is a commercial product; or</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3) The construction material or components listed by the Government as follows:</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">_________________________________________________________________________</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">
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+ <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or indicate “none”].</i>
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+ </p>
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(d) If the Contractor is from an SC/CASA state, the Contractor shall inform its government of its participation in this acquisition and that it generally will not have such opportunity in the future unless its government provides reciprocal procurement opportunities to U.S. products and services and suppliers of such products and services.</p>
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+ <p outputclass="Endofclause" class="- topic/p ">(End of clause)</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p "><i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Alternate III</i>. As prescribed in <xref href="225.7503.dita#DFARS_225.7503" base="DFARS-225.7503" outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly" class="- topic/xref ">225.7503</xref> (b) and (b)(4), use the following clause, which adds “South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state” and “SC/CASA state construction material” to paragraph (a), uses a different paragraph (b) and introductory text for paragraph (c) than the basic clause, and adds paragraph (d):</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps">BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM—CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS—ALTERNATE III (JAN 2023)</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">) Definitions</i>. As used in this clause—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Caribbean Basin country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country
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  into a new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which
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  it was transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item”—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item”—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Means
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  any item of supply (including construction material) that is—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p "> (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation);</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p "> (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation);</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (ii) Sold
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  in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">
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  (iii)
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  Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without
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  modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace;
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  and</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) Does
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  not include bulk cargo, as defined in section 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46
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  U.S.C. 40102), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Component” means any article, material, or supply incorporated directly into construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Construction material” means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Cost of components” means—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Component” means any article, material, or supply incorporated directly into construction material.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Construction material” means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction material.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Cost of components” means—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) For
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  components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including
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  transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or
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  not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not
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  a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or</p>
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  (2) For
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  components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture
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  of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of
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  this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of
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  components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the
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  construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country” means—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country” means—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) A
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  World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia,
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  Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
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  Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as “the Separate Customs
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  Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu” (Chinese Taipei)), Ukraine, or the
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  United Kingdom);</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "> (2) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p "> (2) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (3) A
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  least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina
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  Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic
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  Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
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  Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo,
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  Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or</p>
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  (4) A
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  Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
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  Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
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  Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
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  Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country construction material” means a construction material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country construction material.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Domestic construction material” means—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) For construction material that
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Designated country construction material” means a construction material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country construction material.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Domestic construction material” means—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) For construction material that
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  does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of
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  both—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, if—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) The cost of its components mined,
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States; or</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, if—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) The cost of its components mined,
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  produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 55 percent of the cost of all its components.
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  Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind for which nonavailability
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  determinations have been made are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as
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  foreign; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B) The construction material is a COTS item;
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  or
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  </p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) For construction material that
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  consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, a
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  construction material manufactured in the United States if the cost of iron and steel
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  not produced in the United States (excluding fasteners) as estimated in good faith by
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  construction material contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials
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  used in such construction material is calculated in accordance with the definition of
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  “cost of components” in this clause.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Free Trade Agreement country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Free Trade Agreement country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement country; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement
632
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  country into a new and different construction material distinct from the material
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  from which it was transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Least developed country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Least developed country construction material” means a construction material that—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country
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  into a new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which
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  it was transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both”
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both”
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  means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total
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  cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or
647
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  steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or
648
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  forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the
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  cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state” means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">“SC/CASA state construction material” means construction material that—</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state” means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">“SC/CASA state construction material” means construction material that—</p>
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (1) Is
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  wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of An SC/CASA state; or</p>
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- <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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+ <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">
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  (2) In
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  the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials
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  from another country, has been substantially transformed in an SC/CASA state into a
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721
  new and different construction material distinct from the material from which it was
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  transformed.</p>
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  (2) In
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  transformed.</p>
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- <p class="- topic/p ">________________________________________________________________________</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">________________________________________________________________________</p>
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+ <p class="- topic/p ">
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+ </concept>
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