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€???? ??ÐÌà? ?????? ?àUnder€19€U.S.C.€ð??ð1313(j)(2),€as€amended,€substitution€unused€merchandise€drawbackÏmay€be€granted€if€there€is,€with€respect€to€imported€duty-paid€merchandise,€any€otherÏmerchandise€that€is€commercially€interchangeable€with€the€imported€merchandise€and€if€theÏfollowing€requirements€are€met.€€The€other€merchandise€must€be€exported€or€destroyed€within€3Ïyears€from€the€date€of€importation€of€the€imported€merchandise.€€Before€the€exportation€orÏdestruction,€the€other€merchandise€may€not€have€been€used€in€the€United€States€and€must€haveÏbeen€in€the€possession€of€the€drawback€claimant.€€The€party€claiming€drawback€must€be€eitherÏthe€importer€of€the€imported€merchandise€or€have€received€from€the€person€who€imported€andÏpaid€any€duty€due€on€the€imported€merchandise€a€certificate€of€delivery€transferring€to€that€partyÏthe€imported€merchandise,€commercially€interchangeable€merchandise,€or€any€combinationÏthereof.€€The€statute€did€not€define€commercially€interchangeable.ÌÌà? ?????? ?àThe€drawback€statute€was€substantively€amended€by€section€632,€title€VI€-€CustomsÏModernization,€Pub.€L.€No.€103-182,€the€North€American€Free€Trade€Agreement€ImplementationÏ(NAFTA)€Act€(107€Stat.€2057),€enacted€December€8,€1993.€€Before€its€amendment€by€PublicÏLaw€103-182,€the€standard€for€substitution€was€fungibility.€€House€Report€103-361,€103d€Cong.,Ï1st€Sess.,€131€(1993)€contains€language€explaining€the€change€from€fungibility€to€commercialÏinterchangeability.€€According€to€the€House€Ways€and€Means€Committee€Report,€the€standardÏwas€intended€to€be€made€less€restrictive,€i.e.,€"the€Committee€intends€to€permit€substitution€ofÏmerchandise€when€it€is€ð??ðcommercially€interchangeable,ð??ð€rather€than€when€it€is€ð??ðcommerciallyÏidenticalð??ð"€(the€reference€to€"commercially€identical"€derives€from€the€definition€of€fungibleÏmerchandise€in€the€Customs€Regulations€(19€C.F.R.€ð??ð191.2(l)).€€The€Report,€at€page€131,€Ìalso€states:ÌÌà8 ?????? ?àThe€Committee€further€intends€that€in€determining€whether€two€articles€wereÏcommercially€interchangeable,€the€criteria€to€be€considered€would€include,€but€notÏbe€limited€to:€€Governmental€and€recognized€industry€standards,€part€numbers,Ïtariff€classification,€and€relative€values.Ð????

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