Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the exported gold bars satisfied the origin rules under the EFTA-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The relevant non-origin materials were not sufficiently processed because some inputs were classified under the same HS tariff heading as the finished gold bars.
Extrahierte Begründung
Materials in HS 7112 could qualify through sufficient processing, but Doré bars and imported gold bars in HS 7108.12 were in the same tariff heading as the end product, so they did not undergo sufficient processing. Mixing them with origin and other materials did not cure the defect.