106 STAT. 1558 PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 "(B) for allied suppliers, the manufacturer shall determine the foreign content of any passenger motor vehicle equipment supplied by the allied supplier by adding up the purchase price of all foreign material purchased m)m outside suppliers that comprise the individual passenger motor vehicle equipment and subtracting such purchase price from the total purchase price of such equipment. Determination of foreign or U.STCanadian origin from outside suppliers will be consistent with subparagraph (A). "(6) The term 'new passenger motor vehicle means a passenger motor vehicle the equitable or legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to an ultimate purchaser. "(7) The term 'dealer* means any person or resident located in the United States, including any territoiy of the United States, or the District of Columbia, engaged in the sale or the distribution of new automobiles to the ultimate purchaser. "(8) The term 'Secretary* means the Secretary of Transportation. "(9) The term 'State' includes each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and American Samoa. "(10)(A) The term 'value added in the United States and Canada' means a percentage derived as follows: "'Value added' equals the total purchase price, minus total purchase price of foreign content, divided by the total purchase price. Costs incurred or profits made at the final vehicle assembly point and beyond (i.e., advertising, assembly, labor, interest payments, profits, etc.) shall not be included in such calculation. "(B) In determining the origin and value added of engines and transmissions, the following groupings will be used: "(i) Engines of same displacement produced at the same plant. "(ii) Transmissions of the same type produced at the same plant. "(11) The term 'carline' means a name denoting a group of vehicles which has a degree of commonality in construction (e.g., body, chassis). Carline does not consider any level of decor of opulence and is not generally distinguished by such characteristics as roof line, number of doors, seats, or vdndows, except for light duty trucks. Light duty trucks are considered to be different carlines than passenger cars. "(12) The term 'country of origin', in referring to the ori^n of an engine or transmission, means the country in which 50 percent or more of the dollar value added of an engine or transmission originated. If no country accounts for 50 percent or more of the dollar value, then the country of origin is the country from which the largest share of the value added originated. The estimate of the percentage of the dollar value shall be based upon the purchase price of direct materials as received at individual engine or transmission plants of engines of the same displacement and transmissions of the same transmission type. For the purpose of determining the country of origin for engines and transmissions, the United States and Canada shall be treated separately.
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