9. With the exception of an intermediate material described in paragraph 10 and except as provided in Article 403(1) and (2)(a)(i), the value of a material used in the production of a good shall be:
(a) the price actually paid or payable by the producer for the material, provided that the price is acceptable under Article 1 of the Customs Valuation Code; or
(b) if the price actually paid or payable is unacceptable under Article 1 of the Customs Valuation Code, the value shall be determined in accordance with the other Articles of the Customs Valuation Code; and
(c) when not included under subparagraph (a) or (b)
(i) freight, insurance, packing and all other costs
incurred in transporting such materials to the
location of the producer,
(ii) duties, taxes and customs brokerage fees on such
materials paid in the territory of one or more of
the Parties,
(iii) the cost of waste and spoilage resulting from
the use or consumption, or both, of such
materials, less the value of renewable scrap
or by-product, and
(iv) the value of goods and services relating to such
materials determined in accordance with
subparagraph 1(b) of Article 8 of the Customs
Valuation Code.
10. Except as provided in Article 403, the producer of a good may designate any self-produced material used in the production of the good as an intermediate material, provided that, when the intermediate material is subject to a regional value-content requirement, no other intermediate material subject to a regional value-content requirement is used in the production of that intermediate material.
11. For purposes of determining the value of an intermediate material, the producer of the intermediate material may use either of the following methods: