purposes of paragraph (1), if the Secretary determines that— (A) a foreign producer is owned, operated, or majority financed by— (i) a country (referred to in this paragraph as the base country ) other than the country in which the production facility is located, or (ii) an entity which is headquartered in the base country, and (B) the pollution intensity associated with production of the covered product in the base country is greater than the pollution intensity associated with production of such product by the foreign producer, the Secretary shall assign the covered product which is produced by such foreign producer to the same tier determined under section 4692 with respect to production of such covered product in the base country. (4) Foreign producer For purposes of this subsection, the term foreign producer means any producer which is not a domestic producer. 4694. Treatment of international partnerships (a) Adjustment of fee for partner countries In the case of a covered product which is produced in a country which is a party to an international partnership agreement which satisfies the conditions under sections 201 and 202 of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023 (referred to in this section as a partner country ), no fee under section 4691 shall apply. (b) Elimination of treatment of foreign data Section 4693(e) shall not apply to any partner country. 4695. Covered products (a) In general The term covered product means articles classifiable under the same 6-digit subheading number of the HTS within one of the following categories: (1) Aluminum classifiable under any of headings 7601 through 7616 of the HTS. (2) Biofuels classifiable under subheading 2207.10 or 2207.20, or heading 3826, of the HTS. (3) Cement classifiable under heading 2523, 6810, or 6811, or subheading 3824.50, of the HTS. (4) Crude oil classifiable under heading 2709 of the HTS. (5) Glass classifiable under any of headings 7001 through 7020 of the HTS. (6) Hydrogen, methanol, or ammonia classifiable under heading 2814 or any of