• EXPORT ORIGIN MARKING

    Question: Is there a US Export regulation that states COO marking MUST be on a shipping carton when exporting product from the US? If yes, where can I find that regulation? If yes, would a ‘Made in…” statement on the consumer unit suffice; meaning, there would then be no need for the COO marking on […]

  • ORIGIN MARKING OF US GOODS

    Question: We export aircraft parts that our company manufactures in the U.S to support our own fleet of aircraft internationally.  The parts are currently not sold anywhere and will be re-imported back into the U.S. when they need to be serviced. The parts are manufactured in the U.S.. I believe in almost all cases there […]

  • MULTIPLE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN MARKING

    Question: I have a commodity that is too small for item marking. When marking the shipping packages with multiple country contents, what country to you indicate? ============ Answers: All of them.  Take a look at some retail packaging, for example at the major hardware stores.  Most often you see packaging labeled listing multiple countries of […]

  • ORIGIN CHANGE addt’l answers

    Question: My company purchases a finished good from a large food additive company in the US which we repack and sell. The manufacturer has labeled the product made in USA. In the past management has had doubts about the company’s claim that the product is of US origin. The company we purchase from imports from […]

  • ORIGIN MARKING

    Question: We have an item imported from China.  The item is packaged in a clear plastic, heat sealed bag.  A China label is affixed to that bag.  Additionally, that bag is placed in a bubble wrap bag which does not get closed.  The item can be sold individually or as a very minor part of […]

  • ORIGIN MARKING

    Question: We have a China based subsidiary that manufactures parts that we import into the US with sales potential both internal US and re-export. Our subsidiary is considering not including the part number, nor COO marking on the part, but including those details on the packing list on initial import into US. First, is this […]

  • QUESTION ON ORIGIN MARKING IN QATAR

      Question: Is anyone in the membership aware of any published documents or website which addresses Country of Origin marking requirements at foreign destinations/countries? We have recently had problems in Qatar and when we asked our customer and forwarders agent to provide us any published Qatari Customs regulations the information received from both was; similar […]

  • FTC LABELING GUIDE

    Question: I’m wondering if anyone has a pdf copy of the FTC’s publication about labeling goods made in the USA? I’m almost positive that’s one of their publications, but because of the government shutdown, their website is inactive, I can’t look it up! ============

  • ORIGIN MARKING PRACTICES

    Question: We have chemical products mostly sold in bags that are manufactured in the US that use both foreign and US component materials/ingredients.  For import/export country of origin purposes, we apply tariff shifts and the substantial transformation principle to determine the country of origin for exports from the US.  However, if we sell the products […]

  • COO MARKING FOR BULK PRODUCT IN TOTES

    Question:   Imported bulk grain and seed products arrive in 1000 kg totes.  Plastic   sleeve sewn on to each tote includes a piece of paper with the country of   origin.  Is this plastic sleeve considered indelible and permanent?  One   could rip the sleeve off or put their hand in the sleeve and […]