QUESTION: We have a request from our marketing department to use “Casted In China” on casted parts for Country of Origin markings. They feel the markings “Made In China” that are visible after the assembly causes too much confusion to our customers based on us marketing the product as “Assembled In USA”. We have placed […]
QUESTION: We are having a debate with our European counterparts. They purchase a part from a French company that shows “Made in EU”. (I know it cannot say that when coming to the US). The bigger issue is this item is manufactured in Tunisia. The French company, due to the company in Tunisia being an […]
Question: Our products are currently marked “Made in USA with Globally sourced components”. Since this a very long and is required to be put on our parts by laser, we are looking to shorten the qualifier. I’m looking for example of qualifiers that would adhere to the FTC regulations, but perhaps be less characters. I […]
Question: We have a leather planner being manufactured in Vietnam without the paper. We then ship to China where the paper portion is inserted. Once complete, the shipment is shipped to the US. Do we need to use both countries as the COO and how should we mark them? ************** Answers: I would need […]
Question: We sell a kit that is comprised of two small liquid vials packaged together. One of the vials, comprising about 11% of the cost of the product (Exceeding de minimis), is sourced from Germany. The second vial is manufactured by us domestically. I believe this is material to this situation – neither component […]
Question: We have many boxes of manufacturing machinery parts that are not marked with country of origin. We want to ship some boxes from Canada into USA and others from USA into Canada. What can we do to meet Customs marking requirements? Is a certificate or declaration from the Mfg. / OEM suitable? What is […]
Question: I know that changing the country of origin marking after importation is a violation, possibly a felony, but I can’t find the statute or regulation. Can someone please point me in the right direction? In this case, product is imported from Mexico, properly marked. Our customer wants a new label put on the […]
Question: My company will be importing a component part manufactured in Mexico. This component part will be manufactured with a mold that has the words MADE IN USA ( so the component will say MADE IN USA ) My company is the USA IOR and the component part will not be sold into the […]
Question: A US company domiciled in Oklahoma has a Delaware affiliate company. The affiliate will purchase and import a chemical product in bulk form from a manufacturer in China. The country of origin will be clearly and properly marked as China. The Parent will purchase the product from the affiliate and sell it through […]
Question: A US company domiciled in Oklahoma has a Delaware affiliate company. The affiliate will purchase and import a chemical product in bulk form from a manufacturer in China. The country of origin will be clearly and properly marked as China. The Parent will purchase the product from the affiliate and sell it through […]
Question: I would like to ask the Trade Community where I can find an up-to-date comprehensive list of countries that mandate country of origin marking for goods being imported into that country. ————————— ANSWER: Marking requirements is one of the topics in the Country Commercial Guides that cover 125 markets found here: http://export.gov/ccg/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=exportgov&utm_campaign=ccg
Question: I would like to ask the Trade Community how they label the Country of Origin for multiple destination countries that may have a different COO based on their rules? How do you label the item if it is dual sourced and therefore same product one part number that could have different Country of […]
