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 […]
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 ask the membership on how they handle country of origin marking for items that are dual sourced. Is it acceptable to mark as ” County X or Country Y” for country of origin. Or are there any other methods that are more accepted? —————————————————- ANSWERS: It is not acceptable to mark […]
Question: I have a Country of Origin concern about a product assembled in the U.S.with three equal amounts of components from three different countries.Can we mark the product Assembled in the U.S. with components made incountries A, B ,C ? ANSWERS: I would encourage you to review the following guidance from the FTC on qualified […]
Current situation: Company imports fancy boxes from China to Canada (CA) in high quantities with no country of origin markings Company has had no issues with CA Customs on imports of fancy boxes with no country of origin markings but no history of examinations so they may not be aware Company manufactures NAFTA eligible high […]
Question: Our customer in Saudi Arabia said all items and their cartons must be marked with country of origin in Arabic. In addition the item descriptions on the cartons must also be in Arabic. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is anyone aware of other countries requiring country of origin in their local language? […]
