Question: We have a manufacturer located in Vietnam who is importing unframed glass mirrors from Taiwan. The mirrors will be framed in Vietnam and shipped with dressers. Framed or not the mirror is still a mirror with the same functionality.Granted it looks nicer in a frame. Question: Is framing the mirror sufficient transformation to […]
Question: Do any of my esteemed colleagues have any insight as to the proposed changes to the rules of origin? Will they be implemented? If so, when?
Question: If items are being manufactured in a US possession or a US territory can they be marked as “made in the USA”?
Question: We would like the membership’s opinion on the following situation: We manufacture and assemble a product consisting of multiple components from foreign countries, as well as domestic content. If we sell that product to Canada but it does NOT meet the NAFTA rules of origin, how do we determine the county of origin for […]
Has anyone made certificates of origin and Chamber of Commerce certified certificates of origin orderable items having an associate price? We are considering charging for them because of the time and cost involved in driving to the Chamber to get the seal put on the documents. For us the process is all manual. We want […]
We are a U.S. export company involved in purchase resale with a manufacturer in Turkey. The goods ship direct to our customers from Turkey. Customers in Cyprus are requesting that the goods and documents state “Made in E.U.” vs. “Made in Turkey”. Can this legally be done?
Question: Has anyone reviewed the new uniform country of origin proposed rules? This appears to me to be a major change in origin rules, that may effectevery company. We are asking for an extension 60 days at least to comment, but would like to recommend that everyone comment to CBP so they are aware of […]
How do you determine the country of origin for parts/components you are purchasing – do you physically inspect the parts as they are received, or do you require the vendor provide this information prior to shipping, or do you employ a combination? According to our purchasing group, we purchase from distributors who may, or may […]
For those companies that use SAP, what rule of origin do they use to complete the “origin” boxfor products manufactured by the company?For example, I understand some companies use the NAFTA preference rules and some just use place of assembly/manufacture, while others try to implement a substantial transformation test or a tariff shift test
Has anyone seen examples where a supplier issues you a Country of Origin certificate and they indicate two different countries for the same part? What do you use?
What is one supposed to do when one ABSOLUTELY CANNOT determine the country of origin of an item being imported? One scenario: a USA company sources part #A from 5 suppliers in 5 different countries. The part is exempt from origin marking. USA company then ships some of these parts to its Ireland plant where […]
Does anyone know of a binding ruling (or other Customs authorization) that allows individual components for civil aircraft engines to be imported into the United States without being marked with country of origin? WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS…The importer is not the ultimate purchaser. The parts will not be used by the importer for production / […]
