Question: I hope the members will be able to help me. We are an EU company producing cement additives and I have some doubts regarding the HS classification and the country of origin determination for the finished products. If the finished product (intended to be used as a cement additive) consists of one chemical (chapter […]
Question: We are curious when we can use regional value content (RVC) to determine the country of origin, for example, we import an electronic component, the majority of the components are from China and a few of the parts, such as the “brains” are manufactured in Cambodia, Malaysia or Vietnam, the finished product is assembled […]
Question: Two Questions: (1) Country of Origin (2) FTA, i.e. CAFTA, applicability under de minimis. A frozen ready-to-eat vegetable mixture contains frozen vegetables of the following: %40 sweet corn (HTS 0710.40), 40% fire-roasted sweet corn (HTS 2004.90), 5% red bell peppers (HTS 0710.80), and 5% poblano peppers (HTS 0710.80). Corn was grown, harvested, processed in […]
Question: I’m looking for guidance as to how other members maintain country of origin information within their ERP not only from a US perspective but globally as well. A situation recently arose where our related entity showed a COO on an invoice for US import that was unusual. After I dug into it, I found […]
Question: I’m looking for assistance with where I start to look for rules and regulations around assigning country of origin to a retail set. We are looking to import a set which contains items of 2 different origins, and I want to be sure that we are reporting correctly. The 2 items are of different […]
Question: Hello all, We are trying to determine what qualifies as a complex valve assembly (8481.80) that substantially transform a valve body made in one country and “assembled/incorporated” into a complete valve with parts from other countries. CROSS rulings refers to simple assemblies such as insertion, fitting with screws etc, sealing etc which does not […]
Question: I am trying to determine if a piece of electronic equipment, being imported into the United State, using all Chinese components/materials, being assembled in a Non-FTA European country, can be considered enough of a substantial transition for the European country to be the Country of Origin? The assembly and manufacturing process includes soldering PCBs […]
Question: Hello, We seek guidance on declaring the country of origin for our product (paper receipts). The manufacturing process is as follows: Pulp made in Canada and Chile is shipped to China. In China, the pulp from Canada or Chile is made into paper. The paper is then shipped to Malaysia, where it is coated, […]
Question: Hi Team ICPA, Company A from China is supplier of raw materials (Chapter 29) which are kept in inventory (in bond) in CH. Material is then exported to EU countries for processing. The result of the processing results in a material that remains in Chapter 29. Value could be a consideration if it was […]
Question: Hi Everyone, Our company would like to use the same item numbers for identical products purchased from multiple countries. I’m wondering how other companies handle this. Do you have an item number per origin or do you have one item number for multiple country? If the latter how do you, as a company, admin […]
Question: Does anyone have a list of countries that require the Certificate of Origin to be stamped by the Chamber of Commerce? I used to have a list for the limited countries, but don’t know where it is. Joined a food & beverage company where they stamp all COOs and I know it is not […]
Question: We maintain USMCA status as well as Country of Origin US designation for our products that are produced at our US plants and sent to our IMMEX/maquiladora for cutting and packaging. From a trade compliance standpoint, we have a high degree of confidence. We are looking at qualifying those same goods for Berry Amendment […]
