Country of Origin

Questions and answers about Country of Origin

  • SKU WITH MULTIPLE ORIGINS

    QUESTION: You have a SKU that is manufactured in two different countries. You import them, and then some time later want to export that SKU, how do you trace what country of origin it was? I’ve heard of FIFO, slotting, etc Curious what other companies are doing. ========== Answers: Country of origin marking would solve […]

  • ORIGIN CHANGE FROM FOREIGN PROCESSING

    QUESTION: If a company ships various components, in bulk quantities,  of US origin to Costa Rica for further production and/or assembly, would these actions change the origin of the finished item(s) to Costa Rica? Would this depend on the nature of the further processing? How does/would accumulation be considered in this determination? What other factors […]

  • COO DETERMINATION

    QUESTION: We are assembling a motor starter (8536.50.4000) where we have sub-components from different countries. These starters can be either DUPLEX or TRIPLEX (for 2 or 3 motors) which changes the number of some components. The assembly takes place in Mexico. The main components are:     1 Enclosure – MEXICO 8536.90 ($47)     […]

  • ORIGIN DETERMINATION

    QUESTION: If an electronic product is designed and developed in Belgium, the software to run it (firmware) is also designed and developed in Belgium, but the electronic product will eventually be completely manufactured in the US – would the origin of the technology and software remain Belgium? There is no US contribution in the design/development […]

  • MADE IN USA QUALIFIERS

    QUESTION: Would like the memberships guidance on Made in the USA  qualifiers. We would like to change ours to “Made in the US (USA) with Global Materials, – or “Globally Sourced Materials” We manufacture goods that are “substantially transformed” in the US, from US and global parts – complete Tariff shift to a “new and […]

  • MADE IN USA FTC QUALIFIERS

    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.  […]

  • ORIGIN DETERMINATION AND MARKING

    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 […]

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

    Question: We are a Canadian company serving the scientific research market.  We import into Canada plastic tubes from Germany, insert another proprietary piece into the tube, sterilize and package the tube for sale. The cost of the tube from Germany is 20% of the final cost of the product. This does not qualify for Nafta […]

  • TISSUE SAMPLE ORIGIN

    Question: What is the origin of animal tissue samples for laboratory purposes?  Is it the country where the tissue sample was extracted,the country where  the animal was born or the country where the slide was put together holding the  tissue, which has a different classification from the animal or tissue?  The slide could be put […]

  • ORIGIN DETERMINATION AND AUDITING

    Question: I am in a discussion about country of origin determination and auditing. Different countries have different rules for determining COO at time of import. At what point do you sit back and accept the COO listed on the invoice or certificate of origin? i.e. some countries, like Mexico, will say that a 35% added […]

  • QUESTION ON ORIGIN FOR 3924 PRODUCTS

    Question: We produce some parts under heading 3924, which states: 39.24-39.26 A change to heading 39.24 through 39.26 from any other heading, including another heading within that group, provided there is a regional value content of not less than: (a) 60 percent where the transaction value method is used, or (b) 50 percent where the […]

  • 7501 COUNTRY OF EXPORT

    Question: We are an importer who use several brokers to manage our US imports.  We’ve noticed inconsistencies with how one of our brokers is declaring the Country of Export on Form 7501.  We had an example in which a product was shipped from United Kingdom, but made a stop in the Netherlands so that the […]