Country of Origin – Marking

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? […]

Question: We are importing packaged repair kits from a sister facility in the UK. The kits are coming in marked as “packaged in the UK of domestic and foreign components  We will be selling these kits to distributors, they in turn sell to the ultimate purchaser is this statement adequate for §134.1.d? ANSWER: No. Cannot […]

Question: My company sells and exports control systems (Chapter 85) to our subsidiary office in Shanghai. Our control system is country of origin US made from US and foreign components. The control system is shipped un-assembled. The main components of the control system are packaged individually to ensure minimal risk of damage during transit. All […]

Question: We import or purchase domestically, foreign origin blank T-shirts.   We then silkscreen designs onto the blank T-shirt and sell to US retailers. In the process, we remove the original COO label from the neck and replace it with a heat seal label with the COO information BUT now I am wondering if we […]