Country of Origin

  Does anyone have a flowchart or perhaps series of questions (y/n) they use in training personnel on how to determine country of origin of an item? I would perfer not NAFTA or FTA related but I would love anything.

  We have a car bumper and hood that were originally used at a trade show in China and the Netherlands that need to be imported into the U.S. for a trade show. The hood and bumper were being used to demonstrate a product used on them. We think the bumper and hood are from […]

  My company has vendor that produces sockets in Taiwan, ships them to China (Shanghai) for laser etching and final packaging to ship to United States. Vendor is claiming origin of product is China, not Taiwan.’ Laser Etching / packaging of Sockets in China account for only 5 % of total cost of items. What […]

  When importing an item where the country of origin of the good is truly unknown, is the appropriate country of origin to declare to US Customs, the country of export? Is this information listed in the regulations?

  We have sample books containing Chinese origin fabrics being assembled in Hong Kong. The HTS of the sample book is 6307.90.9889. These sample books are used to solicit orders within the US of foreign made goods, but we don’t use 9811 because we sell the sample books. What would be the country of origin […]

  We have many shipments to the Middle East for which the documentation requires a Country of Origin Declaration with a Chamber of Commerce Certification. However, the stamp we obtained from our local Chamber only certifies for US origin. What do other members do when they have shipments that require Chamber of Commerce certifications, but […]

  When completing the origin criteria section of the US COO for Exports to Israel do you calculate the exact percentage of value added in the US each and every time or do you just say Y=35% if you know it will always well exceed that threshold. We’ve tried using Y>=35% but the customer didn’t […]

Even though this is probably very elementary, can someone please help me in determining the non preferential country of origin of an item? I am somewhat familiar with substantial transformation and determining the country of origin under preferential rules, however struggle with determining country of origin of items under non preferential rules. Also, where can […]

  Would anyone in the membership have and be willing to share an example of a supplier letter used to obtain country of origin information from suppliers?

  Where can I find a resource that defines country of origin markings for products manufactured or assembled in the United Kingdom?