Question: I just received an email from my marketing and service department that they are requesting to remove from our service & operator manuals and other publications the wording “Printed in the USA”… They claim they have researched and it is not a regulatory requirement. I have second thoughts about this and I want to […]
Question: Our company has finished units which are issued CoO for FTA’s to our Customers internationally. For Exports, the invoices reflect Country of Origin for Service Parts and Assemblies/Kits and finished units. A situation has been discussed where a Brazilian manufacturer is looking to expand manufacturing in China but also maintain the Brazil manufacturing. Based […]
Question: Below are 3 scenarios. What is the country of origin for each scenario? A finished good is made in China and then shipped to Japan where it is painted and packed. What is the country of origin? Finished good parts are made in China (fewer than 5 parts) and then shipped to Japan where […]
Question: We are a US manufacturer who sells products from a range of origins. We have significant manufacturing operations in the US but also import components and finished goods from all over the word. Our manufactured, assembled, and purchased products are sold in all regions of the world. Our current business system in the US […]
Question: We are a US manufacturer who sells products from a range of origins. We have significant manufacturing operations in the US but also import components and finished goods from all over the word. Our manufactured, assembled, and purchased products are sold in all regions of the world. Our current business system in the US […]
Question: We are a US manufacturer who sells products from a range of origins. We have significant manufacturing operations in the US but also import components and finished goods from all over the word. Our manufactured, assembled, and purchased products are sold in all regions of the world. Our current business system in the US […]
Question: I would like to ask you for a help in order to determine exact country of origin for the following equipment: Diaphragm valve, it is made up of the following parts: PIPE FITTING – made in DE, value $320 TANK FITTING – made in US, value $950 NEEDLEs – made in US, value $750 SILICONE […]
QUESTION: I wanted to ask the membership about a country of origin question. We have product that is produced in Puerto Rico. For country of origin purposes, the question came up as could we in fact declare this as country of origin US for labeling purposes? Given that Puerto Rico is a territory of […]
Question: Company buys a 300Kw coil to melt metal in an electric furnace sometime in the 1980’s…no one knows where it was bought and the manufacturer info on the tag is gone from 30+ years of cleaning and maintenance. It’s no longer used, so now they want to sell it to one of their suppliers […]
Question: We are a US company that ships weekly consolidations to our divisions in Mexico and Canada. We source parts from all over the world, but final-assemble at our US factory into US origin goods. I know that typically when an item is used in a manufacturing process that changes the article into a “new” […]
Question: How do you determine country of origin in the following situation: We import a Chinese actuator and mount it to a US valve body in the US. The value of the Chinese actuator is much higher than the US valve body, and merely assembling the two together does not necessarily substantially transform either. If […]
Question: A customer of ours in the US Virgin Islands, whom we have recently exported equipment to, has asked that we remove the country of manufacturer field and replace with a statement along the lines of “these goods were assembled and refurbished in the United States.” This equipment was manufactured in various countries, but not […]
