To all, The recent threads on Country of Origin and Made in xxx brought up many questions on this subject. So, I did some research. I appeared to get some answers and also created some more questions. Hopefully, members of the group can confirm or disagree with the items listed below.
1. US International Trade Commission (USITC) Requirements--According to the information I have obtained, there are no requirements for products being exported from the US. The Country of Origin requirements only pertain to products that are imported into the US. Do you agree? How does this requirement work for a US manufacturer that also has products built in another country such as Singapore? Do we need to mark the products manufactured in Singapore with Country of Origin for shipment into the US? 2. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Requirements--If your product meets the preference criteria A-F as defined by the Agreement, you create a Certificate of Origin to get preferential tariff treatment. The US, Canada and Mexico all have their own Country of Origin marking requirements. Agree?? 3. US Federal Trade Commission "Made in USA" requirements--In order to label a product "Made in USA", the product must be "substantially all" made in the US. A product will be considered "substantially all" made in the US if the product was last substantially transformed in the US and US manufacturing cost are at least 75% of total manufacturing costs; OR the product was last substantially transformed in the US and all significant parts were last substantially transformed in the US ("substantially transformed" refers to a manufacturing process that results in a new and different article of commerce, having a new name, character and use.) Agree?? 4. Countries other than the US Country of Origin Requirements--Does anybody have a list of Country of Origin marking requirements for various countries?? All responses are greatly appreciated. Regards Joe Martin ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"