COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Central Time) – Webinar
Attendees will receive the speaker’s PowerPoint presentation
- KYOTO CONVENTION – WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION
- REASONS FOR RULES OF ORIGIN
- Identify country of origin for marking and tariff purposes
- Determine qualification for U.S. government procurement
- Establish “originating goods” status under free trade agreements
- SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION
- Purposes for which the substantial transformation standard is used
- Elements of substantial transformation, “a new and different article of commerce with a name,
character or use distinct from” a finished product’s materials.
- Judicial and administrative precedent
- Assembly operations
- Changes in electronic functionality
- Recent development
- FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE TARIFF SHIFT STANDARD
- Determining originating goods status under USMCA and other trade agreements
- Application of the tariff shift rules
- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION “MADE IN USA” REQUIREMENTS
- Qualified and unqualified claims of U.S. origin
- Review of cases