[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR300.25]

[Page 199-200]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 300_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACT 
OF 1939--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 300.25  Country where wool products are processed or manufactured.

    (a) In addition to the other information required by the Act and 
Regulations:
    (1) Each imported wool product shall be labeled with the name of the 
country where such imported product was processed or manufactured;
    (2) Each wool product completely made in the United States of 
materials that were made in the United States shall be labeled using the 
term Made in U.S.A. or some other clear and equivalent term.

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    (3) Each wool product made in the United States, either in whole or 
in part of imported materials, shall contain a label disclosing these 
facts; for example:

``Made in USA of imported fabric''

 or

``Knitted in USA of imported yarn'' and

    (4) Each wool product partially manufactured in a foreign country 
and partially manufactured in the United States shall contain on a label 
the following information:
    (i) The manufacturing process in the foreign country and in the USA; 
for example:

``Imported cloth, finished in USA''

 or

``Sewn in USA of imported components''

 or

``Made in [foreign country], finished in USA''

 or

``Scarf made in USA of fabric made in China''

 or

``Comforter Filled, Sewn and Finished in the U.S. With Shell Made in 
China''

 or

``Made in [Foreign Country]/fabric made in USA''

 or

``Knit in USA, assembled in [Foreign Country]''.

    (ii) When the U.S. Customs Service requires an origin label on the 
unfinished product, the manufacturing processes as required in paragraph 
(a)(4)(i) of this section or the name of the foreign country required by 
Customs, for example:

``Made in (foreign country)''

    (b) For the purpose of determining whether a product should be 
marked under paragraphs (a) (2), (3), or (4) of this section, a 
manufacturer needs to consider the origin of only those materials that 
are covered under the Act and that are one step removed from that 
manufacturing process. For example, a yarn manufacturer must identify 
fiber if it is imported, a cloth manufacturer must identify imported 
yarn and a household product manufacturer must identify imported cloth 
or imported yarn for household products made directly from yarn, or 
imported fiber used as filling for warmth.
    (c) The term country means the political entity known as a nation. 
Except for the United States, colonies, possessions or protectorates 
outside the boundaries of the mother country shall be considered 
separate countries, and the name thereof shall be deemed acceptable in 
designating the country where the wool product was processed or 
manufactured unless the Commission shall otherwise direct.
    (d) The country where the imported wool product was principally made 
shall be considered to be the country where such wool product was 
processed or manufactured. Further work or material added to the wool 
product in another country must effect a basic change in form in order 
to render such other country the place where such wool product was 
processed or manufactured.
    (e) The English name of the country where the imported wool product 
was processed or manufactured shall be used. The adjectival form of the 
name of the country will be accepted as the name of the country where 
the wool product was processed or manufactured, provided the adjectival 
form of the name does not appear with such other words so as to refer to 
a kind of species of product. Variant spellings which clearly indicate 
the English name of the country, such as Brasil for Brazil and Italie 
for Italy, are acceptable. Abbreviations which un mis taken ly indicate 
the name of a country, such as Gt. Britain for Great Britain, are 
acceptable.
    (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed as limiting in any way 
the information required to be disclosed on labels under the provisions 
of any Tariff Act of the United States or regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury.

[50 FR 15106, Apr. 17, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 63 FR 7517, 
Feb. 13, 1998; 65 FR 75156, Dec. 1, 2000]