[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR134.43]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 134_COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart E_Method and Location of Marking Imported Articles
 
Sec.  134.43  Methods of marking specific articles.

    (a) Marking previously required by certain provisions of the Tariff 
Act of 1930. Except for goods of a NAFTA country, articles of a class or 
kind listed below shall be marked legibly and conspicuously by die 
stamping, cast-in-the-mold lettering, etching (acid or electrolytic), 
engraving, or by means of metal plates which bear the prescribed marking 
and which are securely attached to the article in a conspicuous place by 
welding, screws, or rivets: knives, forks, steels, cleavers, clippers, 
shears, scissors, safety razors, blades for safety razors, surgical 
instruments, dental instruments, scientific and laboratory instruments, 
pliers, pincers, nippers and hinged hand tools for holding and splicing 
wire, vacuum containers, and parts of the above articles. Goods of a 
NAFTA country shall be marked by any reasonable method which is legible, 
conspicuous and permanent as otherwise provided in this part.
    (b) Watch, clock, and timing apparatus. The country of origin 
marking requirements on watches, clocks, and timing apparatus are 
intensive and require special methods. (See Sec.  11.9 of this chapter 
and Chapter 91, Additional U.S. Note 4, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202)).
    (c) Native American-style jewelry--(1) Definition. For the purpose 
of this provision, Native American-style jewelry is jewelry which 
incorporates traditional Native American design motifs, materials and/or 
construction and therefore looks like, and could possibly be mistaken 
for, jewelry made by Native Americans.
    (2) Method of marking. Except as provided in 19 U.S.C. 1304(a)(3) 
and in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, Native American-style jewelry 
must be indelibly marked with the country of origin by cutting, die-
sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other permanent method. The 
indelible marking must appear legibly on the clasp or in some other 
conspicuous location, or alternatively, on a metal or plastic tag 
indelibly marked with the country of origin and permanently attached to 
the article.
    (3) Exception. If it is technically or commercially infeasible to 
mark in the manner specified in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, or in 
the case of a good of a NAFTA country, the article may be marked by 
means of a string tag or adhesive label securely affixed, or some other 
similar method.
    (d) Native American-style arts and crafts--(1) Definition. For the 
purpose of this provision, Native American-style arts and crafts are 
arts and crafts, such as pottery, rugs, kachina dolls, baskets and 
beadwork, which incorporate traditional Native American design motifs, 
materials and/or construction and therefore look like, and could 
possibly be mistaken for, arts and crafts made by Native Americans.
    (2) Method of Marking. Except as provided for in 19 U.S.C. 
1304(a)(3) and Sec.  134.32 of this part, Native American-style arts and 
crafts must be indelibly marked with the country of origin by means of 
cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other equally 
permanent method. On textile articles, such as rugs, a sewn in label is 
considered to be an equally permanent method.
    (3) Exception. Where it is technically or commercially infeasible to 
mark in the manner specified in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, or in 
the case of a good of a NAFTA country, the article may be marked by 
means of a string tag or adhesive label securely affixed, or some other 
similar method.
    (e) Assembled articles. Where an article is produced as a result of 
an assembly operation and the country of origin of such article is 
determined under this

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chapter to be the country in which the article was finally assembled, 
such article may be marked, as appropriate, in a manner such as the 
following:
    (1) Assembled in (country of final assembly);
    (2) Assembled in (country of final assembly) from components of 
(name of country or countries of origin of all components); or
    (3) Made in, or product of, (country of final assembly).

[T.D. 72-262, 37 FR 20318, Sept. 29, 1972, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 
FR 51255, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 89-88, 54 FR 39524, Sept. 27, 1989; T.D. 
90-75, 55 FR 38317, Sept. 18, 1990; T.D. 90-78, 55 FR 40166, Oct. 2, 
1990; T.D. 94-1, 58 FR 69472, Dec. 30, 1993; T.D. 94-4, 59 FR 140, Jan. 
3, 1994; T.D. 96-48, 61 FR 28980, June 6, 1996]