[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR102.11]

[Page 496-497]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 102_RULES OF ORIGIN--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Rules of Origin
 
Sec. 102.11  General rules.


    The following rules shall apply for purposes of determining the 
country of origin of imported goods other than textile and apparel 
products covered by Sec. 102.21.
    (a) The country of origin of a good is the country in which:
    (1) The good is wholly obtained or produced;
    (2) The good is produced exclusively from domestic materials; or
    (3) Each foreign material incorporated in that good undergoes an 
applicable change in tariff classification set out in Sec. 102.20 and 
satisfies any other applicable requirements of that

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section, and all other applicable requirements of these rules are 
satisfied.
    (b) Except for a good that is specifically described in the 
Harmonized System as a set, or is classified as a set pursuant to 
General Rule of Interpretation 3, where the country of origin cannot be 
determined under paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) The country of origin of the good is the country or countries of 
origin of the single material that imparts the essential character to 
the good, or
    (2) If the material that imparts the essential character to the good 
is fungible, has been commingled, and direct physical identification of 
the origin of the commingled material is not practical, the country or 
countries of origin may be determined on the basis of an inventory 
management method provided under the appendix to part 181 of this 
chapter.
    (c) Where the country of origin cannot be determined under paragraph 
(a) or (b) of this section and the good is specifically described in the 
Harmonized System as a set or mixture, or classified as a set, mixture 
or composite good pursuant to General Rule of Interpretation 3, the 
country of origin of the good is the country or countries of origin of 
all materials that merit equal consideration for determining the 
essential character of the good.
    (d) Where the country of origin of a good cannot be determined under 
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this section, the country of origin of the 
good shall be determined as follows:
    (1) If the good was produced only as a result of minor processing, 
the country of origin of the good is the country or countries of origin 
of each material that merits equal consideration for determining the 
essential character of the good;
    (2) If the good was produced by simple assembly and the assembled 
parts that merit equal consideration for determining the essential 
character of the good are from the same country, the country of origin 
of the good is the country of origin of those parts; or
    (3) If the country of origin of the good cannot be determined under 
paragraph (d)(1) or (d)(2) of this section, the country of origin of the 
good is the last country in which the good underwent production.

[T.D. 96-48, 61 FR 28956, June 6, 1996]