International Trade: Rules of Origin
Abstract
Determining the country of origin of a product is important for properly assessing tariffs, enforcing trade remedies (such as antidumping and countervailing duties) or quantitative restrictions (tariff quotas), and statistical purposes. Other commercial trade policies are also linked with origin determinations, such as country of origin labeling and government procurement regulations. Rules of origin (ROO) can be very simple, noncontroversial tools of international trade as long as all of the parts of a product are manufactured and assembled primarily in one country. However, when a finished product's component parts originate in many countries-as is often the case in today's global trading environment-determining origin can be a very complex, sometimes subjective, and time-consuming process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 06, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA496279
Entities
People
- Michael F. Martin
- Vivian C. Jones
Organizations
- Library of Congress