Us Importers In The US China Retaliatory Tariff War Were Warned To Pay Attention To Inspection Of Origin.

Under the circumstances of the United States clause 301 (Section 301) tariff measures, the US importers are warned to be careful and ensure that they understand the rules of origin of the United States of origin, and inspect the original statement produced by the supplier.

Since September 1st (2019), the United States has imposed new tariffs on imported goods from China (list 4A), which means that the value of US $31 billion in textiles, garments and household textiles will be subject to a 15% tariff. The implementation of the new tariff will crack down on China's exports to the United States: 92% of garments and 53% of footwear.

The remaining US $160 billion of Chinese exports to the US (list 4B) covers textiles, garments and household textiles valued at about $4 billion 700 million, and will be hit by 15% additional tariffs since December 15th.

Sandler, Travis&Rosenberg (ST&R), a customs and international trade law firm, points out that the United States is currently introducing additional tariffs on goods exported to the United States based on tariff measures of the United States 301. There are various claims about the correct adoption of relevant standards of origin, causing confusion in the identification of origin.

"The importer should be aware that, although the seller complied with the Certificate of Origin (COO) statement, which may be correct by the rules of origin, the importer should be aware that the certificate may not apply to the United States according to the provisions of the United States. Since the tariff burden is at a critical juncture and may be subject to potential penalties for mistakes, importers must understand the applicable rules of the United States and inspect the correctness of the statement of origin issued by the supplier. "

The law explains that there is no internationally consistent rule of origin based on the difference between product value and classification rules. Countries will often establish standards of origin in accordance with the needs of their own countries or adopt the principle of origin determination in specific free trade agreements. Even in a country, the way of identification of origin will vary depending on the specific problems involved. For example, for example, rules of different origin can be set for FTA, product labeling, or qualifying for concession schemes.

The United States will depend on all kinds of circumstances for the verification of various certificates of origin. Based on the 301 tariff purposes of the United States, there are mainly two ways to determine the origin: (1) substantive transformation (substantial transformation), or (2) according to the United States federal regulations 19 CFR Part 102 specific rules of origin. Its use depends on the most important part of the product.

ST&R added: "therefore, the standard of origin adopted by manufacturing countries (for example, a specific proportion of local ingredients) may not apply to the principle of determining the origin of imported goods by us customs. Similarly, the last country for processing and exporting may not be the country of origin identified by the United States.