Actually, it gets worse than this. Its been awhile so I don't have all of
the particulars, but you actually have to add the cost of all of the
components and assembly time into the product at its various assembly
stages. For the US for example their has to be some percentage of material
that was purchased from an American Corporation. This percentage fluctuated
depending on the US work content - US assembly hours for example. Combined
in the proper mix one could then say it was made in the USA.
Of course many Japanese companies simply inflated the assembly COGS to get
around the rules, and I'm sure other did as well.
The biggest impact on where its made, other than consumer preferences, was
when selling to the governments. They generally have some comments on what
they buy and from whom.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: WOODS, RICHARD [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 5:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Country of origin
My company has for years produced products in Puerto Rico and has
labeled
our products as "made in the USA". A couple of years ago, UK customs
decided
in their own wisdom that Puerto Rico is not part of the USA and that
our
products must be labeled "made in Puerto Rico".
So, to answer your question, the final assembly point is the point
of
manufacture. But as you can see from my example, what we really have
here is
a political situation. So in reality, any country can require you to
label
as they see fit. I have noticed that on cars sold in the US, there
is an
explanation on the sticker as to what was manufactured where. Other
countries may have this requirement for some types of products.
However, we
have not encountered this need for office equipment.
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From: [email protected]
[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 3:39 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Country of origin
Dear groupe,
This question is not a safety or EMC issue but I think that
some of
you
have been involved in something like this before.
On the label with compliance information we normally also
add
something
like : "Country of origin " or " Made in" this is required
by some
of the
EU directives and others (normally just the country of the
main
company who
have the legal responsibility. )
But my questions are;
-what is the rules for this information, is it just country
of the
company
or is it the country where it is assembled, and what if it
is partly
made
in different countries ?
-which authoryties requires this informations other than EU
directives (and
FCC part 68)
Best regards,
Mr. Kim Boll Jensen
i-data, Denmark
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