Amund: I looked into this a few years ago, and for the United States, the answer was yes: country of origin is required to be marked on imported goods.
Actually, this was a function of the percentage of foreign material/labor incorporated nto the product, but the short anwswer was yes. I believe the US rules are the responsibility of the Department of Commerce www.doc.gov As a US consumer, I always check for country of origin, and almost always find it marked (more and more these days, it is China). By the way, I believe that if the goods are made in the USA, they do not need to be so marked. But most manufacturers will mark them Made in the U.S.A. anyways, both as an indication to domestic consumers, and for export reasons. Hope this helps. Regards, Jacob Z. Schanker, P.E. 65 Crandon Way Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 585 442 3909 Fax: 585 442 2182 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: Marking - Made in XXX | | Is it necessary to describe where a product is manufactured, as in "Made in | XXX". I have see this statement/label on many products, but is it only | voluntary ? | | Best regards | Amund Westin, Oslo/Norway | | | | ------------------------------------------- | This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety | Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. | | Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ | | To cancel your subscription, send mail to: | [email protected] | with the single line: | unsubscribe emc-pstc | | For help, send mail to the list administrators: | Ron Pickard: [email protected] | Dave Heald: [email protected] | | For policy questions, send mail to: | Richard Nute: [email protected] | Jim Bacher: [email protected] | | All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: | http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ | Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" | ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
