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Collecting parts that would be classifiable as the finished good under GRI 2(a), with only minor processing, confers origin when?

  1. It does not. That operation is non-qualifying
  2. Always, if the collection happens in the country of export
  3. If the importer files a USMCA claim
  4. If the parts are five or fewer and all domestic
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A. It does not. That operation is non-qualifying

Section 102.17 says a foreign material is not treated as having undergone the required change merely because parts were collected and subjected only to minor processing so as to be classifiable as the assembled good under GRI 2(a).

Source: 19 CFR 102.17

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