April 2019 — Question 8
Swedish iron ore is refined into steel near the town of Essen, Germany, and subsequently fashioned into automobile radiators in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 2018. What marking is required for the automobile radiators?
- AProduct of EEC
- BMade in SK
- CProduct of Germany
- DMade in Slovakia✓ CBP's answer
- EMade in Czechoslovakia
Why this answer
Part 134 requires imported articles to be marked with the English name of their country of origin, and origin means the country of the last substantial transformation. Fashioning steel into automobile radiators in Slovakia creates a new article with a new name, character, and use, so Slovakia — not Germany, where the steel was refined, and not Sweden, the ore source — is the country of origin. "Made in Slovakia" satisfies the English-name requirement, while "Made in SK" fails because an abbreviation must unmistakably indicate the country, and "Czechoslovakia" and "EEC" do not name the actual country at all. Germany tempts candidates who stop at the steelmaking step. Watch for: Tracing origin to the steel's source instead of the last substantial transformation.
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Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the April 2019 examination.
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