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Marking & Country of Origin

October 2023 — Question 60

Perky Juniper Inc. (PJ Inc.) submitted a purchase order to a pant manufacturer for 100 dozen women's woven cotton pajama pants. The manufacturer purchases cotton grown and harvested in the U.S. and sends the cotton to France to be spun into yarn. The yarn is shipped to Italy where it is woven into fabric. The fabric is sent to Belguim where it is tye-dyed. The tye-dye fabric goes to Spain where it is made into pajama pants and labelled. PJ Inc. imports the pajama pants into the U.S. What is the country of origin of the pajama pants?

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§ 19 CFR 102.21(c)(3)(ii)

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