October 2024 — Question 67

According to the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA), what are the rules of origin for agricultural goods exported from Singapore to the United States, which are grown in the Singapore or the United States (i.e. an SFTA country), started from seeds imported from a country other than Singapore or the United States (i.e. a non-SFTA country)? The agricultural goods are not subject to the specified exclusion.

• AThe agricultural goods are treated as manufactured goods from a non-SFTA country.
• BThe agricultural goods are treated as originating in the non-SFTA country.
• CThe agricultural goods are treated as originating in the SFTA territory.✓ CBP's answer
• DThe rules of origin for these agricultural goods depend on how they are harvested.