Your client, who is selling to U.S. Bethlehem Steele, calls in a panic stating that she knows that goods require country of origin markings. However, she doesn’t know how she is going to mark 400 containers of 10,000 tiny bolts before importing them from Mexico to the U.S. within the week. How should you advise your client?
A. The goods are too small to mark, so marking is not necessary.
B. The goods are being sold to a domestic importer, so they are not required to be marked.
C. Mark the country of origin on the outermost container, in which the article(s) ordinarily reach the ultimate purchaser.
D. The goods qualify under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), so they don’t have to be marked.
E. Wait until CBP issues a marking notice and request a waiver for the marking violation.
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The Answer is: C
Citation: 19 CFR 134.33
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