CBP Rules on Country of Origin for Gov't Procurement of Cordless Headsets

CBP issued a final determination that an undisclosed country not designated within the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) is the country of origin for Plantronics cordless headsets. The headsets, which are assembled in the non-TAA designated country, are imported fully functional from another undisclosed TAA country, said CBP. CBP found that "the country where the last substantial transformation of the headsets occurs is [non-TAA country], that is, where the major assembly processes are performed." Therefore, the country of origin for government procurement procurement is the non-TAA country, said CBP.