CBP Finds Country of Origin of Treadmills Is Place of Assembly, for Government Procurement Purposes

Treadmills assembled in the U.S. and Taiwan from mostly Chinese parts are respectively of U.S. and Taiwanese origin for U.S. government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination (here). The assembly operations, which include welding 27 seams to create the three major subassemblies (the treadmill base, console frame and console mast), as well as additional steps such as bolting frames together and attaching motors and electronics, are sufficient to effect a substantial transformation, it said.