US Is Country of Origin of Workstation for Government Procurement, CBP Says

The U.S. is the country of origin for government procurement purposes of a workstation that can be used in the sitting or standing positions, CBP said in a final determination (here). The workstation is made from a lift assembly imported from China that is used to change the position of a U.S.-made particle board work surface and keyboard tray. The processes that occur in the U.S. include sawing, profiling, sanding, hot-pressing and trimming to manufacture the work surface and keyboard tray as well as laser-cutting, bending and painting of the sheet metal components followed by final assembly of the U.S. origin and the imported components, CBP said. Those products substantially transform the workstation, it said. “The lift assembly is not functional to an end user by itself as it does not include the primary features of the U.S. origin work surface and keyboard tray which allow the work to be conducted, and without which, the lifting mechanism is incapable of being used as a workstation,” CBP said.