China Is Country of Origin of US-Programmed Scanner and Label Printer for Procurement, CBP Says

China is the country of origin of a visitor management system for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination (here). The Raptor Basic System, used to scan the identification cards of visiting individuals and print visitor tags that signify the access or identity type of the visitor, includes an ID scanner and label printer made in China and programmed with the system software in the U.S., as well as U.S.-made labels and an optional barcode scanner made in Taiwan. Though the software enables the items to work together as a system, the programming does not substantially transform the scanner and label printer because both items would serve that purpose even without the specialized software, CBP said. However, the country of origin for procurement purposes of the labels and barcode scanners is the U.S. and Taiwan, respectively, it said.