US Is Country of Origin for Scissor Lifts for Procurement Purposes, CBP Says

The country of origin for imported electric scissor lifts is the U.S. for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination. "We find that the imported partially assembled R Series lifts are substantially transformed as a result of the assembly operations performed" in the U.S., CBP said. "Many of the critical operations involved in completing the product, such as installing the work platforms' software, manufacturing the 'brain' of the system and attaching the modules to the product, are also performed in the United States. More importantly, 40 percent of the remaining components of the electric scissor lifts are of U.S.-origin. This includes the three control modules, which act as the 'brain' of the machine, without which the machine cannot function; batteries; the platform control box; and, the ground control panel."