Quote Originally Posted by Valhalla View Post
No, no no no.... that's absolutely not true. To claim "Made in USA" the product must be "all or virtually all" made here. And if any "raw materials" are imported, the material must be "substantially transformed" in the USA, and the cost of the raw material must be "insignificant". For example, say you produce a concrete mixer with all U.S.-sourced components, and the most expensive part is the motor. You also specifically bought those motors from an U.S. company. But then you subsequently found out those motors uses Chinese-made commutators... and just because of that, you might no longer be able to claim "Made-in-USA", if the cost of the commutator is a big enough part of the motor and the motor is a big enough part of your mixer. It's that strict. The 20% rule is more like the opposite; if the foreign-imported materials, even after substantially transformed, still account for 20%+ of your overall product cost (petroleum products in the plastic-parts industry are good examples), you CANNOT claim it is Made-in-USA.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/busi...ndard#standard

But I can see why your source would tell you that... there are lots of misinformation out there, and most people who (willingly or not) made the wrong claim would never be challenged. It is quite understandable why people would get the wrong idea.
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