Customs — Country of Origin & USMCA Qualification

Industry front door for decision-tree. Adds domain triggers, example, packs only. Parent Process unchanged. Not legal advice. Origin is rule-specific; verify against the current USMCA text and CBP guidance.

Activate when: determining country of origin; testing USMCA (or other FTA) preference eligibility; marking; "does this qualify for duty-free?"; goods with multi-country inputs. Do NOT activate when: wholly-obtained single-country goods with no preference question.

Why this variant

The parent decision-tree maps branching qualification logic. Origin/preference is a decision tree: wholly obtained? → tariff-shift met? → RVC threshold met? → de minimis? Each branch leads to duty-free, MFN, or special treatment.

Domain inputs → parent's Process

Walk the branches:

• Wholly obtained/produced entirely in territory? → originates.
• Else: does each non-originating input meet the product-specific rule (tariff shift)?
• If not by shift: is Regional Value Content (transaction-value or net-cost) met?
• De minimis allowance for small non-originating value?
• Confirm certification of origin support + marking rules (substantial transformation for marking).