A bill relating to the determination of the country-of-origin of articles for purposes of the standardization of practice by U.S. and foreign producers and manufacturers offering articles for sale or consumption within the United States.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 by providing for the determination of the national origin of a good based on the cost of manufacture of the article. Confers origin upon the last country of significant growth, processing, or manufacture where that good originates or provides inputs representing manufacturing costs of 35 percent or more of the value of the end product. Defines the end product, for purposes of imported goods, as the product entered into the United States, and the total value of the product against which that calculation is compared as the appraised, entered value as normally determined under such Act. Confers origin upon the last country satisfying the requirement, prior to the importation of the merchandise into the United States. Determines the national origin of goods subject to significant growth, processing, or manufacturing within the United States based upon comparable principles, and replaces the appraised, entered value with the total cost of manufacture of the end product. Makes this Act inapplicable for purposes of determining whether articles are eligible for duty-free treatment under: (1) the Trade Act of 1974; (2) the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act;…