Last substantial transformation
Also called: substantial transformation · son esaslı işlem
The core test of non-preferential origin. In the EU (UCC Article 60), goods involving more than one country originate where they underwent their last substantial, economically justified processing that resulted in a new product or an important stage of manufacture. US courts and CBP ask whether processing created a new article with a different name, character or use.
In practice
Assembly in a third country to avoid duties on a particular origin is tested against this rule, and minor assembly rarely succeeds.
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UKRelated terms
- Non-preferential origin
- Origin determined by the general rules of a customs territory, independent of any trade agreement. In the EU, goods produced in more than one country…
- Circumvention
- Changing the pattern of trade to avoid a trade-remedy duty without real economic justification, for example by assembling goods in a third country or…
- Country of origin marking
- A requirement that imported goods or their containers show the country of origin in a legible, permanent way. The US applies it broadly to imported…