Form 3229 Certificate of Origin

OMB No. 1651-0016
Exp. 08-31-2008
1. PORT

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
2. DATE

3. CERTIFICATE NO.

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
4. NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING CERTIFICATE

(ARTICLES SHIPPED FROM INSULAR POSSESSIONS,
EXCEPT PUERTO RICO, TO THE UNITED STATES 1)

5. NAME OF FIRM

19 CFR 7.3
6. SHIPPERS EXPORT DEC. NO.

7. DATE FILED

9. DESTINATION (Port of)

8. CARRIER (Vessel or Airline)

10. CONSIGNED TO

12.
MARKS AND
NUMBERS

11. LOCATION OF CONSIGNEE (City and State)
FOREIGN MATERIALS 2

13.
QUANTITY

14.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES

15.
Description

16.
Value

MATERIALS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL NOTE 3 (a)(iv)(B)(2) 3
19.
18.
17.
Date Incorporated into
Date Imported into
Description
Imported Goods
Insuler Possession

20. INSULAR POSSESSION WHERE MERCHANDISE WAS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED 21. INSULAR POSSESSION OF WHICH MATERIALS ARE THE GROWTH, PRODUCT, OR MANUFACTURE

22. ADDRESS OF SHIPPER

I declare that I am the person named above, acting in the capacity indicated; that the description and other particulars of the
merchandise specified above are correct as set forth in this certificate; that the said merchandise was produced or manufactured in
the insular possession named above, and from the materials grown, produced, or manufactured in the insular possession also named
above, or of the United States, or of both; that if foreign materials were used therein, their description and value are shown above.
23. SIGNATURE OF SHIPPER

VERIFICATION OF
CBP OFFICER

I hereby certify that I have investigated the foregoing 24. DATE
statements and am satisfied that they are correct to
the best of my knowledge and belief.

SEE BACK OF FORM FOR FOOTNOTES AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE.

25. SIGNATURE OF CBP OFFICER

CBP Form 3229 (08/93)

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE: This form is used by importers/exporters to claim preferential duty treatment in 19 U.S.C. 1202 General Note 3(a)(iv), HTSUS, and by the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to determine eligibility. It is required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Statement Required by 5 CFR 1320.21: The estimated average burden associated with this collection of information is 22 minutes per respondent or recordkeeper depending on
individual circumstances. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Information Services Branch, Washington DC 20229, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1651-0016), Washington DC 20503.

FOOTNOTES
1 General Note 3(a)(iv), Harmonized Tarriff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
2 Each "foreign material" (i.e., a material which originated in sources other than an insular
possession or the United States) shall be listed on a separate line under columns 15 and 16.
Columns 15 and 16 do not apply to materials which are not considered "foreign" under General
Note 3(a)(iv)(B)(1), (2), HTSUS.

cost of transporting those materials to the insular possession, but excluding any duties
or taxes assessed by the insular possession and any charges which may accrue after
landing;
If the materials used in an article originated only in an insular possession or the United
States, state "none" in column 15 and leave column 16 blank.

3 Columns 17, 18, and 19 shall be completed if the article incorporates any material
"VALUE" as used in this certificate, refers to the sum of (a) the actual purchase price of each
described in General Note 3(a)(iv)(B)(2), HTSUS, which is not considered "foreign
foreign material used, or where a material is provided to the manufacturer without charge, or at
material" under General Note 3(a)(iv). Each such material shall be listed on a separate
less than fair market value, the total of all expenses incurred in the growth, production, or
line. If no such materials are used, state "none" in column 17 and leave columns 18
manufacture of the material, including general expenses, plus an amount for profit; and (b) the
and 19 blank.

EXCERPT FROM GENERAL NOTES, HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES
General Note 3(a)(iv)
(iv)

Products of Insular Possessions
(A) Except as provided in additional U.S. note 5 of chapter 91and except as provided in
additional U.S. note 2 of chapter 96, and except as provided in section 423 of the
Tax Reform Act of 1986, goods imported from insular possessions of the United
States which are outside the CBP territory of the United States are subject to the
rates of duty set forth in column 1 of the tariff schedule, except that all such goods
the growth or product of any such possession, or manufactured or produced in any
such possession from materials the growth, product or manufacture of any such
possession or of the CBP territory of the United States, or of both, which do not
contain foreign materials to the value of more than 70 percent of their total value (or
more than 50 percent of their total value with respect to goods described in section
213(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act), coming to the CBP
territory of the United States directly from any such possession,

and all goods previously imported into the CBP territory of the United States with
payment of all applicable duties and taxes imposed upon or by reason of
importation which were shipped from the United States, without remission, refund,
or drawback of such duties or taxes, directly to the possession from which they
are being returned by direct shipment, are exempt from duty.
(B) in determining whether goods produced or manufactured in any such insular
possession contain foreign materials to the value of more than 70 percent, no
material shall be considered foreign which either (1)

at the time such goods are entered, or

(2)

at the time such material is imported into the insular possession.

may be imported into the CBP territory from a foreign country, and entered free of
duty; except that no goods containing material to which (2) of this subparagraph
applies shall be exempt from duty under subparagraph (A) unless adequate
documentation is supplied to show that the material has been incorporated into
such goods during the 18-month period after the date on which such material is
imported into the insular possession.
CBP Form 3229 (08/93)(Back)