CBP Makes Procurement Country of Origin Determination on HP Computer

CBP determined that Hewlett-Packard notebook computer originates in an undisclosed country for government procurement “buy American” purposes, the agency said in a notice (here). Hewlett-Packard provided four scenarios of production of the computer and asked for input on country of origin. None of the countries that were discussed are named. In the first two scenarios, Country A is where the base unit is assembled, while in the third and fourth scenarios, all the hardware components are assembled in Country A. "Based on the facts of this case, we find that in Scenarios 1, 2, 3, and 4, the last substantial transformation takes place in Country A," said CBP. "The country of origin of the Elitebook is Country A for purposes of U.S. Government procurement and country of origin marking."