Form CBP Form 3229 CBP Form 3229 Insular Possession Certificate of Origin

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

OMB Approval No. 1651-0016
Expiration Date: 09/30/2018

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
INSULAR POSSESSION CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
19 CFR 7.3
(ARTICLES SHIPPED FROM INSULAR POSSESSIONS, EXCEPT PUERTO RICO, TO THE UNITED STATES1)
2. DATE

1. PORT
4. NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING CERTIFICATE
6. SHIPPERS EXPORT DEC. NO.

7. DATE FILED

5. NAME OF FIRM
8. CARRIER (Vessel or Airline)

9. DESTINATION (Port of)

10. CONSIGNED TO

12.
MARKS AND
NUMBERS

11. LOCATION OF CONSIGNEE (City and State)
FOREIGN MATERIALS2

13.
QUANTITY

14.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES

15.
DESCRIPTION

20. INSULAR POSSESSION WHERE MERCHANDISE WAS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED
22. ADDRESS OF SHIPPER

3. CERTIFICATE NO.

MATERIALS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL NOTE 3 (a)(iv)(B)(2)3
16.
VALUE

17.
DESCRIPTION

18. DATE IMPORTED
INTO INSULAR
POSSESSION

19. DATE
INCORPORATED INTO
IMPORTED GOODS

21. INSULAR POSSESSION OF WHICH MATERIALS ARE THE GROWTH, PRODUCT, OR MANUFACTURE

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

DATE

EMAIL

SEE BACK OF FORM FOR FOOTNOTES AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE.
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Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to this information unless it displays
a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is 1651-0016. The estimated average time to complete this application is 20
minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimate you can write to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street NE,
Washington DC 20229.

FOOTNOTES
1 General Note 3(a)(iv), Harmonized Tariff 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.

"VALUE" as used in this certificate, refers to the sum of (a) the actual purchase price of
each foreign material used, or where a material is provided to the manufacturer without
charge, or at less than fair market value, the total of all expenses incurred in the growth,
production, or manufacture of the material, including general expenses, plus an amount
for profit; and (b) the

3 Columns 17, 18, and 19 shall be completed if the article incorporates any material
described in General Note 3(a)(iv)(B)(2), HTSUS, which is not considered "foreign
material" under General Note 3(a)(iv). Each such material shall be listed on a
separate line. If no such materials are used, state "none" in column 17 and leave
columns 18 and 19 blank.

EXCERPT FROM GENERAL NOTES, HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES

and all goods previously imported into the customs 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.

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 customs 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
customs 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
customs territory of the United States directly from any such possession,

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(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 customs 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.

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