CBP Form 3229 Insular Possession Certificate of Origin

OMB Approval No. 1651-0016
Expiration Date: 02/28/2022

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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)
DATE

PORT

CERTIFICATE NUMBER:

NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING CERTIFICATE (Last, First, Middle Initial)
SHIPPERS EXPORT DEC. NO.

DATE FILED

NAME OF FIRM

CARRIER (Vessel or Airline)

CONSIGNED TO: Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial

LOCATION OF CONSIGNEE (City and State)
FOREIGN MATERIALS2

MARKS AND
NUMBERS

QUANTITY

DESCRIPTION
OF ARTICLES

DESTINATION (Port of)

DESCRIPTION

VALUE

MATERIALS DESCRIBED INGENERAL NOTE 3 (a)(iv)(B)(2)3
DESCRIPTION

DATE IMPORTED
INTO INSULAR
POSSESSION

DATE INCORPORATED
INTO IMPORTED
GOODS

INSULAR POSSESSION WHERE MERCHANDISE WAS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED

INSULAR POSSESSION OF WHICH MATERIALS ARE THE GROWTH, PRODUCT, OR MANUFACTURE
ADDRESS OF SHIPPER
STREET
CITY

ZIPCODE

STATE

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.
SIGNATURE OF SHIPPER

EMAIL
DATE SIGNED

SEE ATTACHHED FOOTNOTES AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE.
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PRIVACY ACT NOTICE
This Privacy Act Notice serves to inform you of why DHS is requesting the information on this form.
AUTHORITY:
CBP is authorized to collect the information requested on this form pursuant to General Note 3(a)(iv) of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) and provided for by 19 CFR Part 7.3.
PURPOSE:
CBP is requesting this information to collect and maintain records on all commercial goods imported into the United States,
along with carrier, broker, importer, and other Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System (ACEITDS) Portal user account and manifest information. The purpose of this system of records is to track, control, and process
all commercial goods imported into the United States. CBP will use this information to identify whether or not imported
merchandise is exempt from duty under the applicable statutory provisions.
ROUTINE USES:
Consistent with DHS's information-sharing mission, the information requested on this form may be shared with other DHS
Components to carry out national security, law enforcement, immigration, or other homeland security functions. Information
may also be shared with appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or international government agencies.
This sharing will assist DHS in exercising control over merchandise when it has reasonable suspicion that the subject
merchandise may be inadmissible but requires more information to make a positive determination.
The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for this collection is required and provided for by DHS/CBP/PIA-003(b) Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE), July 31, 2015, which provides notice of CBP's collection of importer information for
compliance and inspection purposes.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION:
Providing this information to is mandatory, pursuant to General Note 3(a)(iv) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) and provided for by 19 CFR Part 7.3. Failure to provide this information may result in the
inability of CBP to make admissibility decisions without the unnecessary delay of legitimate trade.

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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.
"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
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
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
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,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.
(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.

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 22 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.

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