19 CFR § 177.23 - Who may request a country-of-origin advisory ruling or final determination.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s177.23"
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title: "19 CFR § 177.23 - Who may request a country-of-origin advisory ruling or final determination."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "177.23"
section_name: "Who may request a country-of-origin advisory ruling or final determination."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "177"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE RULINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1502, 1624, 1625."
cfr_part: "177"
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# 177.23 Who may request a country-of-origin advisory ruling or final determination.
A country-of-origin advisory ruling or final determination may be requested by:
(a) A foreign manufacturer, producer, or exporter, or a United States importer of merchandise,
(b) A manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler in the United States of a like product,
(c) United States members of a labor organization or other association of workers whose members are employed in the manufacture, production, or wholesale in the United States of a like product, or
(d) A trade or business association a majority of whose members manufacture, produce, or wholesale a like product in the United States.