CUSMA Rules of Origin Regulations — 3
Wholly obtained or produced goods 3 (1) A good is originating in the territory of a CUSMA country if the good satisfies all other applicable requirements of these Regulations and is (a) a mineral good or other naturally occurring substance extracted in or taken from the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries; (b) a plant, plant good, vegetable or fungus, grown, harvested, picked or gathered in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries; (c) a live animal born and raised in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries; (d) a good obtained from a live animal in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries; (e) an animal obtained from hunting, trapping, fishing, gathering or capturing in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries; (f) a good obtained from aquaculture in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries; (g) fish, shellfish or other marine life taken from the sea, seabed or subsoil outside the territories of the CUSMA countries and, under international law, outside the territorial sea of non-CUSMA countries, by vessels that are registered, listed or recorded with a CUSMA country and entitled to fly the flag of that CUSMA country; (h) a good produced from a good referred to in paragraph (g) on board a factory ship, where the factory ship is registered, listed or recorded with a CUSMA country and entitled to fly the flag of that CUSMA country; (i) a good, other than fish, shellfish or other marine life, taken by a CUSMA country or a person of a CUSMA country from the seabed or subsoil outside the territories of the CUSMA countries, if that CUSMA country has the right to exploit that seabed or subsoil; (j) waste and scrap derived from (i) production in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries, or (ii) used goods collected in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries, provided that the goods are fit only for the recovery of raw materials; or (k) a good produced in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries, exclusively from a good referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (j), or from their derivatives, at any stage of production. Goods produced from non-originating materials (2) A good, produced entirely in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries, is originating in the territory of a CUSMA country if each of the non-originating materials used in the production of the good satisfies all applicable requirements of Schedule 1 and the good satisfies all other applicable requirements of these Regulations. Goods produced exclusively from originating materials (3) A good is originating in the territory of a CUSMA country if the good is produced entirely in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries exclusively from originating materials and the good satisfies all other applicable requirements of these Regulations. Exceptions to change in tariff classification requirements (4) Except in the case of a good of any of Chapters 61 through 63, a good is originating in the territory of a CUSMA country if (a) one or more of the non-originating materials used in the production of that good cannot satisfy the change in tariff classification requirements set out in Schedule 1 because both the good and its materials are classified in the same subheading or same heading that is not further subdivided into subheadings and (i) the good is produced entirely in the territory of one or more of the CUSMA countries, (ii) the regional value content of the good, calculated in accordance with section 7 , is not less than 60% if the transaction value method is used or not less than 50% if the net cost method is used, and (iii) the good satisfies all other applicable requirements of these Regulations; or (b) the good was imported into the territory of a CUSMA country in an unassembled or disassembled form but was classified as an assembled good in accordance with Rule 2(a) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System and (i) the good