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October 2024, question 67

Valuation, Appraisement and Duty Assessment · Rules of origin and trade programs

According to the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA), what are the rules of origin for agricultural goods exported from Singapore to the United States, which are grown in the Singapore or the United States (i.e. an SFTA country), started from seeds imported from a country other than Singapore or the United States (i.e. a non-SFTA country)? The agricultural goods are not subject to the specified exclusion.

  1. The agricultural goods are treated as manufactured goods from a non-SFTA country.
  2. The agricultural goods are treated as originating in the non-SFTA country.
  3. The agricultural goods are treated as originating in the SFTA territory.
  4. The rules of origin for these agricultural goods depend on how they are harvested.
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CBP's answer: C. C: The agricultural goods are treated as originating in the SFTA territory.

Under the Singapore agreement's rules, agricultural and horticultural goods grown in the territory of Singapore or the United States are treated as originating there even if grown from seed or plant parts imported from outside. So they originate in the SFTA territory (C).

agricultural and horticultural goods grown in the territory of a SFTA country shall be treated as originating in the territory of that country even if they are grown from seed, bulbs, rootstock, cuttings, slips or other live parts of plants imported from a country other than a SFTA country General Note 25

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CBP's key cites: General Note 25

Question and key from CBP's October 2024 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).