Your local trade specialist will confer with you on the determination based on your answers above. Where questions arise as to U.S. content, we may seek Commercial Service management review, to consider factors such as global competitiveness issues that may have impacted the U.S. content.

I. Determination as a U.S. exporter:

a) The entity seeking assistance is organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States; or

b) The entity seeking assistance is incorporated/organized outside of the United States, but is majority owned by (1) a U.S. citizen or (2) a commercial entity organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States.); or

c) The entity seeking assistance is a non-U.S. business entity working on behalf of a U.S. exporter as defined above (e.g., a foreign distributor, agent, or representative).

II. Determination of U.S. content:

To help establish whether there is majority U.S. content, please consider the following definition:

For products: U.S. content for manufactured goods is the ex-factory price of a good, minus the aggregate value contributed by non-U.S. or foreign sources.

For services: U.S. content for services is the contract value of the service whether delivered in the U.S. or overseas, minus the aggregate value contributed by non-U.S. or foreign sources

When determining U.S. content we take into consideration all the direct and indirect U.S. value added, including design, intellectual property, branding/marketing, production, company overhead, research and development, etc.

What's Next:

Your local trade specialist will confer with you on the determination based on your answers above. Where questions arise as to U.S. content, we may seek Commercial Service management review, to consider factors such as global competitiveness issues that may have impacted the U.S. content.