"Made in " label on clock-radios containing an imported component
76 F.T.C. 1109 · date not parsed · Digest No. 375
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No. 375. "Made in " label on clock-radios containing an imported component.
The Commission rendered an advisory opinion to a manufacturer of clock-radios which are partly domestic and partly of J apanese origin , and which the manufacturer wishes to label as Made in U.
The finished product, except for the radio chassis which is of Japanese origin, wil be manufactured and assembled in the United States. Although the imported chassis win be marked with the country of origin at the time of importation, the mark wil not be visible to prospective purchasers after the imported part is assembled into the finished product. The imported chassis wil cost approximately $2 or 29 percent of total production cost, with the remaining 71 percent being of domestic parts and labor. Concluding that such a product could not be unqualifiedly marked as t1ade in U. " the Commission said: H* would be improper to use the ' Made in A.' mark on the clockradios without clearly disclosing the foreign country of origin of the imported radio chassis. " (File No. 703 7024 Released October , 1969)