country of origin

Noun

• The country in which a person or thing is deemed to have originated for the purposes of laws and regulations.
• The country where shipped goods are produced.
• The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.
• The country in which the most important processing took place.
• The country in which a substantial amount of processing took place.
• The country indicated on a label as being the country in which the goods were made.
• Country of first publication.