Trade · 6 pages · 12 min
Why a screwdriver plant exists
A screwdriver plant does light assembly so a product can claim a legal status the parts alone would not get.
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From the opening
A screwdriver plant is an assembly shop whose work is deliberately thin, the kind of joining that a simple tool could finish. It exists because a small local operation can change how customs classifies a good or which origin and which duty the finished item is asked to bear. The opening covers parts arrive nearly finished, simple assembly seeks a new status, and minimal operations may not count.
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Inside
- Parts arrive nearly finished
- Simple assembly seeks a new status
- Minimal operations may not count
- Circumvention is the remedy case
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Screwdriver assembly and anti-circumvention
- Minimal operations in rules of origin