[ What is TAA Compliance? ]
The Trade Agreement Act (TAA) (19 U.S.C. & 2501-2581) was created in 1979 and is intended to foster the growth and maintenance of a fair and open trading system. TAA compliance requires that the U.S. Government (including GSA) acquires only U.S. - made or certain "designated country" end products. This means that all products must be either manufactured or "substantially transformed" in the United States or a TAA compliant country.
In the situation were a product is assembled or comprised of components from several different countries, the guideline applies to the last country that the product is in before imported to the United States. At least 50% of the production must be completed by a TAA compliant country. The full list of TAA compliant countries can change. At this time, the non-TAA countries include: China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, and Sri Lanka.
In the situation were a product is assembled or comprised of components from several different countries, the guideline applies to the last country that the product is in before imported to the United States. At least 50% of the production must be completed by a TAA compliant country. The full list of TAA compliant countries can change. At this time, the non-TAA countries include: China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, and Sri Lanka.
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The designated countries include:
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