Lara GuevaraSupply Chain expert (Product and Service)

Country of Origin Isn't Just Where It Was Assembled #movesupplychain

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief video, Lara Guevara expands on her earlier statement that "country of origin" is not limited to the location where a product is assembled. She explains that the raw materials that make up a product travel through their own supply chains before reaching the factory, and that most compliance documentation only records the final assembly step. This omission means companies often lack a complete picture of a product’s provenance, creating gaps that become evident when the product is examined under regulatory or audit scrutiny.

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In Thursday's video, I said country of origin isn't just about where your product was assembled, and I want to go a little deeper on that because it trips people up. Assembly is one step. The raw materials inside your product traveled through their own chain before they ever reached your factory, and that's the part most documentation completely skips. If you only have paperwork on the last step, you don't actually have the full picture, and that's usually the exact gap that shows up under scrutiny.