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The TAA designated country list is sourced from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and is current as of March 2024. Changes to the TAA designated country list are infrequent. The FAR was updated in November of 2023 to add North Macedonia as a designated country under the WTO GPA.
Apr 9, 2024 · Use this table to look up which countries are compliant with TAA. If your products, services, or both are from countries that are not TAA-compliant, we cannot offer or sell them. Filter table. Country. TAA-compliant.
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It is a good practice to periodically review the country of origin of products offered on your GSA contract, as manufacturers sometimes change their manufacturing points. If you determine that a product country of origin has changed, the following directions can assist you in updating GSA Advantage.
- Are Your Products on GSA Schedule TAA Compliant?
- How to Determine If Products Were “Substantially Transformed?”
- Who Makes The Determination of TAA Compliance?
- How to Keep Your GSA Schedule TAA Compliant?
Because the estimated value of a GSA schedule exceeds $183,000, all GSA product sales must be Trade Agreement Act (TAA) compliant, as per FAR 52.225-5. In order to be TAA compliant, products must be “wholly the growth, product, or manufacture” or be substantially transformed in a TAA compliant country. However, precedence was set in 2020, when a fe...
If a product is completely manufactured in the United States or in a TAA designated country, you are TAA compliant. Software country of origin is determined in the country where the software was compiled. Sometimes a product requires assembly in several countries or has components from various countries; the TAA compliance becomes murkier and a det...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that “the responsibility for making a determination of substantial transformation rests solely with the contractor. The contractor can go to The Office of Regulations and Rulings within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is the Federal agency responsible for making substantial transformation dete...
First you must have a system in place that periodically verifies that the products being offered under your GSA schedule are TAA compliant. Furthermore, if you are not a manufacturer, we recommend that you verify countries of origin quarterly or, at minimum, with catalog updates from your suppliers to verify that products are still being manufactur...
The TAA applies to all GSA Schedule contracts unless otherwise stated in the solicitation or contract. The TAA limits the country of origin for products sold through your Schedule contract, in general, this means the following may be sold: Articles that are wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of the U.S. or a designated country, or
The GSA country of origin must therefore be included in the TAA-compliant country list; otherwise, the product is considered non-TAA compliant and the GSA cannot continue purchasing under such a GSA contract.
The designated TAA compliant countries encompass: 1. Countries under the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement.2. Free Trade Agreement Countries.3. Least Developed Countries.4. Caribbean Basin Countries.
