Which of the following best defines a domestic material?
How to get there
19 CFR 102.1(d): Domestic material"Domestic material" means a material whose country of origin as determined under these rules is the same country as the country in which the good is produced.
That matches A. Its counterpart, § 102.1(e), defines a foreign material as one whose origin is not the country where the good is produced.
Why the other choices are wrong
B) Used in production, testing or inspection of another good: that's the definition of indirect materials (§ 102.1(k)): goods used in production, testing or inspection but not physically incorporated into the good.
C) Interchangeable, with essentially identical properties: that's fungible goods or materials (§ 102.1(f)).
D) Grown or occurring naturally: Part 102 has no definition like this. It's a plausible-sounding distractor, and "domestic" refers to origin, not to how the material is produced.
Tip
Definition questions often draw all four options from the same definitions section. Look up § 102.1 and match each option to its term. The distractors are usually real definitions of neighboring terms.
Source: 19 CFR 102.1(d)–(f), (k) (eCFR).
CBP answer key: Answer A · 19 CFR 102.1(d)Source: CBP past exams ↗