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fig.0 — US Customs country of origin

Plan the production change before you build it.

See the origin CBP would likely assign, and which production moves would change it, backed by CBP rulings.

fig.1 — the heat gun
Kobalt 12.5-amp heat gun · real CBP rulings
Schematic from CBP ruling facts, not a manufacturer's drawing
Unde · plan · check 0.96, above the 0.92 bar
Motor-fan, PCBA, switch + cord → Thailand
Step 1 of 4 · 2022 setup

Assembled in Thailand, key parts from China. CBP held China (N328954).

fig.2 — how it works

one case, four sheets · the heat gun
1Productsheet 1/4
Main housing Thailand
Heating element Thailand
Motor-fan assembly China
PCBA China
Switch, cord, minor China

Final assembly in Thailand.

Router · Gemini 3.8 Flash
2Originsheet 2/4
Likely origin
China

Read against earlier CBP rulings, each one linked.

CBP held China (N328954).

Origin engine · Gemini 4 Argon
3Plansheet 3/4

Make the motor-fan assembly, the PCBA and the switch, cord and minor parts in Thailand

Plan · check 0.96, above the 0.92 bar

For N345938 · against: none found

Matches CBP's 2026 change (N357771), all but the outer shells.

Planner + verifier agent
4Draftsheet 4/4
Request for a binding ruling on the country of origin of a heat gun…
For a licensed customs broker
The line is the heat gun's facts moving through the case
fig.3 — how accurate is it

Test sheet · 377 held-out CBP rulings

Jan–Sep 2026 · held out of the precedent pool · Vertex AI
A · measured on a scalebrackets = 95% interval

90.2% origin accuracy, vs 60.5% for the best simple rule (most-mentioned country).

96.0% correct on the 79.6% it auto-accepts; the rest go to expert review.

B · every ruling, as a squaresorted by outcome
auto-accepted, right 288wrong 12to review, right 52wrong 25
For · N345938
every move is checked both ways, for and againstMotor-fan, PCBA, switch + cord → Thailand
Against · none found

Who it's for

For trade-compliance and industrialisation leads at manufacturers moving production out of China.

CBP estimates 20 hours of preparation per ruling request (all ruling subjects). Asian-origin rulings take a median of 21 days (team count, n = 247).