country of origin

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• noun law The country in which a person or thing is deemed to have originated for the purposes of laws and regulations.
• noun international trade The country where shipped goods are produced.
• noun international trade The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.
• noun international trade The country in which the most important processing took place.
• noun international trade The country in which a substantial amount of processing took place.
• noun consumer goods The country indicated on a label as being the country in which the goods were made.
• noun publishing Country of first publication.

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• noun the country where you were born