country of origin

noun phrase

: the country where something or someone comes from

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For all international postal shipments, the carrier must declare the duty collection method and country of origin of the parcel to CBP via a monthly worksheet. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025 Postal and package services throughout the world, as well as online retailers shipping goods from other countries, are working to find more clarity on how these payments—which vary based on country of origin and number of items—will be handled. Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 The Brotherhood bears some resemblance to the Bruderhof, a tiny Christian pacifist sect founded in Germany in the nineteen-twenties that left its country of origin and spread around the globe in response to Nazi Fascism. Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025 Sony wrote a letter to Iranian officials asking them to allow the film to be screened in Iran to comply with Academy rules [that Oscar contenders must be released in their country of origin], but the government refused. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for country of origin

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“Country of origin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20of%20origin. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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