Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) The country in which a person or thing is deemed to have originated for the purposes of laws and regulations. 2 (context international trade English) The country where shipped goods are produced. 3 (context international trade English) The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred. 4 (context international trade English) The country in which the most important processing took place. 5 (context international trade English) The country in which a substantial amount of processing took place. 6 (context consumer goods English) The country indicated on a label as being the country in which the goods were made. 7 (context publishing English) Country of first publication.
WordNet
n. the country where you were born [syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, native land]
Wikipedia
Country of origin (COO), is the country of manufacture, production, or growth where an article or product comes from. There are differing rules of origin under various national laws and international treaties.
Usage examples of "country of origin".
In Nepal the conservatism which prolonged the life of Indian statuary styles long after they had disappeared from their country of origin exercised a profound influence on Tibet which depended greatly on Nepalese inspiration and craftsmen until modern times.
Once a diamond has been polished, its country of origin is virtually impossible to tell.
It is undisputed that plaintiff and his work, as here represented by the steel sculpture Cyclone Seven, have been held up to public ridicule both locally and, given the wide ranging magic of the media, throughout the land, as witnessed in a cartoon published in the South Georgia Pilot crudely depicting a small dog pinioned under a junk heap comprising old bedsprings, chamber pots, and other household debris, and from the Arkansas Family Visitor an editorial denouncing plaintiff's country of origin as prominent in the Soviet bloc, thereby distinctly implying his mission among us to be one of atheistic subversion of our moral values as a Christian nation, whereas materials readily available elsewhere show plaintiff to have departed his birthplace at age three with his family who were in fact fleeing the then newly installed Communist regime.
It was old, probably a military truck originally, though with all the body damage, the country of origin and the name of the manufacturer were matters of speculation.
Moreover, in the case of money being sent in great quantities, it is usual to insure the registry over and above the limit of responsibility set by the country of origin.
However, if you plan on leaving the kingdom again with her and returning, you should have her fitted with a nose ring to validate her country of origin or you could wind up paying duty.
All officers and enlisted personnel, no matter what their country of origin, will accept this authority and receive new commissions or ratings in the armed forces of the Commonwealth of New Zealand or they will resign.
Crates of all kinds of new artifacts had been placed in the musty, cavernous room according to their country of origin.
In case it were ever found, there would be metallurgic evidence pointing to its country of origin.
Neither the table's country of origin nor its period have any significance, as relates to the photographs.