USA: Textile MID Requirement for Imports

For all textile goods entered on or after November 19, 2005, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will fully enforce the requirements of a new regulation sets forth the requirements for origin and the construction of the manufacturer identification codes (MIDs) for all shipments of textile or textile products.  This regulation requires that the MID be constructed from the name and address of the entity performing the origin-conferring operations.

Importers and brokers will be responsible for exercising reasonable care to accurately construct MIDs using the methodology set forth in CBP regulations.  Entries and entry summaries presented to CBP with incorrect MIDs will be rejected.  Repetitive errors in the construction of MIDs for entries of textile or apparel products will result in the assessment of broker and importer penalties for failure to exercise reasonable care.  

Rules for Constructing of the MID 

1. The MID may be up to 15 characters in length, with no spaces inserted between the characters. 

2. The first 2 characters of the MID consist of the ISO code for the actual country of origin of the goods.  Malaysia “MY” 

3. The next group of characters in the MID consists of the first three characters in eachof the first two ‘‘words’’ of the manufacturer’s name. If there is only one ‘‘word’’ in the name, then only the first three characters from the name are to be used.  

For example,   ‘‘Amalgamated Plastics Corp.’’ =‘‘AMAPLA,’’ 

If there are two or more initials together, they are to be treated as a single word.

For example,

                        ‘‘A.B.C. Company’’ or ‘‘A B C Company’’ = ‘‘ABCCOM,’’

‘‘O.A.S.I.S. Corp.’’ = ‘‘OASCOR,’’

‘‘Dr. S.A. Smith’’ = ‘‘DRSA,’’ and

‘‘Shavings B L Inc.’’ = ‘‘SHABL.’’ 

The English words ‘‘a,’’ ‘‘an,’’ ‘‘and,’’ ‘‘of,’’ and ‘‘the’’ in the manufacturer’s name are to be ignored. For example, ‘‘The Embassy of Spain’’ = ‘‘EMBSPA.’’  

Portions of a name separated by a hyphen are to be treated as a single word.

For example,  

‘‘Rawles-Aden Corp.’’ or ‘‘Rawles—Aden Corp.’’ =‘‘RAWCOR.’’

Some names include numbers.

For example,     ‘‘20th  Century Fox’’ = ‘‘20TCEN’’

  ‘‘Concept 2000’’ = ‘‘CON200.’’

Some words in the title of the foreign manufacturer’s name are NOT to be used for the purpose of constructing the MID.  

For example, many factories in Indonesia begin with the prefix PT, such as ‘‘PT    

Morich Indo Fashion.’’ In Russia, other prefixes are used, such as ‘‘JSC,’’ ‘‘OAO,’’   and ‘‘ZAO.’’ These prefixes are to be ignored for the purpose of constructing the MID. 

4. The next group of characters in the MID consists of the first four numbers in the largest number on the street address line.

For example, ‘‘11455 Main Street, Suite 9999’’ = ‘‘1145.’’  

A suite number or a post office box is to be used if it contains the largest number.

For example, ‘‘232 Main Street, Suite 1234’’ =‘‘1234.’’ 

 If the address is ‘‘One Thousand Century Plaza, Suite 345,’’= ‘‘345.’’  

When commas or hyphens separate numbers, all punctuation is to be ignored and the     number that remains is to be used.

         For example, ‘‘12,34,56 Alaska Road’’ and ‘‘12–34–56 Alaska Road’’ = ‘‘1234.’’   

5. The last characters in the MID consist of the first three letters in the city name.

For example, ‘‘Tokyo’’ = ‘‘TOK,’’ ‘‘St.  Michel’’ = ‘‘STM,’’ ‘‘18-Mile High’’ = ‘‘MIL,’’ ‘‘Johor’’ = ‘‘JOH’’, and ‘‘Kuala Lumpur’’ = ‘‘KUL.’’ Numbers in the city name or line are to be ignored.  

6. As a general rule, in constructing a MID, ll punctuation, such as commas, periods, apostrophes, and ampersands, are to be ignored. All single character initials, such as the ‘‘S’’ in ‘‘Thomas S. Delvaux Company,’’ are also to be ignored, as are leading spaces in front of any name or address.

7. Examples of manufacturer names and addresses and their corresponding MIDs are listed below:

LA VIE DE FRANCE, 243 Rue de la Payees, 62591 Bremond, France; FRLAVIE243BRE 

20TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES, 5 Ricardo Munoz, Suite 5880, Caracas, Venezuela;  VE20TCEN5880CAR

            THE GREENHOUSE, 45 Royal Crescent, Birmingham, Alabama 35204; USGRE45BIR

            CARDUCCIO AND JONES, 88 Canberra Avenue, Sidney, Australia; AUCARJON88SID

           N. MINAMI & CO., LTD., 2–6, 8–Chome Isogami-Dori, Fukiai-Ku, Kobe, Japan; JPMINCO26KOB    

          BOCCHACCIO S.P.A., Visa Mendotti, 61,    8320 Verona, Italy; ITBOCSPA61VER

MURLA-PRAXITELES INC., Athens, Greece; GRMURINCATH

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