Geographical origin

The country or region from which a material comes.

The country or region from which a material is sourced or in which it is manufactured.

This distinction helps explain geographical origin. The country supplying an ore and the country manufacturing the finished material need not be the same. Designers therefore need to distinguish where a raw material is sourced from where a material is manufactured.

These country lists identify geographical origins, not a ranking of producers or an exhaustive list of every country that supplies the material.

Distinguish a material’s geographical origin from the country where a finished component or product is manufactured.

If asked for a geographical origin, name the forest region rather than just saying ‘cold’ or ‘tropical’.

The country or region from which a material or component comes.

The place or region from which a material originally comes. For timber, this means where the tree grew.

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