You'd think it'd be easy to figure out if something's "Made in U.S.A." If it's made in America from materials that come from within 50 states, then it's "Made in U.S.A." whether it's a gym shoe or a ratchet set.

Seems simple enough to us at Armstrong® Industrial Hand Tools.

Even the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has historically agreed that "all or virtually all"of the components and processes used to make a product must be of U.S origin to earn the "Made in U.S.A." honor.
But some manufacturers have wanted to wrap themselves in red, white and blue... while using foreign-made components or processes in their products.

They tried to get the FTC to relax the rules determining what's "Made in U.S.A."
They said that partially America-made is close enough to call it "Made in U.S.A."

We said that a partial truth is still a lie, and you said that "Made in U.S.A" should mean just that. And the rest of America agrees. After two years of public hearings, studies and reports, in December 1997 the FTC reaffirmed the obvious:
A product will be considered" ...all or virtually all made in the United States" only where "all significant parts and processing that go into the product are of U.S origin."