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U.S. Customs requires the Manufacturer's Identification Code (MID) for certain shipments to the United States.

What is Manufacturer’s Identification

Manufacturer's Identification (MID) includes details of the manufacturer of the goods which is required in some cases by the US customs. MID includes the full business name and postal address of the manufacturing supplier as well as a specific code based on the manufacturer's name and country.

MID is required for:

Any order shipped to the USA, with a declarative value to customs above $800, including at least one product manufactured in China.
Any shipment to the USA with a declarative value to customs higher than $2,500 (regardless of the Country Of Origin of the products).

Configuration

Configure the following MID fields:

MID Code: A unique identifier generated from the manufacturer's name and location.
MID Address: The full postal address of the manufacturing supplier.
MID Name: The complete business name of the manufacturing supplier.

To generate an MID Code

If the required data is not already available in your system or cannot be obtained from your manufacturer, you can generate the MID code by following the steps below.

Collect Supplier Information: Ensure your manufacturing supplier has provided their complete business name and postal address. This information is essential for defining the MID code.
Generate the MID Code
1. Identify the two-letter ISO country code for the supplier’s country (e.g., GB for the United Kingdom, NL for the Netherlands, DE for Germany).
2. Use the first three letters of the supplier's first and second names (if applicable).
3. Extract the highest numerical digits (up to four) from the address line.
4. Use the first three letters of the supplier’s city name.
Example
Supplier: Ozrock, 92 Alice Springs Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3001
MID Code: AUOZR92MEL

MID Address and MID Name configuration

No special formatting is required for the MID Address and MID Name fields. These fields should be filled exactly as provided by the supplier's data.

Example

MID Address: 92 Alice Springs Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3001
MID Name: Ozrock

Adding the MID to SFCC

Ensure the MID information is sent in SendCartV2 API request.

Example

{
  "Products": [
    {
      {
        "AttributeKey":"MID_Code",
        "AttributeValue":"**************"
      },
      {
        "AttributeKey":"MID_Name",
        "AttributeValue":"**************"
      },
      {
        "AttributeKey":"MID_Address",
        "AttributeValue":"**************"
      }
    }
  ]
}

It needs to implement a handler for the Global-e custom hook “globale.getPLICustomMetadata“ which returns an object with the required information.

Example

function getPLICustomMetadata(pli) {
  return {
    MID_Code: '**************',
    MID_Name: '**************',
    MID_Address: '**************'
  };
}

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