クボタ、米当局に３億円支払い　部品を「米国製」と虚偽表示

　【ニューヨーク時事】米連邦取引委員会（ＦＴＣ）は２６日、クボタの北米法人が部品の原産地に関する虚偽表示を認め、２００万ドル（約２億９６００万円）の制裁金の支払いに応じたと発表した。農業機械などの交換用部品の一部を「米国製」と偽っていたためで、同様の問題を巡る制裁金としては過去最高額という。（2024/01/27-06:33）

A North American unit of Japanese machinery maker Kubota Corp. admitted to falsely labeling some of its replacement parts as being made in the United States, agreeing to pay a 2-million-dollar penalty, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Friday.
   This is the largest penalty imposed in any similar case in the United States.
   According to the FTC, since at least 2021, Kubota North America Corp. has labeled thousands of replacement parts for its tractors and other agricultural equipment as made in the United States, even though they were made entirely overseas.
   In addition, after the company moved manufacturing for some parts to other countries, it failed to update the products' labeling to reflect that change, leaving them labeled as "made in USA," the commission said.
   Kubota agreed not to make U.S.-origin claims for any product unless it can show that the product's final assembly or all significant processing takes place in the United States.