Question: Our company has finished units which are issued CoO for FTA’s to our Customers internationally. For Exports, the invoices reflect Country of Origin for Service Parts and Assemblies/Kits and finished units. A situation has been discussed where a Brazilian manufacturer is looking to expand manufacturing in China but also maintain the Brazil manufacturing. Based […]
Question: Anyone have a US-Colombia Origin form in Excel or (savable) PDF format? Computer crash killed mine and I can’t locate one online that will let me save. ========== Answers: there is no required form for certifying origin, the minimum elements that must be included are: The name and contact information (or other identifying information) […]
Question: We are a California; USA manufacturer with an additional wholly owned and operated maquiladora (factory) in Tijuana, Mexico. We have a customer located in Guatemala, for this customer we are producing finished goods in Mexico and under the maquiladora rules shipping the finished goods from Mexico to California; USA. We loaded an […]
Question: Can anyone in the community provide a usable template for UAFTA – AUSFTA as well as a link to help familiarize myself with the associated requirements? ========== Answers: See attached: ICPA AUFTA , AUSFTA COO Template, AUSFTA FAQ’s, AUSFTA Details, and AUSFTA Annex 05-1.
Question: There are so many new US FTA’s being implemented in addition to the ones pending or that were already in place. Does anyone have a “cheat sheet/table” that compares the minimum US origin content requirements from one agreement to the next? ************* ANSWERS: Could you narrow your request down to your industry? ************* […]
Question: There are so many new US FTA’s being implemented in addition to the ones pending or that were already in place. Does anyone have a “cheat sheet/table” that compares the minimum US origin content requirements from one agreement to the next? ************* ANSWERS: Could you narrow your request down to your industry? ************* The […]
Question: We have a instance concerning the CHILE free trade agreement as it pertains to the NAFTA (MX, US, CA) We have product manufactured by our entity in Canada. It shipped to the US, cleared customs, and was then we stored in our warehouse; thus entering into US commerce. It should be noted that no […]
Question: Article 7.7 ( Express Shipments ) of the Korean-US Free Trade Agreement states that “{ ..} no customs duties or taxes will be assessed on, nor will formal entry documents be required for, express shipments valued at 200 U.S. dollars or less.” This section, however, does not clarify if this applies […]
Question: We sell to a customer in the USA who resells to Israel. Our customer is listed as the exporter on the BOL though the goods ship direct from our manufacturing location or nearby warehouse. We have historically provided him information enabling him to create his own US-IL FTA COO – but he is now […]
Question: We have a middleman entity to which our global distributors place orders. The middleman then places orders to the factories and will invoice the distributors. This is basically a first sale scenario. We do not want the distributors to know our first cost, nor do we want the factories to see our selling price. […]
Question: Does anyone have a recommendation for the best time of year to do an annual solicitation for COO? ========== Answers: There really is no good time. One of the things that you might want to do is require that this is implemented through purchasing that for any initial order from a supplier you need […]
Question: I would like to ask the membership for their input regarding domestically purchased components which we use in the manufacture of products which we will ultimately export under Free Trade Agreements. Our finished products fall under a tariff classification which has tariff shift rules as a basis for eligibility under the FTAs. With that […]
