Free Trade Agreements

Questions and answers about Free Trade Agreements

  • Korea UFTA certificate

      Question: For those of you already exporting goods to Korea under the UKFTA, does the Korean government require that the FTA certificate you issue be certified/approved by the US Government or Chamber of Commerce in order for the certificate to be accepted? Are there any specific statements you must include on the invoice?  

  • Australia/US FTA

      QUESTION:   I would like membership comments regarding the qualification of gasket sets under the Australia/US FTA.   Looking at the following hypothetical set that would be classifiable under 8484.90 HTS, would this qualify under the FTA?  If so, how would country of origin be determined?   Gasket Set – 8484.90.0000 HTSUS                […]

  • Australia-US FTA: Gasket Sets (addtl)

      Question:   I would like membership comments regarding the qualification of gasket sets under the Australia/US FTA.   Looking at the following hypothetical set that would be classifiable under 8484.90 HTS, would this qualify under the FTA?  If so, how would country of origin be determined?   Gasket Set – 8484.90.0000 HTSUS                 […]

  • Australia-US FTA: Gasket Sets

      Question:   I would like membership comments regarding the qualification of gasket sets under the Australia/US FTA.   Looking at the following hypothetical set that would be classifiable under 8484.90 HTS, would this qualify under the FTA?  If so, how would country of origin be determined?   Gasket Set – 8484.90.0000 HTSUS                  […]

  • US-COLUMBIA FTA PREFERENCE CRITERIA (addtl)

      Question: We ship goods to Colombia and are trying to utilize the new Free Trade Agreement to reduce duties paid there. We ship goods manufactured in the US which contain some quantity of foreign made parts and are trying to determine which preference criterion to use. The eligibility requirements are stated in Note 34(b) […]

  • FTA COO’S AND DROP SHIPMENTS (addtl)

      Question: We have started drop shipping from a factory in China to our customer’s customer in Thailand.  We cannot provide the Certificate of Origin Form E to our customer or to their customer (drop ship party) because on that particular form the FOB invoice price is a required data element.  We don’t want them […]

  • US-COLUMBIA FTA PREFERENCE CRITERIA

      Question:   We ship goods to Colombia and are trying to utilize the new Free Trade Agreement to reduce duties paid there.   We ship goods manufactured in the US which contain some quantity of foreign made parts and are trying to determine which preference criterion to use. The eligibility requirements are stated in […]

  • FTA COO’S AND DROP SHIPMENTS

      Question:   We have started drop shipping from a factory in China to our customer’s customer in Thailand.  We cannot provide the Certificate of Origin Form E to our customer or to their customer (drop ship party) because on that particular form the FOB invoice price is a required data element.  We don’t want […]

  • FTA COO’S AND DROP SHIPMENTS

      Question:   We have started drop shipping from a factory in China to our customer’s customer in Thailand.  We cannot provide the Certificate of Origin Form E to our customer or to their customer (drop ship party) because on that particular form the FOB invoice price is a required data element.  We don’t want […]

  • FTA COO’S AND DROP SHIPMENTS

      Question:   We have started drop shipping from a factory in China to our customer’s customer in Thailand.  We cannot provide the Certificate of Origin Form E to our customer or to their customer (drop ship party) because on that particular form the FOB invoice price is a required data element.  We don’t want […]

  • FTA PROGRAM CHALLENGES (addtl)

      Question:   I have a general question that I would like to ask the ICPA community.  We all know that FTAs are great vehicles to use to reduce duty burdens (in theory). However, along with that benefit comes a huge responsibility regarding substantiation and record keeping. Global Supply Chains are aware of FTA advantages,  […]