QUESTION: At a seminar I attended this past Tuesday, the speaker mentioned that the president has signed off on the reinstatement of the free trade agreements with refunds retroactively but it has not passed the Senate yet. He also mentioned that there will probably be an increase in the merchandise processing fee. Has anyone received […]
Question:The wording of the US-IL FTA Origin Criterion has me a little tripped up so I am asking the membership for assistance. We import fresh fruit from Canada and concentate in into juice the US. It isn’t clear to me if my product should be a P (since the concentrate is substantially transformed in the […]
estion: My question is on Free Trade Agreement between China and ASEAN, specificallyThailand. Customs Department of the Kingdom of Thailand web site and some other Trademagazines indicate that this agreement went to effect on 01/01/2010. Thailand Tariff Schedule puts the product I am interested at, under“exemptedfrom duties from the countries granted preferential tariff concession”. Ilike […]
Question: A customer of ours has been requested by Israeli Customs to declare the exact amount of originating content in box 8 of the US-Israel Certificate of Origin, e.g., y = 35%. Typically, we declare y > 35%. Calculating exact figures presents a challenge for products that we don’t produce entirely, as they typically are […]
Question:We are contemplating moving production of a product to Costa Rica for import into the US. My research indicates that CR has signed the CAFTA-DR FTA but this has not been ratified by the CR parliament. Would we be able to import items that are manufactured in CR into the US duty free if the […]
Question: We are getting ready to do some imports from the Dominican republic. GN 39 covers the DR-CAFTA. We are bringing 3923.50.0000 GN 39 ( l ) lays out the requirements for making the claims. It is a touch vague. It says I can rely on my knowledge about the procducer’s methods, or I can […]
Question: With most FTA’s, does the product need to move directly between the two participating countries or is the process CO driven so that it applies no matter what countries are involved. Example: Thailand-Singapore FTA. Must cargo move between these two countries or can it ship to the US, then move onto Singapore and […]
Question: Legal advice please: we received this document from a potential client with them believing we could use this agreement document to apply to a working relationship on one of their projects. (I am in a US office, as is this potential customer. Our corporate office is in Australia). This document, to me, seems to […]
Question: My company has been requested to provide a US/Israel Certificate by ourcustomer in Israel. We are not the manufacturer for many items that areexporting. What should my company request from our supplier(s) toensure we can make a valid US/Israel FTA claim? Prior to creatingNAFTA Certificate for an item we do not manufacture, we would […]
Question – Does anyone have a procedure that they are willing to share on how their company substantiates the country of origin claims with suppliers for duty free programs (FTAs, GSP)? ***********************************************************************Answers:Since we’re both an importer/customer and an exporter/seller, I’ll advise hoops we jump through when OUR customer asks us for specific proof (and not […]
Question:Can anyone direct me to a site where I can obtain a soft copy (fillable/not pdf) of the AUSFTA form to declare US made products for export to Austriala? Or maybe someone has created a form that is fillable………… There are many Form on CBP’s website, but not this one that I can find
Question: Is the CARICOM invoice still required when exporting from the US to Jamaica? Will a standard US export, detailed with HTS, COO, etc., be acceptable in lieu of the CARICOM?
