Free Trade Agreements

QUESTION: Any members actively engaged with customers in Japan in providing certificates of origin under CPTPP? In addition to the certificate of origin requirements set out in Annex 3B, are you also being asked to provide further proof of origin on raw materials “In case customs asks for it”. We provide a blanket COO capturing […]

QUESTION: We understand a NAFTA certificate of origin is not required for items returning to the U.S. after repair (9802). However, is this also true for UKFTA (U.S.-Korea FTA) and other FTA agreements? The language in the agreement and USHTS Section XXII Subchapter II notes (19 CFR 10.1034), and Article 2.6, 6.15 and 6.16 of […]

QUESTION: Our name legally changed in November, 2018. I was not notified by our US headquarters, but found out through other means. I have obtained new POA’s for the freight forwarders and brokers. I have also updated the continuous import bond and filed the 5106 with US Customs. This is a name change only, our […]

QUESTION: I put this out sometime last year and was inundated with “offers of assistance” from vendors. However, we only use NAFTA – and, within the next few years, most of our parts won’t qualify any more under it. That and we don’t want to budget tens of thousands of dollars for implementation plus another […]

QUESTION: Japan company sells to us (US company) on terms of DAP Montreal. B/L shows ship to us (US Company) with consignment to a separate CA company address. We then sell to the Canadian company, DAP Montreal (“drop-ship” ); the CA company is the IOR in Canada. Goods physically move direct Japan to Canada, never […]

QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have a 1-page matrix which lists FTA, GSP and LDC agreements country-by-country they could share?  Thanks! ========== Answers: Have you checked the archive before posting your question? =========== Side-by-Side Comparison of Free Trade Agreements and Selected Preferential Trade Legislation Programs, Non-Textiles Document Posting Date:  March 31, 2017 Last modified:  […]

QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have a 1-page matrix which lists FTA, GSP and LDC agreements country-by-country they could share? *************** Answers: It depends on the amount of information you want.  Go to this link:  https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2017-Mar/Side-by-Side%2C%2003%2729%2717.pdf George Tuttle III Law Offices of George R. Tuttle, A.P.C. 1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 385 Larkspur, CA […]

QUESTION: I am calculating qualification for the US Australia Free Trade Agreement.  I see that there’s a category for “accumulation” in 5.3.  However, despite seeing one example of it on the Australian government’s website, I still don’t understand how it works.  Seemingly, one can have sub-assemblies in an assembly that wouldn’t qualify, but, because they’re […]

QUESTION: My question is about ANNEX 3 (Rules of Origin) in the US-Israel FTA. To be eligible for inclusion as domestic content under the Agreement, does the material used to produce a product have to wholly originate in the US, or can the material be made from imported raw materials, converted into a new material […]

QUESTION: We have goods that will be exported from the US to Singapore and stay in Singapore in a bonded warehouse. If some of those goods are subsequently shipped to Korea, can the importer in Korea still claim duty-free status through KORUS? ********** Answers: If the seller is showing as a U.S. company and goods […]

QUESTION: We have product made in MX being exported to Colombia out of our DC in the U.S.. My question is can we still claim duty free entitlement under the CO/MX FTA considering that this is not a direct shipment between CO and MX? As I understand it most FTAs require a direct shipment between […]