Question: We are shipping product from Mexico to various countries in South America. However, due to slow vessel rotation, minimum required shipping quantities, etc… we find it difficult to transport directly from Mexico to South America. As an alternative, we are bringing the product from Mexico to the United States first, offloading the product, clearing […]
Question: Good afternoon, do any of the members have material and/or procedures they can share regarding importing merchandise under DR-CAFTA program? How do you validate a DR-CAFTA claim? What documents are requested? ========== Answer: We import footwear under CAFTA-DR and last year we received a CF28 (about a year after we started importing under […]
Question: When qualifying items for free or preferential trade, how does your trade compliance group get up to date certificates of origin from raw material and component suppliers? Does your compliance group work with the Procurement function to get current certificates of origin from suppliers on annual basis? Or are supplier certificates of origin obtained […]
Question: Can one still utilize the Korea-US FTA for a shipment routed through Germany? The origin of the product will be U.S. and the end user will be in Korea, but do the U.S. party being in Germany, it’s been agreed that the shipment will be shipped to Germany first. I want to say “yes”, […]
Question: Has anyone ever dealt with a situation where goods are manufactured by a sub-contractor in e.g. Egypt (or other member of PAFTA) and delivered from their to the customer, but the invoice is issued from your company direct to the customer?We are looking to get a PAFTA cert of origin. So should this be […]
Question: Can anyone out there point me in the direction of some public resources to study and review on the AUSFTA? ============= Answers: All US Trade Agreements here – https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements Excellent source from AU Customs here – http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page5498.asp ===================== Rules of Origin (Chapter 5): https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/agreements/fta/australia/asset_upload_file961_5150.pdf Product-Specific Rules of Origin (Annex 5-A): https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/ANNEX%205A%20AustraliaFTA.pdf ===================== http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/AUSFTA-Annex-05.pdf http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/AUSFTA-Details.docx […]
Question: Does anyone have experience with exports to Israel? We have a customer in Israel that purchases products from us that have both US origin and MX origin goods (maquiladora). The goods produced in MX are imported into the US to our manufacture facility, consolidated into a container with our US produced goods, and exported […]
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? ************* […]
