NAFTA

QUESTION: Issue – We receive free-consigned material to assemble into a good for automotive use a post-production service part. We do not pay for the material. The material is on our books at $.00001. When the part is rolled up in the costed, indented bill of material, there is no cost associated on the rolled […]

QUESTION: As a manufacturer of items in the Light-Duty Automotive industry, we regularly solicit Traced Value information alongside our usual NAFTA requests. We have a supplier who has responded back with a cert stating that the goods are of foreign (non-NAFTA) origin, but they also provided the Traced Value for the item. Can this Traced […]

QUESTION: I just received a CF29 – for a denial of refund for NAFTA claim. The original entry from June of 2017 was incorrect. The broker did not claim NAFTA despite the fact that the broker already had a NAFTA certificate on file. The broker corrected the entry the following month using a Post Summary […]

QUESTION: I am trying to determine CoO of a manufactured product after I ruled out NAFTA eligibility. So I know the product does not Tariff shift, and RVC also is not met. But, now I have multiple components from multiple countries, including US. How do I know which country would be the correct CoO? Would […]

QUESTION: I am curious if others in the membership are as puzzled by this ruling (NY N299096). In my opinion, it essentially contradicts the NAFTA rules of origin laid out in 19 CFR 102 and furthermore suggests that the product can be marked “Made in Mexico” but the origin for Customs purposes is China. How […]

QUESTION: We have a top level assembly that has 3 sub-assembly items that we self-produce. These three self-produced sub-assembly items qualify for NAFTA using tariff shift.  These 3 self-produced sub-assembly items  all exist at the same level on the BOM, meaning they are not assembled into each other, they are only assembled into the top […]

QUESTION: Looking for the regulation call out for the potential personal liability risk for signing an incorrect/false NAFTA certificate. ========== Answers: Look at the NAFTA certificate itself in the certification section at the bottom. “THE INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT IS TRUE AND ACCURATE AND I ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVING SUCH REPRESENTATIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT […]

QUESTION: In the U.S., we produce finished good that can be used in multiple applications.  The identical good/part number can be used in: Machinery Rail Cars Rail Locomotives Vehicles Truck Cabs Semi-Trailers Truck Cab Seats Depending on its use in the above referenced applications, it can have 7 different HTS numbers. At the beginning of […]

QUESTION: For NAFTA purposes, are goods which are produced in Mexico by my Mexican maquila considered produced by my company, – or not? On one hand, they are made in Mexico by a company that has a Mexican tax id. This would lead me to think that they NO would be correct.  The US entity […]

QUESTION: While NAFTA Certificates are limited to a 12 blanket period by Article 501 of NAFTA, while remaining recognized by customs for a period of 4 years. Traced Value responses obtained from one’s suppliers are not associated with an expiry date that I can find within the text of NAFTA. As traced value can be […]