QUESTION: Topic: Annual solicitation and factories I’ll start with giving the context for my new company: 30+ years of growth in the US, quite a bit of exports and a larger handful of imports. Factories are in the Midwest and South. They have never had a dedicated compliance person. Lots of stuff gets done on […]
QUESTION: Sending out again – no responses last time – member really needs help on this one! Need some help with understanding NAFTA Preference Criterion “D2”. For an item that’s classified as 8708.29 is it possible to have “NO” under the “NC” column? Producer advised that they used TV but I don’t see that as […]
QUESTION: We export a US origin non-preferential assembled plastic part to Canada HTS 3925.30. The Canadian company applies a metal finish and returns the product back to the US. The metal finish value is 50% of the product. Finishing process does not change the name, use, character or function. Will the HTS and COO change? […]
QUESTION: Please weigh in on the following: We currently have an intermediate good and there are three different self produced items that all qualify for NAFTA under tariff shift that are used to make this final intermediate good. We take the value of the three self produced children that qualify using tariff shift and sum […]
QUESTION: One uses the NAFTA Rules of Origin in the HTSUS to determine it an item is “originating”/eligible for certification. Once that is done, you must determine the country of origin, under the Part 102 “marking rules”. So is it correct that country of origin filled in on the NAFTA CO field 10 generally = […]
QUESTION: We are attempting to qualify a cocoa/sugar blend under NAFTA. It has been determined the product is classified under 1806.10.5500. The Chapter 18 rules of origin read as follows: A change to tariff items 1806.10.43, 1806.10.45, 1806.10.55, 1806.10.65 or 1806.10.75 from any other heading. A change to subheading 1806.10 from any other heading, provided […]
QUESTION: Can anyone advise any regulatory background on the NAFTA qualification of goods from a Maquiladora where the method of appraisement is Computed Value? Scenario is that the imports are flagged for Value and NAFTA Recon, however if the related supplier has provided NAFTA with shipment, the preference is claimed. The Valuation is finalized annually […]
QUESTION: I have a customer in Mexico asking for a NAFTA certificate for a grounding material my company produces. We have the product classified under Chapter 38 ”other”- 3824.99 . The customer is saying this is an invalid classification, saying the correct classification is 3824.90 . After review both the US and Mexican tariff schedule […]
QUESTION: We are working to set up a new Supplier in Canada. The product we will be importing into the US meets the NAFTA criteria. We are planning to give test equipment to this Supplier, at N/C, to be used to test finished product at the end of their manufacturing process. I am having a […]
QUESTION: What specific steps are each of you taking in order to quantify the effects of the US possibly removing itself from NAFTA? I want to ensure that as I embark on this project I’m being comprehensive. Please add any commentary around the bullets I provided below- or if you personally have materials you wouldn’t […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have a NAFTA cert that is in Spanish (with continuation sheets)? ******* Answers: Below is Spanish version of the NAFTA certificate of origin. http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ICPA-Certificate-of-Origin-Spanish-Version-120809.doc-NORTH_AMERICAN_FREE_T….pdf **********
QUESTION: As almost everyone knows, Annex 401 initially gave entities the specific rules per HTS for origin. However, these were apparently superseded, and now, in the US, we use General Note 12, located in the HTSUS. Does anyone know where these same rules are enshrined in Mexico? In Canada? [I’m assuming that all changes […]
