QUESTION: If you have a product that qualifies for TS rule, do you need NAFTA certificates for any raw materials that are made in a NAFTA country if those items tariff shift? Obviously, if they tariff shift and are made in another country other than a NAFTA country, and the good qualifies, you would not […]
QUESTION: If you have a product that qualifies for TS rule, do you need NAFTA certificates for any raw materials that are made in a NAFTA country if those items tariff shift? Obviously, if they tariff shift and are made in another country other than a NAFTA country, and the good qualifies, you would not […]
QUESTION: Can anyone in the membership give insight into how they help smaller suppliers provide NAFTA certificates when they may be unfamiliar with how to do so? I often run into the scenario where the supplier is a small US producer and is happy to fill out the NAFTA certificate as long as they […]
QUESTION: In the case where a certificate is being used as evidence to support an RVC calculation, how far back could the blanket period precede the sign date? Has your company solicited NAFTA Certificates/statements from your suppliers for previous years? Are there any specific rules about how far back the Blanket Date (Field2) can pre-date […]
QUESTION: Completed part qualifies for NAFTA based on Tariff shift and or C/O of some of the components. If there is an exception to the NAFTA rule such as” – if a “part of the FG” is so classified as a part of the FG, and there is a caveat in the NAFTA regs […]
QUESTION: We are wanting to initiate an compliance audit for NAFTA in addition to our typical entry audits. This would be for parts we manufacture and our divisions provide the NAFTA certificates. Basically, looking to see what other membership members have done and if it’s effective. Especially in the event of a NAFTA verification. This […]
QUESTION: Can someone explain where this mysterious (F) is and why I’m not finding them in my Annex 401? Although I absolutely have no need for this chapter, the fact that I can’t find something makes me wonder what else I’m missing. I went back to Annex 401, where the rules of origin are located […]
QUESTION: Can non-direct labor cost (such as overhead) be counted as originating for purposes of RVC? ===================== ANSWERS: To answer this question read the portion of the General Notes in the HTSUS that applies to the specific free trade agreement which allows for RVC — that specifies what costs can be used. ===================== If using […]
QUESTION: My company sells a composite deck tile kit (a kit for installing composite deck tiles on a patio). The composite deck tiles (HTS 3925) are made in the US. The plastic base (HTS 3925) which will go under the tiles is made in China. The hardware for attaching the base to the tiles […]
QUESTION: If there is a main input that does not make the tariff shift but is of NAFTA origin, which country would you declare for country of origin? For example, if granola is made in Mexico, imported into the US and made into granola bars (adding ingredients, cold formed or baked and packaged) and […]
QUESTION: We are trying to determine if we are interpreting the NAFTA Rule of Origin for 3206.49 correctly, specifically part F: (F) A change to any other good of subheading 3206.49 from pigments and preparations based on cadmium compounds or based on hexacyanoferrates (ferrocyanides and ferricyanides) of subheading 3206.49 or any other subheading within chapters […]
QUESTION: I have NAFTA certificates from different suppliers. I just don’t have anything in your system to track the supplier when we ship it out. We only track country of origin. Am I okay if I ship the product without having documentation on who the specific supplier was? If Canadian customs audits the shipment can […]
