QUESTION: Background: We have had two requests by the Israel Ministry of Finance Rules of Origin Section for verification of origin. At least one of those requests was rejected and our customer has been billed for duties owed. Our product is electrical distribution equipment, and in particular one of those items is our plug-in unit, […]
QUESTION: We import lighting fixtures from out contract manufacturers in China. They are shipped to our US distribution warehouse, we pay duties on all shipments. We then sell to a customer in Costa Rica. These products would fall under the China-Costa Rica Free trade agreement. Our customer in Costa Rica is asking for the certificate […]
QUESTION: With Israel’s new requirement for US-Israel FTA to document the originstatement on the invoice instead of a separate document, how is yourcompany meeting this requirement? Are you able to insert the lengthydeclaration directly on to the invoice from your ERP? Or are you usingtools outside the operating system? ========== Answers: You can also place […]
QUESTION: We are a manufacturer. We plan on exporting finished goods and parts to South Korea. Our customer in South Korea is requesting a free trade certificate for the parts that we do not manufacture. What is the required documentation we should obtain from our suppliers to make sure we can complete a valid certificate […]
QUESTION: Would anyone be willing to share a template or sample of control procedure for FTA (Free Trade Agreement) such as US-Korea, NAFTA , etc. ? ========== Answer: Attached is our process. http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Free-Trade-Agreements-Process.docx ==========
QUESTION: Can anyone in the membership provide direction to the ‘published’ changes starting March 31, 2018 to the US – ISRAEL Free Trade Agreement? *********** Answers: According to the American – Israel Chamber of Commerce, Customs officials have announced that the “official certificate of origin”, a.k.a the “green form”, will no longer be necessary as […]
QUESTION: I have read that the US and CA had a trade agreement which preceded NAFTA. Is that true? And, if so, can the experts weigh in on the likelihood of this agreement being reactivated so CA and the US can still take advantage of an FTA. =================== ANSWERS: The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement […]
QUESTION: As a producer of a finished good, how do you explain to your suppliers of raw materials and components why they need to provide a Free Trade agreement certificate of origin to confirm its status as an originating material? These raw materials and components do not meet the applicable tariff shift therefore we need […]
QUESTION: My company manufactures pickles (HTSUS 2001.10.0000) at a US location. I am told about 70% of the gherkins used in manufacturing are US origin, the other 30% are MX origin, and there is no current method in place to segregate them based on said origin. The gherkins to not undergo a substantial transformation during […]
QUESTION: In reviewing the US & Jordan FTA, there are no rules of origin based on tariff to determine if items under 1806.20, 2106.90 and 1901.20 qualify for the FTA from a US export perspective. It only addresses items imported from Jordan and calls out items in chapter 8 and 20. How am I to […]
QUESTION: What is the proper way to fill out Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) origin statement, field 3?Annex 2 refers to “these products are of …(3) preferential origin” ****. (3) “Canada/EU” means products qualifying as originating under the rules of origin of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. When the origin declaration […]
QUESTION: When doing a commercial invoice for an item going into a country with which one has an FTA, but the item doesn’t have a required cert, does one list the country as what one thinks the country of origin is, even if it would otherwise be a qualifying country? Or does one just list […]
