Free Trade Agreements

QUESTION: Is if there a trade agreement between Thailand and Switzerland which can save a custom cost if a form A is present for the custom clearance process? The goods are shoes coming from Thailand to Switzerland. ========== Answer: I think the accord is still under negotiations. https://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/en/home/Aussenwirtschaftspolitik_Wirtschaftliche_Zusammenarbeit/Wirtschaftsbeziehungen/Freihandelsabkommen/Liste_der_Freihandelsabkommen_der_Schweiz.html ==========

QUESTION: We ship from the US to a bonded facility in Japan which acts similar to a distribution center.  The goods remain under Customs control until the order is filled and goods are shipped in same condition still under Customs control from Japan to Korea.  At the time of shipment from the US we do […]

QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have a process or work instruction on how to properly qualify an item for the US-Israel FTA? ========== Answers: To qualify for no duty under U.S. Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA) a 35% of the contents must be originating from the United States. If you are trying to calculate […]

QUESTION: US Content Required to qualify for US-Israel FTA: 35% of the appraised value of the item at the time of import into Israel   US Content = (1) The cost or value of the materials produced in the United States, plus (2) the direct costs of processing operations performed in the United States constitutes […]

QUESTION: For Companies that have implemented FTA software, did you implement one FTA at a time? one region at a time? one region multiple FTA’s? why did you go with each option? What are the pros and cons? Learnings? ========== Answer: We implemented FTA as part of our initial GTM software implementation. We started with […]

QUESTION: If there is a border tax imposed in the near future, does anyone have an idea of the affect on US Free Trade Agreements? ========== Answers: This is the million dollar question.  No, there is no way in knowing how and what would be impacted by a new border tax.  Just Google statements made, […]

QUESTION: The final product is 8537.10 It has parts classified in 8538.90 valued over de minimis   The tariff shif​t rule is: A change to headings 8537 through 8538 from any other heading.   The rule does not mention if the change of headings from any other heading includes within the headings of 8537-8538 or […]

QUESTION: I found a pad of US Israel Certificates of Origin with a copyright of 1985. The only difference I can see between that and the 1993 version is box 11 – the older ones are missing the “Exporter as producer” portion of the box. Can I still use them or will they cause issues […]

QUESTION: Has anyone in the membership been asked to backdate the “date signed” block on FTA certificates? I have been receiving these requests for certificates for Peru and my response is always no. Some customers want the certificates to be dated on 1/1 of the current year, but I am refusing to backdate the date […]

QUESTION: I am in a new job and have noticed that the company provides a lot of generic certificates of origin with their shipments.  Generally there is one certificate for each shipment regardless of any blanket period listed on the sheet.   I will stress that at this time, we are NOT providing any NAFTA certificates […]