• USMCA RULES OF ORIGIN

    QUESTION: Does anybody have access to the updated HTS for the USMCA rules for each HTS number effective today and what is required i.e. Tariff shift or Tariff shift plus RVC? Has this been published yet or are we to use the rules under NAFTA until these get published?  How can you find out what […]

  • NAFTA vs USMCA

    QUESTION: Need help please. This is taken from the HTS 2020, and not the new Tariff with the new origin rules for USMCA, for I have not been able to find this anywhere. So under NAFTA this reads “Subheading rule: The underscoring of the designations in subdivision 239 pertains to goods provided for in subheadings […]

  • USMCA VS NAFTA TARIFF SHIFT

    QUESTION: If an HTS has only “a change of subheading XXXX.XX from any other subheading” listed in the USMCA rules of origin, is the tariff shift the only requirement?  Or am I missing something further.  The same HTS had a regional value content under NAFTA that is not listed in the USMCA rules of origin. […]

  • USMCA PRODUCER

    QUESTION: If a U.S. sourcing company domestically obtains a USMCA qualified part from a U.S. producer and the U.S. sourcing company is being asked to complete a USMCA for that part to their U.S. Customer, how would the U.S. sourcing company complete the USMCA form since they are not the importer, exporter nor importer?  They […]

  • USMCA- CA Certificate of Origin

    QUESTION: My company has been sending shipments to Canada using a medical device HS code (9021.29).  This code is duty free.  We have not needed to include a COO either due to the duty free nature of the commodity, but based on USMCA agreement, a COO is required for shipments valued at or greater than […]

  • BLANKET USMCA TIME FRAME

    QUESTION: Due to the significant changes of the automotive rules in the USMCA agreement, do companies affected by the automotive ROO changes expect to switch over to a blanket period of 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2021? I’m asking because Chapter 4, Article 3 details the changing RVC requirements based on when the agreement goes into effect, which […]

  • AM I THE USMCA PRODUCER

    QUESTION: Under USMCA, am I the producer of the goods, if the goods are produced by my maquila in Mexico? They are incorporated in Mexico under a separate tax id, but I have access to their BOMs etc. **************** Answers: No, the producer is your Maquila. Depending on the scenario you will be either importer/exporter […]

  • “ITS FUN TO VERIFY USMCA”

    QUESTION: My question is to all the small to mid-sized manufacturers, who currently handle their NAFTA verification themselves, obtaining various certificates of origin for proof of origin, that are now faced with the challenge of getting in house, before July 1, 2020, a USMCA statement.  Being small or mid-sized we don’t have the man power […]

  • USMCA FORM REQUEST

    QUESTION: We sell domestically as well as export our farm and dairy supplies to Canada and Mexico, along with many other countries around the world and are aware that the NAFTA is being replaced with USMCA on July 1. While our Mexico customers have not contacted us about any document changes, our Canada customers have […]

  • WORKSHEET FOR USMCA

    QUESTION: Does anyone have a worksheet for the USMCA? ============ Answer: Different types of forms are available if you have a consistent bill of material format with classifications included or if you have only one FTA but multiple products. Susan Dafoe, CCS susan.dafoe@coleintl.com Senior Trade Advisor Mississauga/Fort Erie Office ============

  • USMCA FORM REQUEST

    QUESTION: We sell domestically as well as export our farm and dairy supplies to Canada and Mexico, along with many other countries around the world and are aware that the NAFTA is being replaced with USMCA on July 1. While our Mexico customers have not contacted us about any document changes, our Canada customers have […]

  • USMCA Certification

    QUESTION: We are a manufacturing company that makes laboratory equipment; we also sell replacement parts to our international distributors.  The dealers selling to Canada and Mexico want USMCA certification letters for those parts. Under NAFTA we asked our vendors to provide NAFTA certification to us and we could use the N0-3 option under producer. I […]