QUESTION: Our US-based customer requested an USMCA Certificate of Origin for items manufactured in CN, TW, or both. Under what circumstances would a factory in CN or TW issue a USMCA Certificate of Origin and why would a US-based customer need it? ============ Answers: There is no reason for a USMCA certificate of origin for […]
QUESTION: For the purpose of calculating the regional value-content of the good on the basis of the transaction value (regular goods not textile or automobile) · Transaction value or ex-works price of the product means the price paid or payable to the producer of the product at the place where the last production was carried out, […]
QUESTION: If a company has COO’s for raw material we sourced pre-USMCA (e.g. 2015, 2017, 2019) and we have not sourced this raw material since then, can/should we use these COO’s to qualify for USMCA in 2022? The raw material goes through a tariff change in the current year when the product is made to […]
QUESTION: Please advise on the following scenario: Company A sourced a raw material from company B domestically and company B did not provide a COO for the raw material. Looking at the Mill Certificate received, company A believes the COO of the raw material is US or CA but cannot be certain nor able to […]
QUESTION: We are looking to qualify tile for USMCA, classified in Chapter 69. This tile would be manufactured using scrap/waste (items that are imperfect, broken, etc.) product already classified in Chapter 69 (not using raw materials classified elsewhere). The rule of origin for Chapter 69 only allows a heading change to qualify. The scrap/waste was […]
QUESTION: I joined my organization in the last 6 months and was just made aware that a large courier has been reaching out to shipping locations about certificates. On shipments being exported to Canada, apparently they have been communicating individual shipping locations that they are holding the shipments (where goods are of the correct origins) until […]
QUESTION: Any sense of when the USCMA Rules of Origin will be updated to reflect the HS2022 updated subheadings? ************** Answers: Typically, they do not change the rules of origin under FTA. You simply need to look at the rule of origin applicable to the classification that your good fell under prior to the tariff […]
QUESTION: Can you use and issue an USMCA certificate for products that comply with the USMCA rules of origin, but the exporter is not a legal entity in the US/CA/MX For example, my US based company has a business unit in Europe. That European Business unit completed a sell of a US Origin material to […]
QUESTION: Some Mexico importers insist on listing their company and employees details in the Importer field on the USMCA certificate. It becomes a burden to manage updating the certificates per importers’ requests. Does membership know of any other guidelines or regulation that state that it is acceptable to issue a certificate with Importer field showing […]
QUESTION: The title of our FTA origin document issued by one of our suppliers reflects “Certificate of Origin” and not “Certification of Origin”. Our customs broker is telling us that the form has to be changed to Certification of Origin due to USMCA requirements. The issue is this is a systems generated document which will require […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the group have the steps necessary to qualify an item for USMCA? (non-automotive and non-textile) This would be used as an internal working document to qualify goods. ============ Answer: Based on the applicable rules of origin… you follow the steps dictated by the specific rule for your item or items =========== […]
QUESTION: I have a supplier in Mexico who is able to qualify their items under USMCA, COO MX, but the way they filled out their form has be second guessing claiming it, at least for now. On the USMCA form, under ‘origin criterion’ the suppler filled out ‘B – items produced entirely in the territory […]
