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Electronic Transmission of NAFTA TPL, Beef Export, or ATPDEA Brassiere Certificate Numbers Required Effective Feb 1, 2005

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued three separate ABI administrative messages announcing that the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has completed the system changes to require the trade to electronically transmit the following in the entry summary miscellaneous permit/license field (52 record, positions 30-38) effective with the duty computation date of February 1, 2005:

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Canada and Mexico North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tariff preference level (TPL) certificate numbers;

(CBP notes that HTS 9802.00.8055 will not be subject of the Mexico NAFTA TPL certificate automation requirement as it expires December 31, 2004.)

Beef export certificate numbers for Australia, New Zealand, and Uruguay for designated beef tariff numbers; and

Andean Trade Partnership and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) certificate numbers for HTS 9821.11.19 (ATPDEA brassiere provision).

(See ITT's Online Archives or 11/12/04 news, 04111230, for BP summary of CBP's ACS system rules for the certifications at issue, which includes a list of tariff numbers subject to such requirements.)

Bob Abels (202) 344-344-1959 (NAFTA TPL and ATPDEA brassiere certificate policy and procedure questions)
Quota branch (202) 344-2650 (Beef export certificate policy and procedure questions)
Tony Casucci (202) 344-1035 (system requirement questions)

CBP admin on NAFTA TPL certificates (Adm: 04-2553, dated 12/17/04) available at

http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2004/2004-2553.ADM.

CBP admin on beef export certificates (Adm: 04-2552, dated 12/17/04) available at

http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2004/2004-2552.ADM.

CBP admin on ATPDEA brassiere certificates (Adm: 04-2551, dated 12/17/04) available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2004/2004-2551.ADM.