CBP Reminds Importers to Specify How a Good Meets FTA Eligibility Requirements
CBP reminded the trade industry to provide information on how imported goods meet free trade agreement (FTA) eligibility requirements when a FTA certification of origin is issued. "When a producer, exporter or importer issues an FTA certification of origin (a.k.a.…
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Implementation Instructions, Attachment A), the “Preference Criterion” field should indicate how the good originates (meets the terms of the agreement) with the greatest specificity possible," it said in a CSMS message. For instance, if an imported good that includes non-originating materials, which undergo the required tariff-shift within a FTA, the Preference Criterion space should list what specific HTS General Note or FTA criteria that the tariff shift meets in order to get preferential treatment, said CBP.