CBP Makes Minor Amendments to FTA Certification, Criterion
CBP made some minor amendments to the Free Trade Agreements Certification of Origin and the Preference Criterion, it said in a Dec. 2 message to Automated Broker Interface and ACE Portal Accounts. They include:
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- The Korea Free Trade Agreement was inadvertently omitted from the list of Free Trade Agreements that employ a tariff-shift methodology.
- The Moroccan FTA, Bahrain FTA and Oman FTA employ a tariff-shift methodology for textile goods and a few other goods specified in HTSUS General Note 27(h), 30(h) and 31(h), respectively.
- It also inadvertently omitted from CSMS 13-000564 a statement that the Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA), like the NAFTA, provides for Preference Criteria "A," "B," and "C". As a result, a good that originates under the terms of the Chile FTA by means of a product specific rule of origin may indicate either "Criterion B" or the more detailed Product Specific Rule such as HTSUS General Note 26(n) xx.xx (where "xx.xx" refers to the discrete product specific rule pertaining to the good).
Questions may be directed to fta@dhs.gov, it said.