Question 1

What is the USMCA?

Accepted Answer

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a free trade agreement between the three nations signed on November 30, 2018. The USMCA will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on July 1st, 2020, and the latter had been in effect since January of 1994. It creates a modernized free-trade system between the three parties that addresses recent and emerging critical trade issues, such as the harmonization of regulatory systems, ecommerce, and the protection of intellectual property.

Question 2

What are the key changes in the USMCA?

Accepted Answer

Key changes include de minimis changes that will increase cross-border ecommerce, benefiting sellers in the U.S. and buyers from Canada and Mexico. The changes also affect importing to Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., with different de minimis values for couriers and postal services.

Question 3

What is the Certification of Origin under the USMCA?

Accepted Answer

Under the USMCA, importers will no longer be required to complete a formal certification document. Certification of Origin can be achieved using informal documentation and can be completed by the importer, exporter, or producer. The necessary data elements may be provided on any invoice and/or any other document and need not follow a prescribed format.

Question 4

What is the Certification of Origin for low-value shipments?

Accepted Answer

The certification statement below is all that is required on low-value shipments: 'I hereby certify that the goods covered by this shipment qualifies as an originating good for the purposes of preferential tariff treatment under USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA.'

Question 5

What are the minimum data elements to receive preferential treatment?

Accepted Answer

A certification of origin that is the basis for a claim for preferential tariff treatment under this Agreement shall include elements such as importer, exporter, or producer certification of origin, certifier, exporter, producer, importer, description and HS tariff classification of the good, origin criteria, blanket period, and authorized signature and date.

USMCA

USMCA

USMCA Nedir

De minimis değişiklikleri

Kanada'ya İthalat

Meksika'ya İthalat

ABD'ye İthalat

Menşei Belgesi

Düşük değerli gönderiler için Menşei Belgesi

Tercihli muamele talebi

Tercihli muamele almak için minimum veri unsurları

İthalatçı, ihracatçı veya üretici menşei belgesi

Sertifikayı veren

İhracatçı

Üretici

İthalatçı

Malın tanımı ve HS gümrük sınıflandırması

Menşei kriterleri

Genel dönem

Yetkili imza ve tarih

Örnek USMCA sertifikası

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