This document defines key terms used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for determining whether a good qualifies for preferential tariff treatment. It defines terms like certificate of origin, critical material, exporter, importer, originating good, preference criterion, and producer. It also explains the structure of the HS tariff classification number used to identify goods in a NAFTA certificate of origin.
This document defines key terms used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for determining whether a good qualifies for preferential tariff treatment. It defines terms like certificate of origin, critical material, exporter, importer, originating good, preference criterion, and producer. It also explains the structure of the HS tariff classification number used to identify goods in a NAFTA certificate of origin.
This document defines key terms used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for determining whether a good qualifies for preferential tariff treatment. It defines terms like certificate of origin, critical material, exporter, importer, originating good, preference criterion, and producer. It also explains the structure of the HS tariff classification number used to identify goods in a NAFTA certificate of origin.
This document defines key terms used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for determining whether a good qualifies for preferential tariff treatment. It defines terms like certificate of origin, critical material, exporter, importer, originating good, preference criterion, and producer. It also explains the structure of the HS tariff classification number used to identify goods in a NAFTA certificate of origin.
Certificate of Origin -a Certificate of Origin shall be employed to certify that a good being exported either from the United States into Canada or Mexico or from Canada or Mexico into the United States qualifies as an originating good for purposes of preferential tariff treatment under the NAFTA. Critical Material- a material which is key to the origin test- i.e. those materials which do not make the tariff shift requirement specified in the NAFTA rule of origin covering the good being qualified. Exporter- means an exporter located, and required under Part 181, North American Free Trade Agreement to maintain records regarding exportations of a good, in the United States, Canada or Mexico. HS Tariff Classification Number- the Harmonized System tariff classification number covering the goods included in a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. The structure of a HTS number: 8544.30.00 Wire harnesses used in vehicles 85 Chapter number 8544. Heading number 8544.30 Subheading number 8544.30.00 Tariff classification number Good- the product that is being qualified under the NAFTA. Importer- means an importer located, and required under Part 181, North American Free Trade Agreement to maintain records regarding importations of a good, in the United States, Canada or Mexico. Originating Goods- goods produced in North America that satisfy the NAFTA rules of origin stipulated in Article 401 of the NAFTA. Material- parts and components incorporated into the good being qualified under the NAFTA. Preference Criterion -the Preference Rules of Origin which specify in detail the tests which a product must satisfy in order to be recognized as an originating good of a NAFTA country, entitled to enter the other NAFTA countries free of duty. Producer- a person who grows, mines, harvests, fishes, traps, hunts, manufactures, processes or assembles a good;