USMCA Helpful Tools & Resources
In follow up to our Janel Hosted Webinar, ‘USMCA vs NAFTA: What’s the Difference? What you NEED to Know!’, we want to share some tools and resources that may be helpful as your team navigates these changes.
As discussed during the webinar, there is no official certificate of origin or “form” for USMCA. USMCA requires instead that there is certification of origin, which must contain the following nine minimum data elements:
Importer, Exporter, or Producer Certification of Origin
Certifier
Exporter
Producer
Importer
Description and HS Classification of the Good
Origin Criteria
Blanket Period (if applicable)
Authorized Signature and Date
These nine data elements must be provided in order to claim USMCA on an entry. The information can be noted on the commercial invoice, on a supplemental document included with the commercial documents, or other form.
We have created a complementary ‘Janel USMCA Form’, which has been posted on our website www.janelgroup.com. This form may be used to certify individual shipments, or as a blanket certification for repeated imports of identical products.
More information about these 9 data elements may be found in Annex 5-A, located on page 16 of the following document:
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/agreements/FTA/USMCA/Text/05_Origin_Procedures.pdf
In addition, CBP has published an FAQ page, with answers to a long list of questions about USMCA; this may be found here: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/priority-issues/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/USMCA/FAQs
Your Janel representative will be happy to help with any questions. For additional support, please reach out directly to Janel’s VP of Customs Brokerage Services, Kerri Hawley, at khawley@janelgroup.com.