Chapter 5 of USMCA details nine specific requirements that must be provided by an importer or exporter seeking preferential tax treatment under the agreement. These nine data requirements are used by customs to validate that the goods claiming this treatment meet the entirety of the prerequisites in Chapter 5 of USMCA Origin Procedures. The first …
On January 1st, 1994, the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Tariffs were eliminated progressively and all duties and quantitative restrictions, with the exception of those on a limited number of agricultural products traded with Canada, were eliminated by 2008. To qualify for this preferential tax treatment, exporters …
Borderless Coverage and it’s parent company, Reliance Partners, were recently featured in an article on FreightWaves discussing the cross border insurance gaps. “By the time you get coverage that complies with the shipper’s requirements, you often still end up with high deductibles, and it probably doesn’t provide the level of coverage that you need,” Vickers …
With the USMCA now in effect, many North American businesses are presented with a need to change the way they conduct international business. One of the changes introduced by the USMCA is an increase in de minimis, involving the origins of inputs for products within the North American market. NAFTA, the former North American agreement, …