CSMS Message: 04-002377

TO: ALL ABI BROKERS

FROM: TONY CASUCCI

SUBJECT: CANADA (CA) AND MEXICO (MX) NAFTA TPL (TRADE PREFERENCE LEVELS)
CERTIFICATE AUTOMATION PROJECT.

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON FUTURE ACS SYSTEM
CHANGES RELATING TO CANADA AND MEXICO NAFTA TPL (TRADE PREFERENCE LEVEL)
CERTIFICATES.

CANADA NAFTA TPL (HTS 99990050 - 99990056) TARIFF NUMBERS AND MEXICO
NAFTA TPL (HTS 99990060 - 99990064, 9802008055) TARIFF NUMBERS REQUIRE
A NAFTA CERTIFICATE. CURRENTLY THE CANADA (CA) AND MEXICO (MX) NAFTA
CERTIFICATES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE VISA FIELD OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY,
RECORD IDENTIFIER 51 RECORD, POSITIONS 11-19).

THE ACS SYSTEM WILL BE MODIFIED TO ACCEPT THE CA/MX TPL CERTIFICATES
FOR THE ABOVE CA/MX TPL TARIFF NUMBERS IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD
IDENTIFIER 52 RECORD (INPUT) IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/
LICENSE NUMBER FIELD (POSITIONS 30-38). THE REPORTING OF THE NAFTA
CERTIFICATE NUMBERS IN THE 52 RECORD WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT
REPORTING OF THE NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE NUMBERS IN THE VISA NUMBER
FIELD OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY 51 RECORD.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE ACS (ABI) SYSTEM RULES RELATING TO THE CA/MX TPL
NAFTA CERTIFICATES:

CANADA (CA) NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE RULES:

1) TARIFF NUMBERS SUBJECT TO THE CANADA (CA) NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE
REQUIREMENT WILL HAVE A PERMIT INDICATOR '03' INDICATED IN THE
TARIFF RECORD. PERMIT INDICATORS FOR A TARIFF NUMBER ARE INDICATED
IN THE TARIFF REFERENCE FILE IDENTIFIER V2 (OUTPUT, POSITIONS
75-76) AND IN THE TARIFF QUERY TRANSACTION W2 (OUTPUT, POSITIONS
75-76) RECORD.

2) THE FOLLOWING CANADA (CA) TPL NAFTA TARIFF NUMBERS WILL HAVE THE
PERMIT INDICATOR '03':

99990050
99990051
99990052
99990053
99990054
99990055
99990056

3) THE CANADA (CA) NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE NUMBER IS A 9 POSITION
ALPHA/NUMERIC NUMBER. THE FIRST POSITION OF THE CA NAFTA CERTIFICATE
IS NUMERIC. THE SECOND AND THIRD POSITIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE NUMBER
WILL BE THE ISO CODE 'CA'. THE REMAINING 6 POSITIONS WILL BE NUMERIC.
THE CA NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE NUMBER WILL BE TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY
SUMMARY 52 RECORD (EI) (INPUT) IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE
FIELD (POSITIONS 30-38).

4) THE CANADA (CA) NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATES WILL BE OPTIONAL FOR
WAREHOUSE ENTRY TYPES '21' OR '22' AND FOR A TIB ENTRY TYPE (23).

5) THE 'CA' TPL NAFTA CERTIFICATE NUMBER SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN BLOCK
34 OF THE 7501 NEXT TO THE VISA NUMBER FIELD.

THE MEXICO (MX) NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE RULES:

1) TARIFF NUMBERS SUBJECT TO THE MEXICO (MX) NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE
REQUIREMENT WILL HAVE A PERMIT INDICATOR OF '04' INDICATED IN THE
TARIFF RECORD. PERMIT INDICATORS FOR A TARIFF NUMBER ARE INDICATED
IN THE TARIFF REFERENCE FILE IDENTIFIER V2 (OUTPUT, POSITIIONS
75-76) RECORD AND IN THE TARIFF QUERY TRANSACTION W2 (OUTPUT,
POSITIONS 75-76).

2) THE FOLLOWING MEXICO (MX) NAFTA TPL TARIFF NUMBERS WILL HAVE A
PERMIT INDICATOR OF '04':

99990060
99990061
99990062
99990064
9802008055

3) THE MEXICO 'MX' NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE NUMBER IS A 9 POSITION
ALPHA/NUMERIC NUMBER. THE FORMAT OF THE NAFTA CERTIFICATE IS SIMILAR
TO A STANDARD VISA NUMBER FORMAT. THE FIRST POSITION OF THE 'MX'
NAFTA CERTIFICATE REFERS TO THE YEAR OF EXPORT. THE NEXT 2 POSITIONS
REPRESENT THE ISO CODE 'MX' AND THE NEXT 6 POSITIONS WILL BE NUMERIC
NUMBERS.

THE DATE OF EXPORT WILL BE A REQUIRED DATA ELEMENT WHEN FILING A
'MX' NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE. A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE ENTRY SUMMARY
(ENTRY TYPE '06') WILL REQUIRE THE TRANSMISSION OF THE DATE OF ENTRY
FOR A 'MX' NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE CLAIM.

THE 'MX' NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE WILL BE TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY
SUMMARY 52 RECORD (EI) (INPUT) MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE FIELD
(POSITIONS 30-38).

4) THE 'MX' TPL NAFTA CERTIFICATE WILL BE OPTIONAL FOR WAREHOUSE ENTRY
TYPES '21/22' AND FOR A TIB ENTRY TYPE '23'.

5) THE 'MX' TPL NAFTA CERTIFICATE NUMBER SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN BLOCK
34 OF THE 7501 NEXT TO THE VISA NUMBER FIELD.

THE SYSTEM CHANGES ABOVE WILL BE BASED ON A FUTURE DUTY COMPUTATION DATE
FOR THE ABOVE TARIFF NUMBERS. DUTY COMPUTATION DATE CALCULATIONS ARE
EXPLAINED IN THE CATAIR IN THE FOLLOWING ENTRY SUMMARY SECTIONS:

10 RECORD, NOTE 3
20 RECORD, NOTE 2
30 RECORD, NOTE 6

A FUTURE MESSAGE WILL INDICATE WHEN THE ABOVE CHANGES HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED. ONCE THE ABOVE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE, THE TRADE WILL BE
GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME TO MODIFY THEIR SYSTEMS TO TRANSMIT THE CA/MX
NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE NUMBERS IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY (INPUT) 52 RECORD,
MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE FIELD (POSITIONS 30-38).

POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE CANADA AND MEXICO
NAFTA TPL CERTIFICATES SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE OFFICE OF FIELD
OPERATIONS ATTENTION BOB ABELS AT 202-344-1959 OR SUSAN THOMAS AT
202-344-3719 OR JACKELINE MARTEL AT 202-344-2277.

QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ABOVE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO
YOUR LOCAL CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TO ACS SPECIALIST, TONY CASUCCI AT
202-344-1035.

Referenced By

CSMS #04-002553