CSMS Message: 09-000070

Presidential Proclamation 8341, dated January 16, 2009 and published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2009, implemented the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) for goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after February 1, 2009. Importers and brokers may file claims for preferential tariff treatment on goods that originate under the PTPA. These claims may be made at the time of entry summary by placing the SPI “PE” on the CBP Form 7501 as a prefix to the HTS item number for each line on which preferential treatment is claimed.

This office will issue implementation instructions shortly, entitled “U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Instructions,” which will be available on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) website at the following URL:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/international_agreements/free_trade/

The programming updates to the Automated Commercial System (ACS) allowing for automated processing have not yet been completed. Therefore, until further notice, importers claiming preference under the PTPA should file manual entries or file ABI entries at release with manual entry summaries.

Please direct any questions to Ms. Heather Sykes, International Coordination Branch (heather.sykes@dhs.gov).