| Title: | PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
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| Date: | 2009-02-11 |
| To: | abi |
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PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMIENTS
THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO FILE A PERU FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM. THE PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE FOR MERCHANDISE THAT HAS A DUTY COMPUTATION DATE OF 02/01/2009. THE CATAIR, ENTRY SUMMARY SECTION, RECORD IDENTIFIER 10, NOTE 3, DESCRIBES THE DUTY COMPUTATION DATE.
THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) HAS NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED TO ACCEPT PERU FTA CLAIMS AT THIS TIME. A FUTURE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE TRADE INDICATING WHEN THEY CAN BEGIN FILING PERU FTA CLAIMS THROUGH THE ABI SYSTEM.
TO CLAIM THE PERU FREE TRADE ACT BENEFIT, THE FOLLOWING ABI SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
1)THE SPI INDICATOR ‘PE’ (ISO CODE FOR PERU) MUST BE FILED. THE SPI INDICATOR IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 50 (INPUT), SPECIAL PROGRAMS COUNTRY INDICATOR FIELD (POSITIONS 78 – 79) OR IN RECORDS 70/80/81 SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR (COUNTRY) FIELD (POSITIOINS 79 – 80).
2)THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE ‘PE’ (PERU). THE COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN FIELD IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 40 (INPUT), POSITIONS 6 -7.
3)THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MUST BE ‘PE’ (PERU). THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT FIELD IS REPORTED ON ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 50, POSITIONS 69 – 70.
4)THE TARIFF NUMBER WITH THE PERU FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM MUST CONTAIN THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR ‘PE’. THE TARIFF NUMBERS WITH THE PERU FREE TRADE INDICATOR MAY HAVE EITHER A FREE OR A REDUCED DUTY RATE. IF THE RATE IS REDUCED, THE DUTY RATE WILL BE INDICATED IN THE SPECIAL RATE FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISO CODE ‘PE’.
5)THE PERU FREE TRADE ACT WILL HAVE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO TARIFF RATE QUOTA AND OTHER SPECIAL PROVISIONS (TARIFF NUMBERS BEGINNING WITH 9917XXXX/ AND 982206XX).
6)THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE (CLASS CODES 499/311) IS EXEMPT FOR PERU FTA CLAIMS (SPI ‘PE’).
THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS WHERE A TARIFF NUMBER IS DUTY FREE. DUTY FREE TARIFF NUMBERS DO NOT HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATORS. IF THE MERCHANDISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DUTY FREE TARIFF NUMBERS QUALIFIES UNDER THE PERU FTA PROVISIONS, THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE WILL BE EXEMPT BY TRANSMITTING THE SPI ‘PE’ INDICATOR.
A TARIFF UPDATE WITH THE PERU FTA RATES WILL BE SENT OUT TO THE TRADE WHEN THE RATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED INTO THE ACS SYSTEM.
THE TRADE WILL BE NOTIFIED BY CBP WHEN THEY CAN BEGIN FILING PERU FTA CLAIMS THROUGH THE ACS ABI SYSTEM.
POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE:
QUOTA ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MICHELLE VIDELOCK AT 202-863-6511.
TEXTILE ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO BOB ABELS AT 202-863-6503.
OTHER POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SETH MAZZE AT 202-863-6567.
SYSTEM RELATED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT MAY DIRECTED TO YOUR LOCAL CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TO ACS, ATTENTION TONY CASUCCI AT 703-650-3053.
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