| Title: | COLOMBIA FREE TRADE ACT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2012-04-30 |
| To: | abi |
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THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON THE SYSTEM REQUIRMENTS NEEDED TO FILE A COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM IN ACS (EI).
TO CLAIM COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE BENEFITS, THE FOLLOWING ABI SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
1)THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE ‘CO’. THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FIELD IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 40 (INPUT), POSITIONS 6 – 7.
2)THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MUST BE ‘CO’. THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT FIELD IS INDICATED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 50 RECORD (POSITIONS 69 – 70).
3)THE TARIFF NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM MUST CONTAIN THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR ‘CO’. THE TARIFF NUMBER WITH THE COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE INDICATION MAY EITHER BE FREE OR A REDUCED RATE. IF THE RATE IS REDUCED, THE DUTY RATE WILL BE INDICATED IN THE SPECIAL RATE FIELD WITH THE ISO CODE OF ‘CO’.
4)THE MERCHANDISE PROCESS FEE EDITS FOR THE COLOMBIA FREE TRADE CLAIMS ARE THE FOLLOWING:
COLOMBIA FREE TRADE CLAIMS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (CLASS CODE 499 AND CLASS CODE 311).
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 THESE DUTY FREE TARIFF NUMBERS QUALIFIES UNDER THE COLOMBIAN ORIGINATING FTA PROVISIONS, THE MPF EXEMPTION CAN BE MADE BY TRANSMITTING THE COUNTRY CODE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR ‘CO’ (ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 50 INPUT RECORD, POSITIONS 78 – 79) OR RECORDS 70/80/81 SPECIAL PROGRAM (COUNTRY) INDICATOR FIELD (POSITIONS 79 – 80).
5)QUOTA – TARIFF NUMBERS 9822.08.01 – 9822.08.35, 9918.02.01 – 9918.24.20 ARE SUBJECT TO QUOTA.
6)THE COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE ON 05/15/2012.
7)EFFECTIVE 05/15/2012, COLOMBIA WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR GSP BENEFITS (SPI A) AND NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT (ATPA/ATPDEA) BENEFITS (SPI J AND J+).
THE TRADE WILL BE NOTIFIED IN A FUTURE MESSAGE WHEN THE ABOVE SYSTEM CHANGES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ACS. THE TRADE SHOULD NOT FILE COLOMBIA FTA CLAIMS THROUGH ACS(EI)OR ACE(AE) UNTIL THIS MESSAGE IS SENT.
QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE ACT CAN BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
QUOTA ISSUES SHOULD BE REFERRED TO RICHARD WALLIO AT 202-863-6508 (RICHARD.WALLIO@DHS.GOV).
TEXTILE ISSUES SHOULD BE REFERRED TO JACQUELINE SPRUNGLE AT 202-863-6517 (JACQUELINE.SPRUNGLE@DHS.GOV).
NON TEXTILE POLICY AND PROCEDURE ISSUES SHOULD BE REFERRED TO KATRINA IN-SUK CHANG AT 202-863-6532 (KATRINA.CHANG@DHS.GOV).
SYSTEM RELATED ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO YOUR ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TO TONY CASUCCI AT 571-468-5053 (ANTHONY.CASUCCI@DHS.GOV).