| Title: | PANAMA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
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| Date: | 2012-10-23 |
| To: | abi |
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THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO FILE A PANAMA TRADE PROMOTION ACT (TPA) CLAIM IN ACS (EI).
TO CLAIM THE PANAMA TPA BENEFITS, THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
1)THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE ‘PA’. 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 ‘PA’. 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 PANAMA TPA CLAIM MUST CONTAIN THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR ‘PA’. THE TARIFF NUMBER WITH THE PANAMA TPA 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 ‘PA’.
4)THE MERCHANDISE PROCESS FEE EDITS FOR THE PANAMA TPA CLAIMS ARE THE FOLLOWING:
PANAMA TPA CLAIMS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE MERCHANDISE PROCESS 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 THESE DUTY FREE TARIFF NUMBERS QUALIFIES UNDER THE PANAMA ORIGINATING PROVISIONS, THE MPF EXEMPTION CAN BE MADE BY TRANSMITTING THE COUNTRY CODE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR ‘PA’ (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 ARE THE FOLLOWING:
9822.09.17 – 9822.09.20
9919.02.01
9919.04.10 – 9919.04.12
9919.04.40 – 9919.04.41
9919.04.50 – 9919.04.58
9919.21.10 – 9919.21.11
6) TARIFF NUMBER 9822.09.61 REQUIRES THE VALUE OF THE AMERICAN COMPONENTS TO BE REPORTED WITH THE 9822.09.61 TARIFF NUMBER (RECORD 40, VALUE DATA FIELD, POSITIONS 8 – 17) AND THE VALUE OF THE FOREIGN PROCESSING TO BE REPORTED WITH THE ALTERNATE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 70 RECORD (VALUE DATA FIELD, POSITIONS 69 – 78). NO SPI INDICATOR SHOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROVISION.
6)THE PANAMA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE ON 10/31/2012.
7)EFFECTIVE 10/31/2012, PANAMA IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR GSP BENEFITS (SPI ‘A’), CBERA (CBI) BENEFITS (SPI E) AND CBTPA (SPI ‘R’) BENEFITS.
THE TRADE WILL BE NOTIFIED IN A FUTURE MESSAGE WHEN THE ABOVE SYSTEM CHANGES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ACS. THE TRADE SHOULD NOT FILE PANAMA TPA CLAIMS THROUGH ACS (EI) OR ACE (AE) UNTIL THIS MESSAGE IS SENT.
QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANAMA TPA 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.IN-SUK.CHANG@CBP.DHS.GOV).
ENTRY RELATED ISSUES SHOULD BE REFERRED TO LAURIE DEMPSEY AT 202-863-6509 (LAURIE.B.DEMPSEY@CBP.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).