| Title: | System Requrements necessary to file a Nepal Preference Program Claim in ACE |
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| Date: | 2017-04-27 |
| To: | abi,acep,newace |
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THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO FILE A NEPAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM CLAIM IN ACE (AE)
TO CLAIM THE NEPAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM BENEFITS, THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
1) THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE ‘NP’. THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FIELD IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 40 (INPUT), POSITIONS 9-10.
2) THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MUST BE ‘NP’. THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT FIELD IS INDICATED IN THE ENTRY
SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 40 RECORD (POSITIONS 11-12).
3) ‘NP’ MUST ALSO BE SPECIFIED IN THE TRADE AGREEMENT/SPECIAL PROGRAM CLAIM CODE FIELD IN THE ENTRY
SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 40 RECORD (POSITION 25-26)
4) THE TARIFF NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEPAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM CLAIM MUST CONTAIN THE SPECIAL PROGRAM
INDICATOR ‘NP’. THE TARIFF NUMBER WITH THE NEPAL PRFERENCE INDICATION WILL BE DUTY FREE.
SIDE NOTE: THERE IS NO MENTION OF MPF IN THE LEGISLATION OR PROCLAMATION SO THERE IS NO MPF EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROGRAM. HOWEVER GOODS OF NEPAL ARE EXEMPT FROM MPF BECAUSE NEPAL IS A GSP LDBDC (GN 4(b)(i)). THEREFORE NEPALI GOODS RECEIVE THE MPF EXEMPTION BECAUSE OF 19 CFR 24.23(c)(1)(iv), IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHERE
OR NOT GSP IS CLAIMED.
5) THE NEPAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM WAS EFFECTIVE ON 12/30/2016.
THE ABOVE SYSTEM CHANGES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ACE. THE AFFECTED HTS NUMBERS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AS WELL, AND AS EXPLAINED IN CSMS 17-000131, WERE INCLUDED IN HARMONIZED SYSTEM UPDATE (HSU) 1702.
POLICY ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO MAGGIE GRAY VIA EMAIL AT MARGARET.Y.GRAY @CBP.DHS.GOV
HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBER QUESTIONS MAY BE REFERRED TO JENNIFER KEELING VIA EMAIL AT
JENNIFER.L.KEELING@CBP.DHS.GOV