CSMS Message: 94-000300

Title:FACT SHEET 31
Date:1994-03-25
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ELIZABETH TORREZ

SUBJECT : NAF-FACT SHEET 31

DATE : 03/24/94

4069071
MARCH 23, 1994

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CATEGORY : NAF

TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS,
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM : ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

PASS TO : NIS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS, FP&F
OFFICERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

SUBJECT : FACT SHEET 31: INTERIM DIRECTIVES UNDER NAFTA

THE U.S. CUSTOMS NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE IS ISSUING
DIRECTIVES PERTAINING TO THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.
THE DIRECTIVES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON NAFTA TO
CUSTOMS FIELD PERSONNEL. SOME DIRECTIVES WILL BE ISSUED IN THEIR
FINAL FORM. OTHER DIRECTIVES WILL BE ISSUED AS INTERIM
DIRECTIVES. THESE WILL BE LABELED AS SUCH, AND ANY OUTSTANDING
ISSUES WILL BE RESOLVED AND COMMUNICATED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF
THE DIRECTIVES. ALL INTERIM DIRECTIVES WILL BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL
THE FINAL DIRECTIVES ARE ISSUED.

CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 099 3280-015, "CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN FOR
THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT", WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 14,
1994. FOR CUSTOMS PERSONNEL, THIS DIRECTIVE IS AVAILABLE VIA THE
CUSTOMS ISSUANCE SYSTEM FOUND IN THE TPX MENU. OTHER DIRECTIVES
WILL ALSO BE INPUT INTO THE CUSTOMS ISSUANCE SYSTEM. PRINTED
COPIES MAY BE PROVIDED TO BROKERS, IMPORTERS AND OTHER
INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS WHERE THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON
THEIR DISCLOSURE.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS FACT SHEET MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE
NAFTA HELP DESK AT (202) 927-0066.

JANET L. LABUDA