Documenting
origin in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Trade Promotion Agreements (TPAs)
has changed over the years. One thing is certain though all of the agreements
which followed NAFTA use its origin rules and documentation in a very
similar template. Learn how to locate the new Customs & Border Protection
(CBP) form 434 known as the NAFTA Certificate of Origin, which is valid until
2020, and how to fill it out properly. We will give examples of what to
do, and how using the 434 as a template will work with other FTAs and TPAs
when there is no official document requirement.
Topics to be covered include:
- General use vs. Free Trade Certificates of Origin
- NAFTA Certificate as template in FTA certificates
- The New NAFTA Certificate of Origin - CBP 434
- Field by field details on completion
- Examples of what and what not to do
- How food products rules of origin are different
- Resources for FTA/TPA origin and documentation