COMMON NAFTA ERRORS

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COMMON NAFTA ERRORS
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Common NAFTA Errors
1. Filing a NAFTA claim when NAFTA C/O
(Certificate of Origin) is not in your possession
2. Filing a NAFTA claim when Country of Export
is other then MX or CA.
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Common NAFTA Errors

• 3. Invalid Certificate of Origin.
• 4. Failure of Exporter to respond to CBP requests
  to verify NAFTA claim. (A huge problem with MX)

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Common NAFTA Errors

• 5. For textile shipments, not familiar with the
  fiber forward/yarn forward rules of origin.
• 6. Filing a 520(d) claim without indicating a
  contact person or phone number in your letter.

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CLEVELAND SERVICE PORT INFO
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Commercial Operations

• The Cleveland Service Port is in the top five of
  Customs collections - over 1.3B in FY 07-1.8M
  Summaries-27M Shipments
• More than 20 brokerages and 390 licensed brokers
  conduct business in the Service Port
• We oversee more than 84 FTZ operations - the most
  in the country
• We also monitor 4 express consignment operations
  - more than anyone else

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Commercial Operations

• There were over 1.8M entries in the Service Port
  last year-3rd Largest Area
• Import specialist teams in Cleveland processed
  almost 5 percent of all entries nationally
• Cleveland has long been an innovator in
  commercial processing we have pioneered many
  national programs