Purpose and Use:
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) allows substantial benefits for importers and exporters in Mexico, Canada, and the United States for goods originating in the three nations. These benefits of Customs duty reduction and elimination depend upon an exporter's declaration of the origin of the goods using the NAFTA Certificate of Origin to do so. This certificate must be completed by the U.S. exporter and must be in the possession of the Mexican or Canadian importer at the time the declaration is made to the appropriate customs agency.

The U.S. exporter is responsible for determining the eligibility of goods for NAFTA preference and for providing the importer with the certificate. A NAFTA Certificate of Origin may be prepared for a single product of a one-time shipment or as a Blanket Certificate for multiple shipments of identical items for a time period of up to one year.

The exporter must determine the appropriate Rule of Origin for the goods. These six Rules are detailed in Chapter 4 of Annex 401 of the Agreement and cover items wholly produced in North America, those having contents or components which have been sufficiently changed by rule through production in North America, those which have sufficient Regional Value Content, or are listed in Annex 300 under certain Tariff Preference Levels. For more information on NAFTA certification and NAFTA eligibility/noneligibility, please see our free White Papers.

Regulatory Facts:

• Regulatory Agencies: Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, Canada Border Services Agency
• Form Date: 1/94
• NAFTA Cert. of Origin for Mexico - W10-565, W19-565
  NAFTA Cert. of Origin for Canada - W10-665, W19-665

Common Errors to Avoid:

• Block 1 – EIN or IRS number omitted
• Block 5 – Description on C/O and Commercial Invoice do not match
• Block 7 – Incorrect Preference Criteria due to misinterpretation of applicable Rule of Origin
• Block 11 – No signature

Major error to avoid:

• Erroneously certifying a U.S.-made product as qualifying under NAFTA when it does not

Price:

NAFTA Certificates of Origin - Carbonless
NAFTA Certificate of Origin for Canada
CAT. No.	Description
W19-665	5-part snap sets
W10-672L	Laser Forms - for use with software
NAFTA Certificate of Origin for Mexico
W19-565	5-part snap sets
W10-572L	Laser Forms - for use with software
NAFTA Certificate of Origin CF434
W19-765	5-part snap sets
NAFTA Certificates of Origin - Carbon Sets
NAFTA Certificate of Origin for Canada
W10-665	5-part snap sets
NAFTA Certificate of Origin for Mexico
W10-565	5-part snap sets