On February 28, 2017 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo System Messaging Service (CSMS) #17-000110 to provide guidance on the latest decision released by the Court of International Trade on appropriate methods for requesting post-importation preference claims.
According to the CSMS, “…for those preference programs that do not specifically provide for claims under the statutory post importation mechanism of 19 USC §1520(d), CBP will permit use of the protest mechanism set forth in 19 USC §1514 to submit initial post-importation preference claims.”
The below table shows the method current preference programs may use to make a post-importation claims:
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19 USC §1520(d) |
19 USC §1514, PEA or PSC |
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CAFTA-DR |
AGOA |
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NAFTA Chile FTA |
Civil Aircraft Agreement |
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Oman FTA |
Jordan FTA |
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Colombia TPA |
Australia FTA |
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Panama TPA |
GSP |
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Korea FTA |
Morocco FTA |
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Peru TPA |
Bahrain FTA |
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Insular Possessions |
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CBERA |
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Israel FTA |
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Products Agreement |
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CBTPA |
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Uruguay Round Concession on Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes |
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Singapore FTA |
The CSMS can be accessed at:
https://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=22514&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby