NAFTA Certificate of Origin - Sheet metal job shop - Customer Request

[CarolX]

Hello Fellow Covers...I need some help.

We are a sheet metal job shop. We have customer that wants us to submit a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. We buy all of our raw material from local suppliers.

What the heck is this all about.

The customer is in Wisconsin, but I assume they sell internationally. What are they loking for from us? Is this just make their job easier at import?

Does anyone have any experience filling this thing out????

Thanks!!!!!!!

Carol

[Wes Bucey]

Originally Posted by CarolX

Hello Fellow Covers...I need some help.

We are a sheet metal job shop. We have customer that wants us to submit a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. We buy all of our raw material from local suppliers.

What the heck is this all about.

The customer is in Wisconsin, but I assume they sell internationally. What are they loking for from us? Is this just make their job easier at import?

Does anyone have any experience filling this thing out????

Thanks!!!!!!!

Carol

I've done a number of those, CarolX.
The bottom line requirement is to declare any components of a product which exceed a "threshhold" limit IF those components have come from a non-NAFTA country.

The whole thing can be very frustrating.

The first course of action is to ask WHY your customer requires these for sheet metal components.

Do you get mill certs with the sheet metal? Any of those from foreign mills? If not, you can merely fill out an affidavit that everything is USA origin. (Do not even consider small components of the metal such as Vanadium in some alloys which may come from Africa or other foreign county.)

It all boils down to where the VALUE of the component is primarily added. In such instance, think of the difference between the cost of the sheet metal and the cost you charge your customer after you shape the metal. (Similarly, cost of ore versus finished sheet metal.)

If the cost of the metal falls below a certain percentage of that price, it doesn't matter where it came from.

If you are really stressed on this, send me a PM and we'll talk it out over the phone - we do, after all, belong to the same ASQ Section.

[Al Rosen]

Originally Posted by CarolX

Hello Fellow Covers...I need some help.

We are a sheet metal job shop. We have customer that wants us to submit a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. We buy all of our raw material from local suppliers.

What the heck is this all about.

The customer is in Wisconsin, but I assume they sell internationally. What are they loking for from us? Is this just make their job easier at import?

Does anyone have any experience filling this thing out????

Thanks!!!!!!!

Carol

Carol:
Your customer may want to export. Take a look at this web site for an explanation.
http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticwebsite/ticit.nsf/

[CarolX]

Originally Posted by Al Rosen

Carol:
Your customer may want to export. Take a look at this web site for an explanation.
http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticwebsite/ticit.nsf/

Al,
That was my assumption. Thanks for the link. We fill in what we can and send it on it's merry way.

Wes,
Thanks for the words of encouragment and your offer for help. I think I got it now.

Carol