CBP No Longer Accepts Preference Claims Under Automotive Products Trade Act
CBP has stopped honoring preference claims for automotive parts under the Automotive Products Trade Act, special program indicator "B" and "B#," the agency said in a CSMS message. Although the APTA is still in effect, and can be found in…
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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTSUS) General Note 5(a)(v), its utility has been supplanted by NAFTA, and its applicability to automotive parts ended when the outstanding "bona fide" letters expired in 1997, said CBP.