On: April 10, 2024     By: Lisa Nemer

Free Trade Agreements: Criteria Defined

To qualify your goods for preferential treatment under a free trade agreement (FTA), you will need to include the preference or origin criteria that was used for qualification on the FTA certificate of origin. Check these charts for the criteria that can be used for the various U.S. FTAs.

On: January 9, 2023     By: Kari Crane

Hazmat Shipping Compliance: How Export Software Can Help

There are strict rules and regulations that must be followed around documentation when shipping hazardous materials overseas, in both the U.S. and the destination country. Learn how Diamon-Fusion International uses Shipping Solutions to simplify this process and stay compliant.

On: July 1, 2020     By: Lisa Nemer

NAFTA Preference Criteria, Producer, and Net Cost

When completing the NAFTA Certificate of Origin, it's often columns 7, 8 and 9—Preference Criteria, Producer and Net Cost—that confuse people. But it's those columns that are really the meat of the form. They determine whether or not your goods deserve preferential duty treatment.

On: February 24, 2020     By: Lisa Nemer

Harmonized System vs. Export Control Classification Numbers

There are different ways you can classify your goods for import and export. Sometimes governments classify goods on the basis of their objective characteristics. Sometimes they classify them based on their use. This article compares two types of government classifications: HS and ECCN.

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