Coffee Break: How to Take
Advantage of CETA, the
New EU-Canada FTAHosted by
United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) and
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
July 6, 2017
2:00 P.M. Eastern/11:00 A.M. Pacific
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HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CETA, THE NEW EU-CANADA FTA
LAURA SIEGEL [email protected] (212) 808-7706
JULY 6, 2017
Agenda
How to qualify under the new FTA
What is considered an “originating “ product
What are the rules origin
How to use CETA’s quotas
What are the recordkeeping requirements
How to import through the United States into Canada
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CETA
Comprehensive Economic and Trade
Agreement (“CETA”)
Tariff elimination across all sectors
CETA rules of origin
Tariffs on 98% of goods – including apparel
and footwear – eliminated immediately
Signed and ratified
Status
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Review Supply Chains
Manufacture in EU/CA and sell to customers
in EU/CA
If Manufacture outside of EU/CA:
▪ Components sourced
▪ Costs
▪ Factories
▪ Shipping costs and time
▪ Price of finished goods
▪ Value of “Made in EU” or “Made in Canada”
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“Originating” Product
Exclusively from originating materials from the EU/CA
▪ Example:
EU fabric
Cut and sewn in EU
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Quotas
Certain products with foreign components
Manufactured in EU/CA
Cut and sewn in member country
If more than 80% of quota used will be increased.
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Quotas
Examples:
▪ Men’s suits from CA to EU –
95,000 units (62.03)
▪ Cotton t-shirts from CA to EU –
342,000 units (6109.10)
▪ Women’s knit blouses from EU
to CA – 126,000 units (61.06)
▪ cutting and sewing
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Product Specific Rules of Origin
Partial foreign components
Cutting and sewing in member country
“Focused value” for foreign components
Record keeping requirements
▪ Supplier statement of non-originating materials
▪ Declaration of origin
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Importing Through the U.S.
Manufactured in EU and selling in CA
Unloading and re-loading
Remains under U.S. Customs control
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