Effective May 5, 2004, SFTA ISI Claims under HTS 9999.00.84 May Be Transmitted through ABI
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice stating that, effective May 5, 2004, the trade may transmit U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SFTA) Integrated Sourcing Initiative (ISI) claims under HTS 9999.00.84 through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system.
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(CBP has previously stated that once ABI system changes were completed, the trade would be notified that they could begin filing SFTA ISI claims through ABI. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/13/04 news, 04041315, for BP summary of Admin 04-0859 which advised the trade on future ABI system requirements for filing SFTA ISI claims under HTS 9999.00.84.)
HTS 9999.00.84 is a new tariff number for the ISI provision of SFTA, which is provided for in SFTA HTS General Note 25(m). The ISI provision allows certain information technology products and medical products that are subject to a 'column 1' general zero rate of duty, to be considered SFTA originating goods and exempt from the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) when Singapore is the country of export.
(CBP has previously noted that the only benefit that SFTA HTS General Note 25(m) provides for subject information technology products and medical products that are classified under its listed tariff numbers is the exemption of the MPFs (class codes 499 (formal merchandise processing fee) and 311 (informal fee)), as the merchandise is already duty-free under the 'column 1' general heading.)
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CBP Admin 04-1189 (dated 05/08/04) available via fax or email by emailing documents@brokerpower.com