CBP Issues USMCA Regulations, Proposal to Change Rules for Non-Preferential Origin Determinations

CBP issued an interim final rule that implements several provisions included within the USMCA. The rule, which took effect July 1, implements USMCA language on import and export requirements, "general verifications and determinations of origin, commercial samples, goods re-entered after repair or alteration in Canada or Mexico, and penalties," among other things. Another interim final rule to implement other USMCA provisions will also be issued "at a later date," said CBP.

CBP also proposed regulatory changes "to apply the rules for all non-preferential origin determinations made by CBP for goods imported from Canada or Mexico."