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| News for March 26, updated June 11 |
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All Ace International vendors must provide NAFTA compliance information Under the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreements (“NAFTA”), Ace Hardware Corporation (“Ace”) is obligated by law to obtain supporting evidence that all U.S. and NAFTA region origin products are eligible for preferential duty treatment and meet the NAFTA preferential rules of origin. To that end we are requiring that all suppliers complete the below listed NAFTA Certificate of Origin for the products that they sell to Ace for which they claim U.S., Canadian, or Mexican origin. Your Certificates of Origin will be used as the reference document we require in order to issue our own Certificates of Origin that must accompany Ace RSC shipments to our international retailers. Instructions for completing the various fields on the NAFTA can be found at the links below, as well as other pertinent information to assist you in correctly preparing the requested document. It is important that every field in the attached form is filled in correctly and accurately. Completed forms should be returned by June 1, 2008, for all products which originate in the United States, Canada, and Mexico that your company supplies to Ace. As a valued supplier of Ace, we thank you for your cooperation, timely completion and return of the NAFTA certifications. As you should be aware, there were significant changes to the Harmonized Tariff Code System in 2007. These changes affected the tariff classifications systems of all World Customs Organization (WCO) member countries, which include the United States, Mexico and Canada. The 2007 changes affected 83 chapters and 240 headings, which while not affecting duty rates, may have affected the preferential qualification of some products. Information on the tariff schedules (8 MB) can be obtained from the US International Trade Commission. An electronic writeable version of the NAFTA certificate of origin is available at: https://forms.customs.gov/customsrf/getformharness.asp?formName=cf-434-form.xft. For more information, be sure to review: Should be unfamiliar with the these NAFTA documents, you should immediately refer this page and links to the individual that deals with U.S. Customs matters within your organization. Posted on March 26, updated June 11 |