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| 2009 NAFTA Blanket Certificate Reminder |
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(Toronto, October 21, 2008)… As a reminder, your blanket 2008 NAFTA Certificates are not far away from their expiry date (December 31, 2008).
Shipments claiming preferential treatment without a valid NAFTA Certificate are subject to an AMPS (Administrative Monetary Penalty System) transactional penalty of:
- 1st infraction - $1,000.00
- 2nd infraction - $5,000.00
- 3rd infraction - $10,000.00
- Subsequent infractions - $25,000.00
To avoid potential penalties, shipments arriving in Canada without a valid NAFTA Certificate will be subject to duty (where applicable) upon import. Remember, a 2008 Blanket Certificate is not valid for 2009 shipments.
If you have already forwarded your 2009 Certificates to our office, please disregard this notice.
For more information, or to free yourself of the responsibility of pursuing your vendors for valid 2009 NAFTA Certificates of Origin under our NAFTA Management Service Option 2, please contact Darren Lair at (905) 882-4880.
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