Therefore, for shipments entered into commerce on or after July 1, 2020, an importer should ensure that it has confirmed that its goods meet the relevant USMCA rules of origin and that it has a sufficient USMCA certification of origin in its possession, as well as all required back-up documentation to support preferential treatment claims. In addition, USMCA replaced the NAFTA Certificate of Origin with a USMCA certification of origin. USMCA has specific rules of origin that apply to each good, which are not always the same rules that applied under NAFTA.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has replaced NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) on July 1, 2020.