USMCA & NAFTA - Origin Verification Audits Implemented by MX Customs

USMCA & NAFTA – Origin Verification Audits Implemented by MX Customs

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 AM CST

(Q&A to follow)

Customs authorities from the US, CA and MX continue implementing origin verification audits to goods imported into the NAFTA region with preferential treatment based on a NAFTA certificate of origin. They are permitted to review the previous five years, which means that even though NAFTA expired on June 30, 2020, Customs has until June 30, 2025 to audit those operations.

In addition, they have started auditing the origin of goods under the USMCA as well.

In the case of audits implemented by MX Customs, they are focused on high value operations since they are a good target for government revenue. Unfortunately, these audits can be a headache for US or CA companies mainly because of the different legal system, culture, language, etc. This results in the grand majority of the MX Customs rulings being unfavorable for companies.

Join us in this detailed webinar. The information to be presented includes guidance on how to prepare your company for a NAFTA or USMCA origin audit from MX Customs. Also, we will go over the MX proceedings and legal remedies available to challenge an unfavorable NAFTA or USMCA origin denial determination.

We are taking questions in advance of the webinar. Please forward to elisabethicpa@gmail.com

Presenters will be Brenda Cordova, and Francisco De La Cruz, Braumiller Law Group’s Mexico Legal Counsel

Brenda Cordova leads the Mexico law practice for Braumiller Law Group, PLLC. She has been involved in Mexican Customs and trade matters since 1994.

Brenda has represented a wide range of multi-national and small companies, advising them on business matters in Mexico. She has helped these clients with their Customs and international trade law issues, and she is widely recognized as an expert in the following areas: classification ruling requests, labeling requirements, import/export procedures, AEO, free-trade agreements including NAFTA, certificates of origin, IMMEX, foreign investment, and incorporation procedures.

She has been a professor in Customs and trade law at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi since 2001. She has also been a featured lecturer for a number of groups, including the International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA), the Women in International Trade, the Small Business Development Center, the School of Foreign Trade at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, and the Masters of Foreign Trade at the Universidad del Valle de Mexico.

Full Bio: https://www.braumillerlaw.com/bio/brenda-cordova/

Francisco De La Cruz

Mexico Legal Counsel, Braumiller Law Group

Francisco graduated from the University of the State of Michoacan, has a Master’s Degree in Taxation and Administrative Law, a Specialization in Foreign Trade from the Virtual University of the Tax Administration Service, a Specialization in Foreign Language Teaching from the Pan-American University, a Degree in Tax Law from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and is an Interpreter-Translator (English-French-Spanish). He has more than 15 years of experience in the Mexican Federal Government as an auditor.

Francisco focuses his practice on foreign trade, customs valuation and originating goods. His vast experience also covers the execution and issuance of orders and legal support, the analysis of irregularities in foreign trade transactions and responsibilities related to audits, inspections, monitoring actions and origin verification.

Full Bio: https://www.braumillerlaw.com/bio/francisco-de-la-cruz-garcia/

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Summary – Webinar: USMCA & NAFTA – Origin Verification Audits Implemented by MX Customs (cvent.com)

1 CCS/CES NEI Credit is available