CBP Lists FTA and Trade Preference Program MPF Exemptions, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a table and memorandum providing information on whether the Merchandise Processing Fee is paid, or exempt from payment, for goods entered under free trade agreements or trade preference programs.
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The following table highlights CBP's information on how the MPF is treated by various FTAs/TPPs (see CBP's table for citation and notes for each country and a list of countries eligible under each TPP/FTA):
| Program | SPI | Country | MPF | |
| Notes (TPL goods are never exempt) | ||||
| 4 | CAFTA-DR | P, P+ | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica | |
| Exempt | Per 19 CFR 24.23(c)(9) | |||
| 8 | NAFTA | CA MX | ||
| Canada, Mexico | Exempt | Per 19 CFR 24.23 (c)(3). However, E criterion goods (Annex 308.1) are not exempt unless eligible to be marked as products of Canada or Mexico. | ||
| 12 | QIZ | |||
| N | Egypt | Not Exempt | Per 19 CFR 24.23(c) | |
| 16 | ||||
| UKFTA | KR | Korea | Exempt | Per 19 CFR 24.23(c)(12) *(KORUS) |
| Program | SPI | Country | |
| Notes | |||
| 4 | CBERA | E | |
| Exempt | Exempt irrespective of whether CBERA is claimed, per 19 CFR 24.23(c)(1)(iii). | ||
| 8 | Freely Associated States (FAS) | ||
| Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau | Not Exempt | Not exempted by 19 CFR 24.23(c). | |
| 12 | |||
| K | Not Exempt | Not exempted by 19 CFR 24.23(c). |