USMCA is the short abbreviation for United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The USMCA replaced the previous NAFTA agreement between respective participating countries. A USMCA certificate or USMCA form is a certificate of origin for goods manufactured in North America being shipped to a country within North America. If you are shipping goods manufactured in USA, Mexico, Canada to USA, Mexico, Canada you should use a USMCA document instead of a certificate of origin document. Failure to supply a USMCA document with your shipment will result in additional duties being applied to your shipment. A certificate of origin (Also known as C/O or CO) is a document which attests that the product listed in the document has met certain criteria to be considered as originating in a particular country. A certificate of origin is prepared and completed by the seller of the goods, and may be subject to official certification by an authorized third party. In most cases that third party is the local chamber of commerce. Certain countries require a certificate of origin when importing a product to justify the product’s eligibility for entry and/or its entitlement to preferential treatment (duties).

USMCA form