Join industry groups and stakeholders in urging Congress to consider a legislative fix to merchandise processing fee language in the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement Implementing Act that, if unchecked, could result in the payment of millions of dollars of fees on imports into the United States.

This letter is ONLY open to business and industry associations, state and local chambers and allied organizations. The deadline to sign onto this letter is Monday, June 29 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. We are planning to distribute the letter on Tuesday, June 30, at which time you will receive a copy, but the strategic timing could shift to later in the week.

If you have any questions please contact Ken Monahan, Senior Director, International Economic Affairs, at the National Association of Manufacturers at kmonahan@nam.org.

Thank you for your support.

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Industry Letter on USMCA Merchandise Processing Fee

The Honorable Richard Neal                                         The Honorable Chuck Grassley
Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means                 Chairman, Committee on Finance
U.S. House of Representatives                                     U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20515                                                 Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Kevin Brady                                          The Honorable Ron Wyden
Ranking Member, Committee on Ways and Means     Ranking Member, Committee on Finance
U.S. House of Representatives                                     U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20515                                                 Washington, DC 20510

Dear Chairman Neal, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Brady and Ranking Member Wyden:

On behalf of manufacturers and other businesses in the United States and the millions of workers our organizations represent, we are writing to urge a legislative fix to language in the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement Implementing Act that—if uncorrected—will result in the payment of millions of dollars of fees on imports into the United States.

Section 205 of the USMCA Implementing Act, as drafted, allows companies to claim refunds of the merchandise processing fee at the time of entry, but precludes companies from making a post-importation claim for such refunds. Merchandise processing fee refunds are eligible for post-importation claims under most other U.S. free trade agreements.

Our organizations are committed to the successful implementation of the USMCA, which will help manufacturers and other businesses grow in the United States, compete globally and support millions of well-paying jobs across the country as we lead our economic recovery and renewal. A timely fix to the merchandise processing fee drafting error in the USMCA Implementing Act is critical to enabling this success given the substantial number of post-importation preference claims that we expect will be filed in the coming months.

We appreciate your support for fixing the merchandise processing fee drafting error and look forward to working with you and your teams to remedy this issue as expeditiously as possible.

Sincerely,

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