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This rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to implement the rules of origin provisions for the preferential tariff treatment of the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA). This rule creates a new part 182 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR part 182) to adopt the uniform rules of origin regulatory standards trilaterally agreed upon by the United States, the United Mexican States (Mexico), and Canada. The USMCA supersedes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when it entered into force on July 1, 2020. Accordingly, this rule also amends the NAFTA regulations in part 181 to reflect that the NAFTA provisions do not apply to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2020.

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 103(a)(1)(B) of the USMCA Act, Public Law 116-113, 134 Stat. 11, provides the authority for new or amended regulations to be issued to implement the USMCA, as of the date of its entry into force. Further, section 103(b)(2) of the USMCA Act requires that interim or initial regulations shall be prescribed not later than the date on which the USMCA enters into force to implement the Uniform Regulations regarding rules of origin.