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Country SubCode, U.S. Goods, and Secondary Special Program Reference Guide and Concordance


The following codes are used to identify special trade agreements and are found in the detailed U.S. Census imports of merchandise products.
Country SubCode
Trade Agreement Program
Hard Copy Code
Program Description
0
Country of Origin
OGN
No special programs claimed
1
Country of Shipment
SHP
Country of Shipment, Country of Origin Unknown
A
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
GSP
All Developing Beneficiary Countries; Eligible for All Articles
A*
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
GSP
Certain Developing Beneficiary Countries; Not Eligible for Specific Articles
A+
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
GSP
All Least Developed Beneficiary Countries; Eligible for All Articles
AU
United States - Australia Free Trade Agreement (UAFTA - new for 2005)
AFT
Products of Australia under designated provision of the HTSUSA
B
Automotive Products Trade Act (APTA)
PTA
Motor vehicles and original motor-vehicle equipment that are Canadian articles
BH
United States - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement
BHR
Products of Bahrain under designated provision of the HTSUSA
C
Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
ACA
Aircraft, aircraft engine, or ground flight simulator (including parts, components, subassemblies; FAA certified
CA
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
NFT
Goods marked as Canada **Discontinued and replaced with USMCA effective July 1, 2020
CL
United States - Chile Free Trade Agreement (USCFTA - new for 2004)
CLT
Products of Chile under designated provisions of the HTSUSA
CO
United States - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (UCTPA)
COL
United States - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (UCTPA)
D
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
AGO
Articles eligible from beneficiary and lesser developed beneficiary Sub Saharan African countries under provision of the HTSUSA
E
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)
CBA
All articles eligible under designated provision of the HTSUSA
E*
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)
CBA
Articles or specific countries not eligible under the designated provision of the HTSUSA
IL
United States-Israel Free Trade Area
IFT
Products of Israel under designated provision of the HTSUSA
J
Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA)
APA
Articles eligible from beneficiary countries under provision of the HTSUSA
J*
Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA)
APA
Articles eligible from beneficiary countries under provision of the HTSUSA with exceptions
J+
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)
APD
Articles eligible from beneficiary countries under provision of the HTSUSA
JO
United States Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act (JFTA)
JFT
Products of Jordan under designated provision of the HTSUSA
JP
United States – Japan Trade Agreement
JPN
Eliminate or reduce tariffs on certain agricultural and industrial products to enhance bilateral trade.
K
Agreement on Trade in Pharmaceutical Products
TPP
Eligible articles of pharmaceutical products (GATT) under provision of the HTSUSA
KR
United States Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
KOR
Products of Korea under designated provision of the HTSUSA
L
Uruguay round Concessions on Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes
ICD
Eligible articles of intermediate chemical for dyes (GATT)
MA
United States - Morocco Free Trade Agreeemnt
MFT
Eligible articles that are the product of Morocco.
MX
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
NFT
Goods marked as Mexico **Discontinued and replaced with USMCA effective July 1, 2020
N
Duty-free Code for West Bank and Gaza Strip
DFT
Products of the West Bank Gaza Strip or a Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ); duty-free treatment.
NP
Nepal Preference Program
NPL
Preferential tariff treatment for eligible articles that are the products of Nepal and tariff-rate quotas for such goods
OM
United States - Oman Free Trade Act (UOFTA)
OFT
Articles eligible from Oman under provision of the HTSUSA.
P
United States - Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
CAF
Articles eligible under designated provision of the HTSUSA.
P+
United States - Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA))
CAF
Articles or specific countries not eligible under the designated provision of the HTSUSA.
PA
United States - Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (UPATPA)
PAN
Articles eligible from Panama under provision of the HTSUSA
PE
United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (UPTPA)
PTP
Articles eligible from Peru under provision of the HTSUSA
R
United States - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act Initiative (CBTPA)
CBT
R = Articles eligible from beneficiary Caribbean and Central American countries under provision of the HTSUSA
S
U.S. - Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
MCA
Immediate or staged elimination of duties and barriers to trilateral trade in goods originating in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
S+
U.S. - Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
MCA
Designated for certain agricultural tariff rate quota (TRQs) goods, agricultural staging goods, and textile tariff preference level (TPL) goods. SPI “S+” is used only when the HTSUS provides different preferential tariff treatment to each of the USMCA countries
SG
United States - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA - new for 2004)
SFT
Products of Singapore under designated provision of the HTSUSA
W
Puerto Rico Product under Customs and Trade Act of 1990
PRR
Products of Puerto Rico advanced in value or improved in condition in a CBERA beneficiary country
X
United States - Canada Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988
CFT
Suspended January 1, 1994
Z
Compact of Free Association with Marshall Island and Federated States of Micronesia
CFA
Articles from the Freely Associated States


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