- To : Automated Broker Interface
Subject: NAFTA FACT SHEET #36
TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : WILLIAM ZZ-WAGNER
SUBJECT : NAFTA FACT SHEET #36
DATE : 06/09/94
4152071
JUNE 7, 1994
CATEGORY: NAF CO:TO:TF:TA WW
TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT
AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM : DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
RE : FACT SHEET #36 : TAXPAYER OR EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER FOR USE ON NAFTA CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN (CF 434)
PASS TO: NATIONAL AND FIELD IMPORT SPECIALISTS, IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS, REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS, NAFTA
COORDINATORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS/TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS.
THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO INQUIRIES MADE TO THIS OFFICE REGARDING
THE COMPOSITION OF THE TAXPAYER OR EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBERS FOR CANADA AND MEXICO:
CANADA
IN CANADA, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF EMPLOYER NUMBERS THAT CAN BE
USED ON THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN. THE FIRST IS CALLED AN
EMPLOYER NUMBER, ASSIGNED TO EMPLOYERS WHO MAKE REMITTANCES TO
INDIVIDUALS. THIS NUMBER WAS ISSUED PRIOR TO 1989. IT IS
COMPOSED OF NINE (9) CHARACTERS: 3 ALPHA, 6 NUMERIC (ABC123456).
THE SECOND TYPE OF NUMBER, WHICH HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE 1989, IS
CALLED THE IMPORTER/EXPORTER NUMBER. IT IS ALWAYS ASSIGNED BY
CANADIAN CUSTOMS AND CONTAINS NINE CHARACTERS. THESE CHARACTERS
CAN BE ISSUED IN EITHER OF TWO COMBINATIONS: 3 ALPHA, 6 NUMERIC
(ABC123456) OR 4 ALPHA, 5 NUMERIC (ZXYW98765).
MEXICO
IN MEXICO, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF EMPLOYER NUMBERS THAT CAN BE
USED ON THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN. THESE ARE CALLED THE FEDERAL
TAXPAYER REGISTRY NUMBER (RFC). THE FIRST TYPE IS ISSUED TO
INDIVIDUALS. IT CONSIST OF 13 CHARACTERS: THE FIRST FOUR (4) ARE
ALPHA CHARACTERS, WHICH CLASSIFY THE NAME OF THE TAXPAYER. THE
FOLLOWING SIX (6) CHARACTERS ARE NUMERIC CHARACTERS, WHICH SHOW
THE DATE OF BIRTH OF THE TAXPAYER IN A YEAR-MONTH-DAY SEQUENCE.
THE LAST THREE (3) CHARACTERS ARE AN ALPHANUMERIC CODE TO AVOID
DUPLICATION OF CODES FOR TAXPAYERS WITH SIMILAR NAMES.
(WJWA371117RV4).
THE SECOND TYPE IS ISSUED TO CORPORATIONS AND CONSISTS OF 12
CHARACTERS: THE FIRST THREE (3) ARE ALPHA CHARACTERS, WHICH
CLASSIFY THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION. THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) ARE
NUMERIC CHARACTERS, WHICH SHOW THE DATE ON WHICH THE CORPORTATION
WAS CONSTITUTED IN A YEAR-MONTH-DAY SEQUENCE. AND THE LAST THREE
CHARACTERS ARE AN APHANUMERIC CODE USED TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF
CODES FOR CORPORATIONS WITH SIMILAR NAMES AND EXACLTY THE SAME
DATE OF CONSTITUTION. (SFD330906BE7).
INQUIRIES ABOUT THE ABOVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
NAFTA HELP DESK AT (202) 927-0066.
PHILIP METZGER