The Israeli National Federation of International
Freight Forwarders and Customs Clearing Agents Chamber
of Commerce building

84 Ha-Hashmonaim Street,
Tel Aviv 6713203

Tel: 972-3-5631101

18 T H JANUARY 2018

EXPORTING TO ISRAEL? The United States and Israel
have decided to eliminate the requirement for a Certificate of Origin (the green form).

U.S exporters need only to
include a new invoice declaration of origin

for export to Israel.

Dear US exporter to Israel,

The
Governments of the United States of America and Israel have agreed on updating the
bilateral Free Trade Agreement and mutually decided
to eliminate the requirement for a Certificate of Origin (the green form) under
the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free
Trade Area between
the United States and Israel (FTA).

According to the newly agreed
terms, U.S exporters
to Israel are no longer
required to submit the green
form Certificate of Origin

( C.O.O.)
and replace it with origin / invoice declaration.

( i.e. The new measure
introduces an invoice declaration, which the
US exporter applies to the trade document, in order to enable
the identification of the
goods concerned.)

? As from March
31st 2018, the green C.O.O. will be no longer valid and accepted by the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (USA
CBP) and the Israeli customs.

? The declaration of origin
must be on the invoice or on any commercial document such as packing list
(These are linked to the Invoice).

The declaration must be related only to the exported items that
comply with USA origin, according to the FTA’S rules of

origin.

? US exporters are kindly requested to take all necessary steps and make
all necessary adaptations in their
export systems in order to
update export commercial documentation.

? The rules for completing an origin declaration (invoice declaration)

can be found
below.

Correctly completed, this gives the customs administration in the recipient
country formal grounds for giving your products
preferential treatment.

Rules for completing an origin declaration (invoice
declaration)

1. The invoice declaration must by printed on
the invoice / packing list or any other commercial document which describes the products concerned in sufficient detail to enable them
to be identified

2.
When the export shipment includes items that
are of USA origin and other that are not, the items that are not qualifying for
USA origin, must be marked
in a very clear method by line item.

3. The invoice declaration should be signed only by the exporter or the producer and not by logistic partner
such as freight
forwarder etc.

4. Any corrections on the invoice
declaration must be confirmed by a

signature and stamp of the exporter / producer.

5. Tax identification – The tax identification must be one of the following: TIN (Tax Identification Number), ITIN (Individual Tax
Identification Number) or EIN (Exporter Identification Number).

6. Name
– The whole name, including their
first and surname
, and sometimes any middle names
of the employee within
the exporter / producer that has
signed the invoice declaration.

7. Title
– The official job title of the employee within
the exporter /

producer that has
signed the invoice declaration.

8. Email
– The E-mail address of the employee within
the exporter /

producer that has
signed the invoice declaration.

9. Signature – The Signature
of the employee within the exporter /

producer that has
signed the invoice declaration.

Specimen Invoice
Declaration text

I, the undersigned, hereby declare that unless otherwise indicated,
the goods covered by this document fully comply with the rules of origin and the other provisions of the Agreement on the
Establishment of a Free
Trade Area between the Government of Israel
and the Government of the United
States of America.

( ) The Exporter (whether the exporter is the producer or not) ( ) The Producer
(is not the exporter)

Tax identification:
Name: Title:

E-mail: Signature:

On behalf of the Israeli trading community we
would like to note that we highly
appreciated your cooperation in this regard.

Faithfully Yours

IFFCCA