Parties
The
Parties
tab allows the Supplier to modify information on the Exporter, Importer, or Producer. There will be a tab for each agreement the supplier was solicited for. The supplier will need to complete the information on each tab before moving on to the signatures tab.To update the party information, the Supplier can click either
Edit Party Information
or Copy From Other FTA
.
Edit Party Information
In the
Edit Party Information
pop-up you can include or edit the name, address, Tax ID, and e-mail of the party. This screen contains four tabs:- Exporter Information
- Importer Information
- Producer Information
- Certifier Information (if USCMA is the selected trade agreement)

Make any necessary changes and click
Save Exporter Info
at the bottom of the pop-up. Additionally:- TheAddress 2, 3 and 4are available for additional information in case theAddress 1is longer than 200 characters.
- TheCountry Codedrop-down contains both the country name and ISO Country Code.
- You have the option to copy information from a completed tab to another without having to retype information by using theCopy Info FromorUse Otherdropdowns. The options available there are sorted alphabetically.
- If the importer can be more than one entity, writeVariousin theNamefield and leave the correspondingAddressandTax IDfields blank as permitted by the Free Trade Agreement.
- TheProducer Informationtab may have two additional boxes, depending on how the system was configured during implementation. The first of these boxes (Use Exporter Info as Producer) allows the supplier to copy the Exporter information to the Producer tab. The second box populates theProducer Namefield withAvailable to Customs Upon Request.
Edit Party Information - Certifier Information (USMCA)
The
Certifier Information
tab (which will appear for USMCA) contains two additional checkboxes at the bottom of the modal: Copy from Selected Certifier
and Use this information as the Signature
.
If the
Use the information as the Signature
checkbox is selected when the Save Party
Info button is clicked, then the certifier’s information will be automatically populated into the corresponding fields on the Signatures
tab.
In order for these changes to be saved, click the
Save Before Proceeding
button and then move to the Signatures
tab.
Once all steps are complete and the document is generated, the signature information will appear similar to the example shown below:

Copy From Other FTA
Clicking
Copy From Other FTA
will open a pop-up containing the related FTAs. This pop-up allows the Supplier to copy party information from one agreement party tab to another. Check the box(es) of the FTA(s) to be modified, and then choose an FTA from the Copy Items From
drop-down. Click Save
to proceed.
Once
Save
is clicked, the Party information from the other FTA will copy to the selected FTA. If any modifications need to be made to a copied party, click Edit Party Information
and make any necessary changes.The
Save Before Proceeding
link queues the Supplier to save any changes made to the Certificate so they are not lost. The Parties
tab label will change from (Not Complete) to (Complete) once this action is complete and all party information for all agreements is completed.