ORIGIN CRITERIA

Box 8 (A) (WO)(COWO) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WHOLLY OBATINED OR WHOLLY PRODUCED

• Goods Wholly Obtained (WO): Goods produced or obtained without any non originating input material incorporated

Box 8 (B) & (C) & (D) (NOT WO)(CONWO) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN NOT WHOLLY OBATINED OR WHOLLY PRODUCED

• Goods that are produced using non-originating materials, i.e. not Wholly Obtained, are required to undergo substantial transformation in a country for the good to be qualified as originating.

(COOG) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN GENRAL RULE:

• Many trade agreements have a single rule for all goods that are produced using non-originating materials .

1.Entry of letter would be followed by the value of non-originating material expressed as a percentage of the f.o.b. value of the products; (example "B" 50 per cent);

2.Entry of letter "C" would be followed by the sum of the aggregate content originating in the territory of the exporting Contracting State expressed as a perc entage of the f.o.b. value of the exported product; (example "C" 60 per cent);

3.Entry of letter would be followed by the value of non-originating material expressed as a percentage of the f.o.b. value of the products; (example "D" 40 per cent);

(COOP) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PROUDCT SPECIFIC RULE:

• In some agreements, for some or all tariff headings there are Product Specific Rules (PSRs). Depending on the HS classification of the good, it needs to be seen which criteria has been used to claim origin

• Product specific rule or specific set of rules ,applied particular heading or subheading changed to heading or subheading

For the purposes of Rule 8 (b) of the SAFTA Rules of Origin, the products listed under column (3) and corresponding to heading mentioned under column (2) would be subject to Rule specified under column (4) in the following Table.

2. The term "CTH" in column (4) below shall mean that the final product is classified in a heading at the four-digit level of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System differently from those in which all the non-originating materials used in its manufacture are classified.

3. The term "CTSH" in column (4) below shall mean that the final product is classified in a heading at the six-digit level of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System differently from those in which all the non-originating materials used in its manufacture are classified.

4. The DVA mentioned in percentage in column (4) below shall mean the minimum value addition in the Exporting Contracting State, calculated as per the following formula:

Box 4 ISSUED RETROACTIVELY:

1.The Certificate of Origin shall be issued by the relevant Issuing Authority of the exporting Contracting State at the time of exportation, or within 3 working days from the date of shipment whenever the products to be exported can be considered originating in that Contracting State within the meaning of the Rules of Origin of this Agreement.

2.In exceptional cases where a Certificate of Origin has not been issued at the time of exportation or within 3 working days from the date of shipment due to involuntary errors or omissions or other valid causes, the Certificate of Origin may be issued retrospectively but no longer than 45 days from the date of shipment, bearing the word "ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY" in Box 4.