A certificate of origin is a legal document that certifies the origin of goods. Figuratively speaking, the certificate of origin is the "passport" of the goods. The certificate of origin is a valid certificate for the trade party to hand over the goods, settle the payment for goods, settle claims, customs clearance and acceptance of the importing country, and levy tariffs. It is an important evidence for exporting countries to enjoy quota treatment and importing countries to implement differential tariff treatment and national trade policies, conduct trade statistics, implement quantitative restrictions and control imports from specific countries, etc., so it has specific legal and economic effects. If the target country of the exported goods is a WTO member, the general certificate of origin can enjoy the most-favored-nation treatment of the target country; The certificate of origin in the corresponding format can enjoy greater preferential treatment in the target country on the basis of most-favored-nation treatment, up to tax exemption. All kinds of preferential certificates of origin are necessary certificates to enjoy preferential tariff treatment in the importing country.
Now the countries we can apply FTA Certificate of Origin includes but not limited to most of the countries in the world.
