CPTPP rules of origin compliance: claiming preferential tariffs, certificates of origin, data requirements, importer/exporter obligations, waivers, record-keeping and verification
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This Practice Note sets out clear, practical guidance on how an exporter can claim preference under the rules of origin when trading internationally under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans‑Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Introduction
For goods sent abroad to access the preferential tariff treatment available under the CPTPP, the exported item must meet the rules of origin criteria specified in the CPTPP. For detail on the preferential treatment that goods receive under the CPTPP, see Practice Note: UK’s trade in goods under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. For guidance on the rules of origin criteria that goods must satisfy to obtain such preferences, see Practice Note: Rules of origin under the CPTPP.
Claiming preferential treatment for goods
Each CPTPP party must permit an importer to lodge a claim for preferential tariff treatment on the basis of a certificate of origin completed by the exporter, producers or the importer. An importing party may, among other things, do the following:
- require the importer to provide documents or information supporting the certificate of origin
- set out in its law any condition that an importer must meet to complete a certification of origin
- prohibit an importer from providing its own...
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