Certificate of OriginCOO

The country of origin of goods matters for customs duties, trade agreements, quotas, anti-dumping measures and sanctions. The certificate of origin is usually issued or endorsed by a chamber of commerce or a designated government agency in the exporting country.

There are two broad types:

• Non-preferential certificates simply state the origin.
• Preferential certificates allow the importer to claim reduced or zero duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, provided the goods meet the agreement's rules of origin (for example a minimum share of local value addition or a change in tariff classification). Examples include certificates under SAFTA, the Nepal-India Treaty of Trade and Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) schemes.

LCs often require a certificate of origin among the documents to be presented, and banks check that it is consistent with the invoice and other documents.

For Nepali exporters, preferential certificates of origin, issued by designated bodies such as the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and other authorised agencies, are important for accessing duty-free or reduced-duty markets, especially India under the bilateral trade treaty.

सामानको उत्पत्ति देश भन्सार महसुल, व्यापार सम्झौता, कोटा, एन्टी-डम्पिङ र प्रतिबन्धका लागि महत्त्वपूर्ण हुन्छ। यो प्रमाणपत्र प्रायः निर्यातक देशको वाणिज्य सङ्घ वा तोकिएको सरकारी निकायले जारी वा प्रमाणित गर्छ।

प्रकार: गैर-अग्राधिकार (उत्पत्ति मात्र उल्लेख) र अग्राधिकार (व्यापार सम्झौताको उत्पत्ति नियम पूरा भए आयातकर्ताले कम वा शून्य महसुल दाबी गर्न मिल्ने), जस्तै SAFTA, नेपाल-भारत वाणिज्य सन्धि र GSP अन्तर्गतका प्रमाणपत्र।

प्रतीतपत्रमा प्रायः यो कागजात माग गरिन्छ र बैंकले बीजक तथा अन्य कागजातसँग मेल खान्छ कि जाँच्छ। नेपाली निर्यातकर्ताका लागि, विशेषगरी भारतमा महसुल छुट पाउन, नेपाल उद्योग वाणिज्य महासङ्घ लगायत अधिकृत निकायले जारी गर्ने अग्राधिकार प्रमाणपत्र महत्त्वपूर्ण हुन्छ।