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AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGINAgreement on Rules of Origin • December 9th, 2024
Noting that Ministers on 20 September 1986 agreed that the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations shall aim to "bring about further liberalization and expansion of world trade", "strengthen the role of GATT" and "increase the responsiveness of the GATT system to the evolving international economic environment"
Agreement on rules of origin pdfAgreement on Rules of Origin • July 15th, 2023
Their importance is derived from the fact that duties and restrictions in several cases depend upon the source of imports. There is wide variation in the practice of governments with regard to the rules of origin. While the requirement of substantial transformation is universally recognized, some governments apply the criterion of change of tariff classification, others the ad valorem percentage criterion and yet others the criterion of manufacturing or processing operation. In a globalizing world it has become even more important that a degree of harmonization is achieved in these practices of Members in implementing such a requirement. back to topWhere are rules of origin used? Rules of origin are used: — to implement measures and instruments of commercial policy such as anti-dumping duties and safeguard measures; — to determine whether imported products shall receive most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment or preferential treatment; — for the purpose of trade statistics; — for the appl
Text of Article 4 1 Committee on Rules of Origin 1Agreement on Rules of Origin • June 23rd, 2021