"01 What is a certificate of origin?
A certificate of origin is a document that certifies the origin of goods, i.e., where the goods were produced or manufactured.
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It is the main basis for the importing country to determine the tariff treatment of imported goods, to carry out trade statistics, to impose quantitative restrictions and to control imports from specific countries.
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02 Notes on Certificate of Origin
1. The format of the certificate of origin uploaded when declaring should be in line with the provisions of the document, the original colour scanned copy, and the certificate content is clear, please note that please upload the "ORIGINAL" piece, should not upload the "COPY" piece or the "TRIPLICATE" piece. TRIPLICATE".
Please note that you should not upload "COPY" or "TRIPLICATE" documents.
2. The signature and seal of the issuing authority and exporter of the certificate of origin should be complete and clear.
The signatures and seals of the issuing authority and exporter columns should be complete and clear.
3. The exporter of the certificate of origin should be consistent with the invoice and contract.
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4. Certificate date part to note:
(1) certificate issuance date requirements: Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement for export or within 3 working days after shipment; China - ASEAN FTA for pre-shipment, shipment, force majeure reasons, within 3 days after shipment; China - Peru FTA and China - Australia FTA for pre-export or export; Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) for pre-shipment.
(2) Validity period of certificate: APTA, China-ASEAN FTA, China-Peru FTA, China-Australia FTA and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) are valid for 1 year from the date of issuance.
(3) Replacement of the certificate period: China - ASEAN FTA provides for 12 months can be reissued; China - Australia FTA provides for one year from the shipment of goods can be reissued; Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement no reissue.
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5 certificate of origin is not issued in accordance with the time specified in the document, the issuing authority to reissue the certificate of origin, the certificate should indicate "ISSUED RETROACTIVELY" (reissue) words.
The certificate of origin shall contain the words "ISSUED RETROACTIVELY".
6 certificate of origin of the ship's name, voyage should be declared consistent with the customs declaration.
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7. The first 4 digits of the HS code of the Certificate of Origin under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) shall be consistent with the declaration; the first 8 digits of the HS code of the Certificate of Origin under the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) shall be consistent with the declaration; the first 6 digits of the HS code of the Certificate of Origin under other preferential trade agreements shall be consistent with the declaration.
The first 6 digits of the HS code of other preferential trade agreements should be consistent with the declaration on the customs declaration.
8 certificate of origin should be the number of declarations and customs declaration of the number of units of measurement consistent. For example, the quantity stated in the certificate of origin of China-ASEAN FTA is "Gross weight or net weight or other quantity", if the issuing authority issues the certificate of origin without special declaration on the quantity, it will be defaulted to the certificate of origin that the quantity stated in the certificate of origin is the gross weight, and the quantity of the certificate of origin should be consistent with the gross weight of the customs declaration. The quantity of certificate of origin should be the same as the gross weight of customs declaration, if the quantity of certificate of origin is smaller than the gross weight, then the part of the quantity exceeding the quantity listed in the certificate of origin can not enjoy the agreed tax rate.
If the quantity of the certificate of origin is less than the gross weight, the part exceeding the quantity listed in the certificate of origin cannot enjoy the agreed duty rate.
9. The "Origin Criterion" entered by the enterprise in the single window should be consistent with the "Origin criterion" or "Origin Conferring Criterion" of the certificate of origin. "should be consistent, please be sure to pay attention to the declaration process to enter the correct.
Please be sure to enter the correct information during the declaration process.
10. The invoice number and date entered in the Invoice No. column of the Certificate of Origin should be consistent with the invoice number and date attached to the customs declaration.
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11. Column 13 of the Certificate of China-ASEAN FTA involves four situations, namely, flow of goods among member countries, reissuance of certificate, tripartite trade and exhibits, please pay attention to ticking the relevant items correctly if there are the above four situations.
Please check the relevant items correctly.
03 Common Problems and Solutions
1. If the format of the certificate of origin does not match with the agreement tax rate; if the colour scanned copy of the certificate is not the original one and the content of the certificate is not clear, and the enterprise ensures that the original certificate meets the requirements, the enterprise needs to upload the certificate of origin that meets the requirements by sending a change application through the Single Window and keep the original one for checking.
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2. Enterprises with incomplete signatures and seals send applications for changes through the Single Window to upload certificates of origin that meet the requirements; if the signatures and seals are not clear, and the enterprises ensure that the originals of the certificates meet the requirements, the enterprises need to send applications for changes through the Single Window to upload certificates of origin that meet the requirements and retain the original certificates for checking.
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3. Vessel name, voyage is inconsistent with the declaration of customs declaration, please review whether it is in line with the principle of direct transport, according to the requirements of various preferential trade agreements, enterprises should provide full transport documents, while involving transit goods, whether to meet the rules of direct transport should be based on the General Administration of the General Administration of the 2015 No. 57 and 2016 Announcement No. 52 requirements of the relevant documents to determine, such as the reasons for the shipping company caused by the ship's name, voyage does not match, please Attach and upload the explanation of the situation.
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Please attach and upload the explanation of the situation.
4. If the invoice number and date entered in the Invoice No. column of the Certificate of Origin are not consistent with the invoice number and date attached to the Customs Declaration, or if the inconsistency is caused by the three-party trade, etc., please upload the relevant commercial documents proving the trade relationship and the explanation of the situation.
Please upload the relevant commercial documents and situation description to prove the trade relationship.
5. If the exporter of the certificate of origin is inconsistent with the invoice or contract, please provide the original manufacturer's invoice.
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6. If the declared price of the customs declaration is lower than the FOB price of the certificate of origin, it is necessary to provide the tax bill of payment of foreign exchange to prove the price is real and effective, the commercial correspondence and other materials, and attach the situation description.
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7. If the date of issuance of certificate of origin is not in accordance with the provisions of the document, and the word "reissue" is not ticked or indicated, it is necessary to contact the issuing authority to change the certificate."
