Non-Preferential Origin

Question 1

How many countries adopt non-preferential rules of origin legislation

Answer 1

40 WTO member

Question 2

Main purpose for Non-preferential rules of origin?

Answer 2

Anti-dumping dumping duties and safe guarding,
Trade and statistics
Labelling and Marketing
Government Procurement

Question 3

How are Rules of origin used for import quoters

Answer 3

Certain countries have export quoters. Argentina can only export 30’000 tonnes of beef to the EU. Rules of origin are used to track this.

Question 4

What is Anti dumping?

Answer 4

Exporting goods for less than the home market value. Additional Tax is applied for certain countries so origin is required.

Question 5

Sanitary inspections and embargoes?

Answer 5

IF disease is found in meant from a certain country, origin determines what can and cannot be imported.

Question 6

Labelling?

Answer 6

country specific consumer legislation, such as made in china labeling

Question 7

2 Main concepts to determine non-preferential rules of origin.

Answer 7

1/ Wholly obtained form country. Bourne, Bred., Mined
2/ Undergone last substantial transformation in country A

Question 8

Wholly obtained mostly apiled to which type of goods?

Answer 8

Natural products hunted, harvested, caught in country.

Question 9

Explain, Last substantial economic transformation

Answer 9

If goods are obtained by more than one country, origin defined by last country/territory of substantial change.

Substantial charge means:-

1/results in manufacture of new product or important stage of manufacture

Question 10

Last? Substantial? Economic? Transformation?

Answer 10

Last - country where transformation takes place
Substantial - Processing above which is stipulated in lists
Economic - adds value to finished product
Transformation - Change in tariff heading.

Question 11

Transformed good mainly applied to which goods?

Answer 11

From or with imported materials
requires processing in different countries.

Question 12

Three Approaches to determine if Substantial Transformation has occurred.

Answer 12

Percentage or Value
Tariff classification
Specific processes

Question 13

Final transformation - Percentage of value criterion explained

Answer 13

Based on final characteristics. Final price.

Question 14

Final transformation - Tariff classification explained

Answer 14

Based only on tariff class change - End classification differs from HS code of originating products.

Question 15

Final transformation - Specific process explained

Answer 15

Based on manufacturing necessary to product good

Question 16

Anti circumvention rule explained

Answer 16

Where processing of goods bypass provisions for certain countries..