GSTP Certificates of Origin

Article 15 (Rules of Origin) of the GSTP Agreement provides that "Products contained in the schedules of concessions annexed to this Agreement shall be eligible for preferential treatment if they satisfy the Rules of Origin, which shall be annexed to and form an integral part of this Agreement."

Rule 7 of the Rules of Origin states that "Products eligible for preferential concessions shall be supported by a Certificate of Origin issued by an authority designated by the government of the exporting participant and notified to the other participants in accordance with the Certification Procedures to be developed and approved by the participants. A standard Certificate of Origin used by all participants is annexed thereto.

Tabulated below are the latest notifications of GSTP participants.

Notifications on Certificates of Origin

as of 23 November 2001

Participant

Document

Date

Algeria

GSTP/Origin/49/Add.2

31 July 2000

Argentina

GSTP/Origin/64/Add.2

11 April 2001

Bangladesh

GSTP/Origin/14/Add.6

15 November 2001

Benin

GSTP/Origin/63

7 July 1993

Bolivia

GSTP/Origin/20/Add.3

27 February 2001

Brazil

GSTP/Origin/45/Add.7

14 January 1998

Cameroon

GSTP/Origin/61/Add.1

23 June 1993

Chile

GSTP/Origin/46/Add.9

29 October 2001

Colombia

GSTP/Origin/76

15 October 1997

Cuba

GSTP/Origin/11/Add.4

30 March 2001

Democratic People’s Rep. of Korea

GSTP/Origin/25/Add.3

25 January 2001

Ecuador

GSTP/Origin/31/Add.2

24 January 1997

Egypt

GSTP/Origin/15/Add.3

28 June 2001

Ghana

GSTP/Origin/47/Add.1

27 August 2001

Guinea

GSTP/Origin/68

24 November 1993

Guyana

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India

GSTP/Origin/17/Add.2

15 August 1997

Indonesia

GSTP/Origin/41/Add.10

15 August 2001

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

GSTP/Origin/56/Add.1

3 May 2001

Iraq

GSTP/Origin/6/Add.3

9 March 1990

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

GSTP/Origin/23

12 February 1990

Malaysia

GSTP/Origin/35

25 January 1991

Mexico

GSTP/Origin/8/Add.3

2 May 2001

Morocco

GSTP/Origin/13/Add.3

1 August 2001

Mozambique

GSTP/Origin/77

19 April 2001

Myanmar

GSTP/Origin/75/Add.2

5 March 1999

Nicaragua

GSTP/Origin/71/Add.3

30 May 2000

Nigeria

GSTP/Origin/18

15 November 1989

Pakistan

GSTP/Origin/34

24 January 1991

Peru

GSTP/Origin/21/Add.9

22 November 2001

Philippines

GSTP/Origin/51/Add.1

12 November 1998

Republic of Korea

GSTP/Origin/9/Add.7

1 June 2001

Romania

GSTP/Origin/4/Add.4

9 April 2001

Singapore

GSTP/Origin/2

19 April 1989

Sri Lanka

GSTP/Origin/5/Add.7

19 September 2001

Sudan

GSTP/Origin/50/Add.2

27 July 1998

Thailand

GSTP/Origin/28/Add.8

27 November 2000

Trinidad and Tobago

GSTP/Origin/57/Add.2

4 April 2001

Tunisia

GSTP/Origin/53/Add.2

17 September 2001

United Republic of Tanzania

GSTP/Origin/19/Add.2

15 February 1996

Venezuela

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Viet Nam

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Yugoslavia

GSTP/Origin/10

25 July 1989

Zimbabwe

GSTP/Origin/43/Add.1

6 February 2001