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Certificate of origin

Meaning in logistics & supply chain, with examples

nounCommon term

In logistics & supply chain, certificate of origin means: An official document stating the country where goods were made, which customs uses to decide which duty rate and trade rules apply.

In Turkish: menşe şahadetnamesi, menşe belgesi

How it is used

Often issued or certified by a chamber of commerce. Non-preferential certificates simply prove origin; preferential ones, such as the EUR.1 movement certificate, allow lower or zero duty under a trade agreement. Often shortened to CO or COO.

Example sentences

  1. The buyer needs a certificate of origin from the chamber of commerce for their customs.

  2. Without the certificate of origin, the importer would have to pay the full duty rate.

Common collocations

  • issue a certificate of origin
  • preferential certificate of origin
  • chamber of commerce
  • country of origin
  • customs dutyA tax charged by a government on goods when they are imported, and in some cases exported, usually calculated as a percentage of their customs value.
  • commercial invoiceThe seller's bill to the buyer for goods sold internationally, showing the goods, quantities, prices, currency and terms of sale; customs uses it to work out duties.
  • HS codeA number from the Harmonized System, the international classification of goods run by the World Customs Organization, used to identify products for duties and trade statistics.
  • customs declarationThe official form, now usually electronic, in which an importer or exporter tells customs what the goods are and states their value, origin and HS code.

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