Certificate of Origin(Generalized System of Preferences Certificate of Origin) in Chinese sounds like 普惠制原产地证 is a document developed and approved in 1968 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), adopted by developed countries as part of the implementation of the General System of Preferences (GSP), this document gives the right to receive preferences when paying import customs duties at customs registration of goods originating from developing countries or from least developed countries.  The certificate of origin in the form "A" is accepted within the framework of the GSP (Generalized System of Preferences) system.

According to Appendix No. 2 adopted by the decision of the EurAsEC Interstate Council No. 18 of 27.11. 2009, a list of developing countries-users of the tariff preferences system of the Customs Union has been compiled.

In Russia in accordance with the decision of the CouncilECE No. 8 dated 13.01.2017. On the list of goods originating from developing countries or from least developed countries, in respect of which, when imported into the customs territoryThe EAEUtariff preferences are provided, a list of such goods has been approved.

How to get a certificate of origin in China?

Buying goods in China and crossing the Russian-Chinese border does not mean thatproductIt was produced in China. For this purpose, this document is required, which confirms that the place of actual production of goods exported from China is located on the territory of China and the goods are made entirely from Chinese raw materials or have undergone sufficient processing (processing) on the territory of China.

If the goods have been processed or processed in several countries, the country of origin is determined according to criteria that may be established by various trade agreements concluded by the exporting country with the exporting country (for example, free trade area agreements), or agreements in which both countries participate (for example, an Agreement on the Rules of OriginWTO, in which all WTO members participate).

The standard criteria for determining the place of origin of goods are the following signs:

• The goods were completely received or produced in a given country (this rule is most often applied when determining the place of origin of minerals and products of their processing, agricultural products);
• This country is the last place of sufficient processing (processing) of goods. That is, if two or more countries participate in the manufacture of a product, the country of origin of the product is recognized as the country in which it was subjected to the last significant processing necessary for the acquisition of its basic properties by the product. Sufficient processing (processing) of goods is considered to be processing, as a result of which the first digits of the commodity nomenclature code change, processing that meets the ad valorem share rule or certain technical requirements.
• Import Content Rule (Import Content Rule in which the share of the value originating from a country that is not a party to the agreement should not reach a certain level - as a rule, 30-50%)
• Local Cost Maintenance rule (Regional Value / Content Rule, according to which the content of the share of the value originating from the countries(s) that are parties to the free trade agreement should reach a certain level).

In China, the certificate of the country of origin of Form A is issued by the Inspection for the Control of Import-Export of Goods and Quarantine Supervision of China (CIQ – The China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau). CIQ representative offices are available at most crossing points of the Russian-Chinese border, so exporters do not have any problems with obtaining a Form A certificate. The cost of registration of the document is about 150-200 yuan. But you need to remind the supplier of the goods that you need a certificate of the country of origin of Form A.

The certificate must have the signature and seal of the regional representative office of this institution. Certificates issued by other authorities will probably not passcustoms control.

Certificates of origin can be divided into two main categories: preferential (allowing the importer to count on a preferential customs tariff) and standard (for determining the place of origin of goods).

You may need a certificate if compensatory, protective measures are applied to imported goods to protect domestic producers, the main of which are anti-dumping duties.

Also, this document will be useful to you ifthe contractit provides for a letter of credit form of payment, the certificate of the country of origin can be included in the list of documents confirming the delivery, in this case it will need to be submitted to the bank.

There are several varieties of certificates that are designated by different letters.

• A certificate in Form A is required for full or partial exemption from customs duties in the importing country when importing goods under the general system of preferences for developing countries. Chinese goods are subject to a common system of preferences in the European Union, the Customs Union and Japan.
• A certificate of origin in Form B is required for the export of goods for which a preferential customs tariff applies in a member country of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement. The parties to this agreement are China, Bangladesh, India, South Korea, Nepal, Laos, Sri Lanka, Philippines).
• A certificate of origin in the form of E - is needed for the export of goods for which a preferential customs tariff is in effect under the free trade zone agreement between the PRC and the ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam).
• Certificate of Origin in Form F - is used for the export of goods under the free trade zone agreement between China and Chile.
• Certificate of origin in the form of P - is used for the export of goods under the free trade zone agreement between China and Pakistan.
• Certificate of Origin in Form X - used for the export of goods under the Free trade zone agreement between China and Singapore.
• Other forms of certificate of origin are used for the export of goods under other free trade zone agreements concluded by the PRC (New Zealand, Iceland, Switzerland, etc.).