Form A - Certificate Of Origin With Notes (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

NOTES (2004)

Countries which accept Form A for the purposes of the generalized system of preferences (GSP):

Australia*

Republic of Belarus

European Union:

Italy

Austria

Canada

Republic of

Belgium

Cyprus

Poland

Japan

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Latvia

Portugal

New Zealand**

Russian Federation

Denmark

Lithuania

Slovenia

Norway

Germany

Luxembourg

Slovakia

Switzerland

Estonia

Hungary

Finland

United States of

Greece

Malta

Sweden

America***

Spain

Netherlands

United Kingdom

France

Ireland

II.

General conditions

To qualify for preferences, products must:

(a) fall within a description of products eligible for preferences in the country of destination. The description entered

on the form must be sufficiently detailed to enable the products to be identified by the customs officer examining

them;

(b) comply with the rules of origin of the country of destination. Each article in a consignment must qualify

separately in its own right; and

consigned direct from the country of exportation to the country of destination but most preference-giving

countries accept passage through intermediate countries subject to certain conditions. (For Australia, direct

consignment is not necessary.)

III.

Entries to be made in Box 8

Preference products must either be wholly obtained in accordance with the rules of country of destination or

sufficiently worked or processed to fulfil the requirements of that country’ s origin rules.

(a) Products wholly obtained: for export to all countries listed in Section I, enter the letter “ P” in box 8 (for Australia

and New Zealand Box 8 may be left blank)

(b) Products sufficiently worked or processed: for export to the countries specified below, the entry in Box 8 should

be as follows:

United States of America: for single country shipments, enter the letter “ Y” in Box 8, for shipments from

recognized associations of countries, enter the letter “ Z” , followed by the sum of the cost or value of the domestic

materials and the direct cost of processing expressed as a percentage of the ex-factory price of the exported

products; (example “ Y” 35% or “ Z” 35%).

Canada: for products which meet origin criteria from working or processing in more than one eligible least

developed country, enter letter "G" in Box 8; otherwise "F"

Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the European Union: enter the letter "W" in Box 8 followed by the Harmonized

Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) heading at the 4 digit level of the exported

product (example "W" 96.18).

Bulgaria and the Russian Federation: for products which include value added in the exporting

preference-receiving country, enter the letter "Y" in Box 8 followed by the value of imported materials and

components expressed as a percentage of the f.o.b. price of the exported products (example "Y" 45%); for

products obtained in a preference-receiving country and worked or processed in one or more other such countries,

enter "Pk".

Australia and New Zealand: completion of Box 8 is not required. It is sufficient that a declaration be properly

made in Box 12.

For Australia, the main requirement is the exporter's declaration on the normal commercial invoice. Form A,

accompanied by the normal commercial invoice, is an acceptable alternative, but official certification is not

required.

** Official certification is not required.

*** The United States does not require GSP Form A. A declaration setting forth all pertinent detailed

information concerning the production or manufacture of the merchandise is considered sufficient

only if requested by the district collector of Customs.

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