Rules of Origin
The criteria customs authorities use to decide a product's country of origin for preferential-tariff purposes. Each free-trade agreement sets its own rules per HS heading.
Rules of origin are the per-product tests that decide whether goods qualify for a lower tariff under a free-trade agreement. There are two broad classes: preferential rules of origin (apply under FTAs) and non-preferential rules (apply to MFN treatment, anti-dumping, origin labelling).
Common tests inside FTAs: tariff shift (the product changed HS heading during manufacture), regional value content (a set percentage of the product's value was added in the FTA region), or a specified production process.
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