Regulations on Simple Processing and Manufacturing Stages of Originating Goods

Regulations on simple processing and manufacturing stages for goods of origin (illustrative image)

At Article 8 of Appendix I, Rules of Origin issued together with Circular 40/2015/TT-BCT, it is stipulated that goods are not considered to have origin in the territory of a member country if the following simple processing and manufacturing stages are carried out separately or in combination within the territory of that member country. The details of these stages are as follows:

- The stages of preserving goods in good condition during transport and storage;- Changing packaging, dismantling and assembling packages;- Simple washing, cleaning, dust removal, oxide removal, oil, paint, or other surface coatings;- Ironing or straightening fabric;- Simple painting and polishing stages;- Milling, husking, partial or complete bleaching, polishing, and glazing cereals and rice;- Coloring sugar or forming sugar blocks;- Simple peeling, seeding, or husking;- Simple sharpening, grinding, or cutting;- Sieving, screening, selecting, sorting, grading, or grouping;- Simple packing into bottles, cans, molds, bags, sacks, boxes, selecting covers, and other simple packaging stages;- Affixing or printing labels, marks, or logos, and similar distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;- Simple mixing of products, whether of the same or different kinds;- Simple assembling of product parts to create a complete product or disassembling a product into individual parts;- Simple inspection or testing; or- Slaughtering animals.

Note: Goods with origin in the territory of a member country retain their original origin when exported from the other member country, where the simple processing and manufacturing stages as regulated above are carried out.

For more details, refer to Circular 40/2015/TT-BCT effective from December 20, 2015.

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