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Origin Verification Modalities by FTA

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Origin Verification Modality

Overview of Origin Verification

  • Country of Origin is verified by targeting the domestic importer, exporter, producer, issuing-authority of the origin supporting documents as well as the exporter or producer of the FTA contracting party in order to confirm the origin of the exported/imported goods and to verify whether or not preferential tariff treatment was duly granted to the goods.
  • Origin Verification is conducted after categorizing them into export verification and import verification and different modality for origin verification is applied under each FTA

Verification Modalities by Agents

  • Direct Verification (American Style): direct verification conducted by Customs in Importing Party targeting the overseas exporter
  • Indirect Verification (European Style): Customs in the exporting country conducted origin verification on domestic exporter as requested by the importing country. Officials from the importing country’s competent authority can join the verification as an observer.
  • Combination of Direct and Indirect Verification (Asian Style)

Verification Modalities by FTA

Verification Modalities by FTA
FTA Indirect verification Direct verification Reply Provisions
Replied
within*		 Replied by
Chile 　 Written questionaries, information request
or verification visit		 30 days
(written request)		 Exporter or
producer		 Article 5.8
Singapore 　 Information request
or verification visit		 30 days
(written request)		 Importer,
Exporter or producer		 Article 5.7
EFTA Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party
(The customs officials of the importing party are allowed to be present as an observer.)		 15 months Customs
authority		 Article 24
of Annex Ⅰ
ASEAN Request to the issuing authority of the exporting party Verification visit
(in exceptional cases)		 2 months (indirect) Customs
authority
(Korea)
Issuing
authority
(ASEAN)		 Rule 14 to 16 of Appendix 1 of Annex 3
India Request to the issuing authority of the exporting party Written questionaries, information request
or verification visit
(in exceptional cases)		 3 months (indirect) Customs
authority
(Korea)
Issuing
authority
(India)		 Article 4.11
to 4.13
EU Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party
(The customs authority of the
importing party is allowed to
join the inquires.)		 Verification visit
(in exceptional cases)		 10 months Customs
authority		 Article 27
of the Origin
Protocol
Peru Request to the customs
authority of the exporting party		 Written questionaries, information request
or verification visit		 150 days
(indirect)
90 days
(direct)		 Customs
authority
of the
exporting
party
(indirect)
Exporter, etc.
(direct)		 Article 4.8
USA Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party
(only for textile or apparel
goods)		 Written questionaries, Information request
or verification visit		 Customs
authority
(indirect)
Exporter, etc.
(direct)		 Article 4.3
(textile and
apparel
goods)
and
Article 6.18
Turkiye Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party
(The customs officials
of the importing party are allowed to be present as an observer.)		 10 months Customs
authority		 Article 25
of the
Origin
Protocol
Australia Request to the issuing authority or the customs authority of the
exporting party		 Information request
or verification visit		 30 days Issuing
authority, etc
(indirect)
Exporter, etc
(direct)		 Article 3.23
to
3.24
Canada Written
questionnaires or
verification visit		 Exporter or producer Article 4.6
China Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party		 Verification visit
(in exceptional cases)		 6 months
(indirect)		 Customs authority
(indirect)		 Article 3.23
New
Zealand		 Information request
or verification visit		 90 days
(written request)		 Importer,
exporter or producer		 Article 3.24
Vietnam Request to the issuing authority of the exporting party Verification visit
(in exceptional cases)		 6 months Customs
authority
(Korea)
Issuing
authority
(Vietnam)		 Article 3.21
Columbia Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party		 Information
request or verification visit		 150 days (indirect)
30 days
(written request)		 Customs authority
(indirect) Exporter, etc
(direct)		 Article 3.25
Central
America		 Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party		 Written questionaries, information request
or verification visit		 30 days
(written request)		 Exporter, etc Article 3.24
United
Kingdom		 Request to the customs authority
of the exporting party
(The customs authority of the
importing party is allowed to
join the inquires.)		 - 10 months Customs

authority		 Article 27
(PROTOCOL)
RCEP a written request for additional
information to the issuing body or competent authority of the
exporting Party		 the written request
for information,
a verification visit		 30 and 90 days from
the date of receipt
of the written request		 the issuing body or
competent authority of the exporting Party (indirect) importer,
exporter, or producer
(Direct)		 Article 3.24
Cambodia the competent authority of the
exporting Party		 the exporting
Party shall
set a date of visit
upon agreement from
the exporter or the
producer, the
importing Party and
the exporting Party		 (receipt of the written request for
information)
30 and 90 days,

(exporter, producer,
or the competent
authority to
consent or
refuse the request for a verification visit)
30 days		 the customs authority of the
exporting
Party (indirect)
importer,
exporter,
or producer
(direct)		 Article 3.22
Israel Request to the customs authority
of the exporting Party
※ If the customs authority of the
importing Party is not satisfied
with the results provided by the
customs authority of the exporting Party, under exceptional
circumstances, written requests for additional information, documents
or explanations, to the customs
authority of
the exporting Party		 (under exceptional
circumstances) the
exporting Party shall
set a date of visit
upon agreement
from the exporter
or the producer,
the importing
Party and the
exporting Party		 indirect : 10 months
(90 days from the
receipt of
such request
from the customs
authority of the
importing Party)		 the customs authority of the exporting Party (indirect)
importer, exporter,
or producer
(direct)		 Article 3.29
Indonesia

Request to the customs authority
of the exporting Party
※ If the customs authority of the
importing Party is not satisfied
with the results provided by the
customs authority of the
exporting Party,

under exceptional circumstances, written requests for additional information, documents
or explanations, to the customs
authority of
the exporting Party

under exceptional
circumstances,

verification visits
(to the
exporting Party)

 Indirect : two months (four months after the date of receipt of the
request)		 the customs authority of the exporting Party (indirect)
importer, exporter, or producer
(direct)		 Article 3.23

Reply period refers to the answering period that the exporting country’s verification-authorized body provides a reply to the importing country’s verification-authorized body.

Reply period refers to the answering period that the exporting country’s verification-authorized body provides a reply to the importing country’s verification-authorized body.
Remarks

ASEAN States (10)


Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

EFTA States (4)


Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein,
Island

EU States (27)


England, Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Italia, Greece, Austria, Luxemburg, Belgium, Netherland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Bulgaria, Rumania