TRADE AGREEMENT | SIGNATORY COUNTRIES | ORIGIN CRITERIA | PROOF OF ORIGIN-Origin Certificates |
WTO | -159 members |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation |
-WTO Certificate of Origin |
AGOA | United States of America, Sub-Saharan Africa |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation |
-AGOA documentation |
GSP | ACP countries, EU |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation |
-GSP Form A |
COMESA | 19 members |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation |
-COMESA Certificate of Origin |
SADC | 14 members |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation -product specific rules |
-SADC Certificate of Origin |
Mozambique | Malawi and Mozambique |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation -excluded goods include beer, soft drinks of the Coca-Cola and Schweppes brand marks, tobacco, sugar, vegetable oil, chickens and eggs, office equipment, petroleum products, weapons, ammunition and explosives |
Malawi-Mozambique Certificate of Origin |
South Africa | -Malawi and South Africa |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation -Quotas apply to some products -non-reciprocal |
-SADC Certificate of Origin/ DA59 |
Zimbabwe | Malawi and Zimbabwe |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation equal to 25 per cent minimum domestic content |
-Form 60 |
China | Malawi and China |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation |
-Malawi-China Certificate of Origin |
Portugal | Malawi and Portugal |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation |
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Botswana | Malawi and Botswana |
-wholly produced/grown -substantial transformation - the preferences exclude spirits |
-Malawi-Botswana Certificate of Origin |
- To benefit from any Trade Agreement the exporter must first be registered with MRA or any competent Authority
- 2.Samples of certificates are attached for reference
- 3.A Certificate of Origin certifies that goods were produced or manufactured in a certain country.
- 4.For consignments up to US$1000the COMESA Certificate of Origin is dispensed with under the Simplified Trade Regime (STR).The STR only applies to an agreed common list of goods.Tariff treatments is similar to consignments with a formal COO