Rules of Origin

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

  
Botswana Malawi and Botswana

-wholly produced/grown

-substantial transformation

- the preferences exclude spirits

 -Malawi-Botswana Certificate of Origin
  1. To benefit from any Trade Agreement the exporter must first be registered with MRA or any competent Authority
  2. 2.Samples of certificates are attached for reference                       
  3. 3.A Certificate of Origin certifies that goods were produced or manufactured in a certain country.
  4. 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