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සියලුම පුවත් මෙතැනින්

දැක්ම

"ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙළඳ සම්බන්ධතා තුළින් ජනතාවගේ ජීවන තත්වය උසස් කිරීම"

මෙහෙවර

“සමස්ත නිෂ්පාදන, ආදායම් සහ සේවා නියුක්තිය දියුණු කිරීම තුළින් ජීවන තත්ත්වය නංවාලීම සහ ඉහළ ජීවන තත්ත්වයක් ළඟාකර ගැනීම මගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සමස්ත ආර්ථික වර්ධනය සඳහා ක්‍රියාකාරී ලෙස දායකත්වය ලබාදීමේ අරමුණින් යුතුව, රජයේ වෙළඳ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ඵලදායී ලෙස ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම මගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ වෙළඳ සම්බන්ධතා ද්විපාර්ශ්වික, කලාපීය සහ බහුපාර්ශ්වික මට්ටම්වලින් සංවර්ධනය කිරීම සහ ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම.”

Sufficiently worked or processed products

Affidavit

Note: Affidavits for spices should be for each shipment and contain additional details as per Note 1 of the general affidavit format

Cost Statement

Documents needed to be submitted together with the cost statement to verify

  • Import CUSDEC
  • Import Invoice
  • Products Eligible Under SAARC Cumulation
    GSP Form A issued by imported SAARC country
  • Products Eligible Under EU Cumulation
  • EUR1 Form or invoice declaration issued by EU authorities
Material Sheet

Apparel manufactured by using local fabric

Documents needed to be submitted to verify the imported raw materials

  • Local fabric CUSDEC
  • Invoice

Apparel manufactured by using EU fabric

  • Material Sheet format for EU fabric
  • Documents needed to be submitted to verify the imported  raw materials
  • CUSDEC for imported fabric
  • Invoice
  • EUR1

Product eligible under change of tariff heading criteria 

Documents needed to be submitted to verify the imported  raw materials

  • CUSDEC for imported raw materials
  • Invoice for imported raw materials

 

Fees

 

Certificate of Origin - Rs.1500.00
Extra Copy of Certificate of Origin - Rs.750.00
Duplicate Certificate of Origin - Rs.1500.00
True Copy of Certificate of Origin - Rs.500.00

 

Service providing time

 

Time of Submission for Certificate of Origin -  8.30 AM - 3.00 PM
Time of Issuance of Certificate of Origin -  9.00 AM - 12.30 PM

 

Click here to Apply Online (E-Service for Issuance of Certificate of Origin)

 

The central pillar of the multilateral rule-based trading system enshrined in the GATT/WTO is the acceptance and operation of the Most Favoured Nation principle. This means that every member of GATT/WTO should invariably accord the same, identical, equal and non-discriminatory treatment to all imports irrespective of the countries of origin.

However, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is an officially agreed exception to the MFN principle which was proposed at the first meeting of the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with a view to assisting the developing countries in their exports and development efforts. In 1964, the First United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) started to look into ways and means of granting special trade preferences to developing countries.

Main objectives of granting trade preferences to developing countries were :

  • To enhance export earnings of developing countries.
  • To promote industrialization, and
  • To encourage the diversification of their economies.

In 1968, UNCTAD recommended the creation of a "Generalized System of Tariff Preferences" under which industrialized countries would grant autonomous trade preferences to all developing countries.

In order to implement the system a waiver was required from Article 1 of the GATT which prohibits discrimination. This waiver was granted in 1971 by adopting the "enabling clause" of the GATT to create the legal framework for the "Generalized System of Tariff Preferences" (GSP). Under this framework developed countries were authorized to establish individual Generalized Schemes of Tariff Preferences.

The enabling clause was adopted originally for ten years, and renewed in 1979, for an indefinite period of time thereafter.

Countries that Extend GSP Benefits

Australia
Belarus
Canada
EU*
Japan
Norway
New Zealand
Russian Federation
Switzerland
Turkey
USA
* EU Member States
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Germany
Greece

Finland
France
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland

Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom