Single window valuation system cargo tracking

13 Origin of goods
13.1 Introduction
Determining the origin of goods is important for the application of 
the customs tariff, quantitative restrictions, or of any other measure 
related to trade. The RKC, which also guides Ethiopia’s regime for 
the origin of goods, defines the country of origin of goods as the 
country in which the goods have been produced or manufactured, 
according to the criteria laid down for the purposes of application 
of the customs tariff, tariff preference or of any other measure 
related to trade. The RKC furthermore establishes standards and 
recommended practices regarding rules of origin, documentary 
evidence of origin and control of documentary evidence of origin 
respectively.
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Customs administers both non-preferential and preferential rules of 
origin:
• Non-preferential rules of origin refer to most favored nation 
(MFN) trade and are also used to apply trade policy measures 
such as anti- dumping or countervailing duties, safeguards 
measures, tariff quotas and quantitative measures, origin 
marking or “made in” labeling, trade statistics and government 
procurements. Non-preferential origin confers an “economic” 
nationality on goods but does not confer any benefit on them. 
Non-preferential rules of origin are covered under the WTO 
agreements.
• Preferential rules of origin refer to trade under free or 
preferential trade agreements, such as COMESA or bilateral 
agreements, and unilateral preferential trade arrangements, 
such as AGOA, GSP, Everything But Arms (EBA), etc. A 
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condition for a good to benefit from any preferences accorded 
under such agreements is to prove that its origin is in a 
benefitting country.
In Ethiopia, the origin of goods is governed under the terms of 
Articles 104-108 of the Customs Proclamation.