Single window valuation system cargo tracking

13.3 Origin Marking
“Origin marking” refers to the affixing the name of the country of 
origin of imported goods, in English, on each good and the pack-
age. If there is no origin marking, goods are returned to the export-
ing country.
13.4 Preferential Rules of Origin of Goods
In Ethiopia, special customs tariff rates are applicable to goods 
produced in and imported from COMESA member countries. The 
COMESA tariff rate has 10% deduction from regular rates. Zero 
customs tariff rates are applied to goods imported from Sudan. 
To benefit from these preferences, a good’s origin in a COMESA 
member country, Sudan or Djibouti must be proven.
With regard to Ethiopia’s exports, goods produced in Ethiopia 
benefit from special treatment by a range of unilateral preference 
regimes in different trading partners, such as AGOA in the United 
States, Everything But Arms in the European Union, and General 
Systems of Preferences (GSPs) of other countries, such as Duty Free 
Tariff Preference (DFTP) of India or the duty free treatments granted 

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by China and South Korea.. To benefit from these preferences, origin 
of the goods in Ethiopia must be proven; normally this is done by 
obtaining a certificate of origin. Preferential certificates of origin, 
except for COMESA, are issued by ERCA, whereas COMESA and 
non-preferential certificates of origin are issued by ECCSA.
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13.5 Calculation of Duties and Taxes
Once a good has been classified into a tariff line, the importer 
determined the tariff rate to be applied to be paid as per the 
Ethiopian tariff book. The tariff book is a publication by the Ministry 
of Finance and Economic Cooperation (Ministry), which lists the 
import and export tariff rates which are applied in Ethiopia on goods 
exports and imports. The tariff book is based on the International 
Convention on the HS Code.