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COMESA

Goods are considered originating if they have been produced in the member States wholly or partially from materials imported from outside the member States or of undetermined origin provided that:

  • The c.i.f. value of those materials does not exceed 60% of the total cost of the materials used in the production of the goods;
  • The value added resulting from the process of production accounts for at least 35% of the ex-factory cost of the goods;
  • Manufacture from materials classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided frames or lenses are originating

SADC

  • Manufacture in which the value of the materials used does not exceed 60% of the ex-works price of the product

EAC

Goods are considered originating if they have been produced in the member States wholly or partially from materials imported from outside the member States or of undetermined origin provided that:

  • The c.i.f. value of those materials does not exceed 60% of the total cost of the materials used in the production of the goods;
  • The value added resulting from the process of production accounts for at least 35% of the ex-factory cost of the goods;
  • Manufacture from materials classified within a heading other than that of the product - Use of materials classified in a heading other than that of the product is considered substantial transformation.

EU GSP

  • Manufacture:
    - from materials of any heading, except that of the product, and
    - in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product
  • Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product
Exception: Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances or dentists' spittoons

Exception: Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sighttesting instrument that are not dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances or dentists' s