Exporting Procedure

The Registered Exporter system "REX system" - is the system of certification of origin of goods that is applied in the Generalised System of Preference (GSP) of the European Union. The producers and exporters can register in the REX system to export local origin goods to the EU market.

An exporter shall request his registration to the competent authorities of the country where he is permanently established or where he has his headquarters. The exporter should be an established and functional manufacture or trader.

The exporting products should be eligible for GSP+ trade regime.

Exporting to The European Union

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A certificate of origin in the form ST-1 is issued for the sale of goods within the CIS. Certificates of origin in the form ST-1 are issued for the goods produced in one of the countries of the Agreement on Free Trade Area. This Agreement is valid among 10 CIS states: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (with some reservations), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan.

The country of origin of such goods shall be the country where the goods were entirely manufactured , or subject to the substantial transformation .

Goods entirely made in a particular country are the following: a. vegetables, fruits and nuts cultivated or gathered in that country; b. live animals born and bred in that country; c. products originating from animals bred in that country (e.g. milk); d. products originating as a result of hunting and fishing in that country; e. marine fishery and other products of marine operations produced by a sea vessel of that country; f. products produced on the board of processing vessel of that country and made solely from the above products; products made in that country solely from the products referred to in paragraphs a - f above.

As a general rule, goods are considered as originating from a given country, when processing or manufacturing thereof resulted in the change of the classification code of the goods under the Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification at the level of any first four digits. In order to determine the country of origin the following substantial transformation criteria are also applied:

a. observance of certain conditions, production operations sufficient to recognize the country of these operations as the country of origin;

b. a change in the goods cost when a percent share of the cost of materials used or added cost reaches the fixed share in the cost of the final goods (ad valorem share principle).

Chamber of Commerce and Industry

11 Khanjyan, Yerevan 0010, Armenia
Tel: +37460484902 / +37410560184
Email: info@armcci.am
Website: www.armcci.am

Additional information

For the purpose of conducting an examination, the Chamber shall submit a package of documents submitted by the applicant.

After examining the submitted documents and information, the expert conducts an examination aimed at:

1) determining the quantities of materials and components used in the production of the product;

2) if necessary, determining the country of origin of the components;

3) determining the value, size and specific weight of each component used for the production of the product, including the imported component, in the final price of the product concerned.

For the purpose of conducting an expert examination, the expert shall have the right to:

1) to enter the exporting organization, to study the production processes;

2) to check and analyze the technological processes of exported products.

After examining the documents and information submitted by the applicant, the expert issues a statement of examination, which is submitted to the Chamber.