Certificate of Origin (CoO)
A statement of where goods were produced, usually stamped by a chamber of commerce.
Origin decides the duty rate, the quota treatment and whether the goods can enter the country at all. A certificate of origin states the origin of a shipment. In most cases a chamber of commerce certifies it. The chamber checks that your documents agree with each other before it stamps the certificate.
It is a non-preferential certificate. It says where the goods are from, but it does not claim a reduced duty rate. To claim a reduced rate under a trade agreement, you need the document that agreement requires instead.
Origin is the country where the goods were wholly obtained or last substantially transformed. It is not the country they shipped from, and not the country where the seller is registered.
Also called: COO, C/O.