CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN (COO) & GSP SERVICES:
- Certificate of Origin (COO) : A Certificate of Origin is the document that declares that goods in the export shipment are manufactured or produced in a particular country. The nationality of the product is mentioned in the certificate of origin. The Customs officials require the Certificate of Origin (CoO) for customs clearance procedures and it may also be required by the banks, importers, private stakeholders for several purposes.
- There are the following two types of certificates of origin that can be issued from DGFT - 1) Non-Preferential CoO and 2) Preferential CoO.
- GSP - Certificate:
GSP means, Generalized System of Preference, which is issued by Export Inspection Agency. Export Inspection Agency has offices in all major cities to serve exporters in maintaining best quality to meet the specification of buyer to have best quality management system for exporters. In order to get certificate of origin (GSP), before physical movement of goods, you need to apply with export inspection agency as per their specified request form along with copy of commercial invoice duly signed by the authorized signatory. After verifying properly and collecting necessary charges, export inspection agency certifies the document and issues GSP Certificate of origin along with attested copy of commercial invoices.
