Through two resolutions of the Ministry of Productive Development, published this Tuesday (20.04.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX) in the Official Gazette, the verification of preferential certificates of origin of merchandise was determined based on separate dumping investigations.
In Resolution 233 / 2022, it deals with products identified as measuring tapes declared as originating from the India and classified under tariff item 9017.80.10 of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR (NCM). In this case, the importing firm has initiated a non-preferential verification file, attaching a note from the supplier of the merchandise and other documentation related to the effect.
In light of this, all the information provided covered three points relating to: i) the location of the manufacturer's industrial plant; ii) its registration in the respective Industrial Registry of the exporting country; and iii) documentation considered relevant in order to corroborate the declared origin of the measuring tapes exported to our country.
Once the reference research is completed, the declared origin was recognized of the measuring tapes classified under the tariff item of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR (NCM) 9017.80.10, exported and manufactured by the firm FMI Limited of India, for meeting the conditions to be considered originating in this country in accordance with the provisions of Articles 14 of Law No. 22.415 (Customs Code) and 3 of Resolution No. 437 dated June 26, 2007 of the former Ministry of Economy and Production and its amendments, consequently canceling the non-preferential origin verification procedure.
With regards to Resolution 234 / 2022, It is ceramic tableware declared as originating from the Indonesia and classified in the tariff position of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR (NCM) 6911.10.10.
In this case, the resolution indicates that the required information was not received in time, so the declared origin was denied of the tableware classified in the tariff position of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR (NCM) 6911.10.10, exported to Argentina by the firm PT Indo Porcelain, imported by the firm Falabella SA, Import Clearance No. 19 001 IC04 160128 P dated September 10, 2019, for not meeting the conditions to be considered originating in Indonesia, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 14 of Law No. 22.415 (Customs Code) and 3 of Resolution No. 437 dated June 26, 2007 of the former Ministry of Economy and Production and its amendments.
On the importance of rules of origin
It should be noted that rules of origin are important because by accurately identifying the geographical origin of an imported good, different types of advantages are obtained. These are of a statistical, technical-productive or international marketing nature. Likewise, rules of origin are essential to improve the execution of different instruments of trade policy and even industrial policy, such as, for example, the obligation to apply or exempt the payment of tariff and non-tariff duties on imports; the allocation of tariff quotas; and the obtaining of reliable data on the origin and destination of the world trade of goods, which is of interest both from the national and international point of view.
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