The British Chamber of Commerce with the support of the accredited Chamber network has written to the Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham the Minister for Trade and Investment regarding the increasing number of countries setting their own rules for the issuing of Certificates of Origin.
Caroline Williams CEO Norfolk Chamber of Commerce said: “If this proliferation is allowed to continue then the burden on exporters to comply will be onerous. This burden will fall particularly hard on small and medium sized companies without the resources to meet these requirements.”
The Chambers are calling for a stand-still in unilateral regulations and to reinforce efforts to successfully conclude the negotiations on the WTP Agreement on Rules of Origin (ARO) that have been in an impasse for over a decade
For more information please find the 2015 ICC Policy Statement and the letter sent to the Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham the Minister for Trade and Investment.
