Online event
How to navigate Rules of Origin to remain competitive in overseas markets
Tuesday 17 February at 11:00AM
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Gain a comprehensive understanding on rules of origin and their importance in global trade. Learn how they affect your business. With the ever-changing world of international trade, tariffs and restrictions (and advantages!), rules of origin play a crucial role in making international trade work for your business.
What you’ll learn
- Understand the differences between preferential and non-preferential origin
- What documentation you might need to support origin rules
- Preferential criteria within Free Trade Agreements
- Best practices for compliance in origin documentation and declarations
Description
Join this whistle-stop tour of the rules of origin in international trade!
Find out how to determine the origin of your product in both non-preferential and preferential contexts. Origin has different implications depending on the type of preference, which can affect tariffs, quotas, policy. Learn how to make the origin rules work to the advantage of your business, to ensure full compliance and cost-saving in your origin declarations.
Whether your goods are wholly obtained, substantially transformed, or imported from overseas – find out how to determine origin in order to stay proactive and compliant and navigate future trading possibilities.
Are you exporting under a free trade agreement? Find out how to maximise the trade benefits, reduced import duties by uncovering the rules of origin specific to each free trade agreement:
- Change in tariff heading
- Value and weight limit for non-originating materials
- Specific process
This webinar will provide you with the knowledge to evaluate your products under the relevant origin rules for maximised compliance and competitive advantage.
Speakers
Beth Rice
Export Documentation Manager, International Trade Services, Business West
Beth Rice, Export Documentation Manager, International Trade Services. Beth has been part of the trade services team for over 10 years, and manager for 7 of those overseeing a bustling team of documentation specialists dealing with origin documents daily. Beth is qualified to process preference and non-preference documents, as well as ATA carnets, and is trained as a customs agent for chamber custom.
Megan Childs
Assistant Manager, International Trade Services, Business West
Megan has been with the International Trade Services team at Business West for over 2 years as an International Trade Documentation Specialist, qualified for issuance of Certificates of Origin, EUR1s and ATA Carnets.
Megan is now overseeing the team of documentation specialists, and is taking a lead on developing services to help exporters with preferential origin claims and Free Trade Agreements, with a view to enhance exporter compliance, reduce costs and grow international markets.