RD/RO/7* 12 September 2013 
  Committee on Rules of Origin 
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* In English only RD/RO/7 
 
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  G/RO/N/1 ~ G/RO/N/97 
Edited 23 Aug 2013  
 
Non-Preferential Rules of Origin  
 
1.  Members that have notified that they A PPLY Non-Preferential Rules of Origin to the 
CRO (total 41*) 
 
1. Albania (G/RO/N/47 & 53) 
2. Argentina (G/RO/N/2, 10 & 16) 
3. Australia (G/RO/N/1) 
4. Brazil (G/RO/N/78) 
5. Bulgaria (G/RO/N/17 & 27) 
6. Burkina Faso (G/RO/N/19) 
7. Canada (G/RO/N/1) 
8. China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) 
9. Colombia (G/RO/N/1) 
10. Croatia (G/RO/N/36 & 74) 
11. Cuba (G/RO/N/3) 
12. Czech Republic (G/RO/N/2) 
13. Estonia (G/RO/N/34) 
14. European Union (G/RO/N/1) 
15. Georgia (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) 
16. Hong Kong, China  (G/RO/N/1, 10, 24, 
30, Rev.1, 46, 59, 67, 73 & 86) 
17. Hungary (G/RO/N/2) 
18. Japan (G/RO/N/1) 
19. Jordan (G/RO/N/30) 
20. Korea (G/RO/N/1 & 63) 
21. Lao People's Democratic Republic 
(G/RO/N/96) 
22. Latvia (G/RO/N/25) 
23. Liechtenstein (G/RO/N/60/Rev.1) 
24. Lithuania (G/RO/N/36) 
25. Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) 
26. Malta (G/RO/N/4) 
27. Mexico (G/RO/N/12) 28. Moldova (G/RO/N/36) 
29. Morocco (G/RO/N/2) 
30. New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) 
31. Niger (G/RO/N/19) 
32. Norway (G/RO/N/8 & 62) 
33. Peru (G/RO/N/5, 49, 50, 52 & 77) 
34. Poland (G/RO/N/8) 
35. Qatar (G/RO/N/25) 
36. Romania (G/RO/N/1) 
37. Russian Federation (G/RO/N/84/Corr.1 & 
84) 
38. Rwanda (G/RO/N/75) 
39. Senegal (G/RO/N/10) 
40. Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1) 
41. Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7 & 29/Rev.1) 
42. South Africa (G/RO/N/3) 
43. Suriname (G/RO/N/43) 
44. Switzerland (G/RO/N/60/Rev.1) 
45. Taipei, Chinese (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) 
46. The Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (G/RO/N/45) 
47. Togo (G/RO/N/70) 
48. Tunisia (G/RO/N/7) 
49. Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28) 
50. Ukraine (G/RO/N/81) 
51. United States of America (G/RO/N/1, 6 & 
12) 
52. Venezuela (G/RO/N/10 & 14) 
53. Zimbabwe (G/RO/N/80) 
 
  
2.  Members that have notified that they  DO NOT APPLY Non-Preferential Rules of 
Origin to the CRO (total 44*)  
 1. Bolivia (G/RO/N/9) 
2. Brazil (G/RO/N/14) 
3. Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/5) 
4. Burundi (G/RO/N/33) 
5. Chad (G/RO/N/22) 
6. Chile (G/RO/N/6) 
7. Costa Rica (G/RO/N/1) 
8. Cyprus (G/RO/N/19) 
9. Dominica (G/RO/N/24) 
10. Dominican Republic (G/RO/N/9) 
11. El Salvador (G/RO/N/10) 
12. Fiji (G/RO/N/17) 
13. Ghana (G/RO/N/44) 
14. Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) 
15. Guyana (G/RO/N/42) 
16. Haiti (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) 
17. Honduras (G/RO/N/3) 
18. Iceland (G/RO/N/5) 
19. India (G/RO/N/1) 
20. Indonesia (G/RO/N/16) 21. Israel (G/RO/N/13) 
22. Jamaica (G/RO/N/4)  
23. Kenya (G/RO/N/9) 
24. Macao, China (G/RO/N/21) 
25. Malaysia (G/RO/N/6) 
26. Maldives (G/RO/N/22) 
27. Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) 
28. Mongolia (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) 
29. Namibia (G/RO/N/26) 
30. Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10) 
31. Oman (G/RO/N/32) 
32. Pakistan (G/RO/N/16) 
33. Panama (G/RO/N/23)  
34. Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32) 
35. Paraguay (G/RO/N/21) 
36. Peru (G/RO/N/4) 
37. Philippines (G/RO/N/6) 
38. Samoa (G/RO/N/97) 
39. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of (G/RO/N/48) 
40. Singapore (G/RO/N/3) RD/RO/7 
 
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  41. Suriname (G/RO/N/24)  
42. Thailand (G/RO/N/1) 
43. Trinidad and Tobago (G/RO/N/7) 
44. Uganda (G/RO/N/13) 
45. United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/13 & 17) 46. Uruguay (G/RO/N/12) 
47. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 
(G/RO/N/1) 
48. Viet Nam (G/RO/N/68 & 79) 
 
 
3.  Members that have not notified Non- Preferential Rules of Origin to the CRO 
(total 46*) 
 1. Angola  
2. Antigua and Barbuda  
3. Bahrain, Kingdom of  
4. Bangladesh  
5. Barbados  
6. Belize  
7. Benin  
8. Botswana 
9. Cambodia  
10. Cameroon  
11. Cape Verde  
12. Central African Republic  
13. Congo  
14. Côte d'Ivoire  
15. Democratic Republic of the Congo  
16. Djibouti  
17. Ecuador  
18. Egypt  
19. Gabon  
20. Grenada  
21. Guinea  
22. Guinea-Bissau 
23. Guyana  
24. Kenya  25. Kuwait, the State of  
26. Kyrgyz Republic  
27. Malawi  
28. Mali  
29. Mauritania  
30. Montenegro  
31. Mozambique  
32. Myanmar  
33. Nepal  
34. Nigeria  
35. Rwanda  
36. Saint Kitts and Nevis  
37. Saint Lucia  
38. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  
39. Sierra Leone  
40. Solomon Islands  
41. Sri Lanka  
42. Swaziland  
43. Tajikistan  
44. Tanzania  
45. The Gambia  
46. Tonga  
47. Vanuatu  
48. Zambia 
 
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  Preferential Ru les of Origin 
 
 4.  Members that have notified Preferential  Rules of Origin to the CRO (total 88*)  
 
1. Albania (G/RO/N/47 & 53) 
2. Argentina (G/RO/N/10, 12 & 16) 
3. Armenia (G/RO/N/41) 
4. Australia (G/RO/N/1 & 51) 
5. Bolivia (G/RO/N/1, 12 & 22)  
6. Brazil (G/RO/N/12) 
7. Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/4) 
8. Bulgaria (G/RO/N/17, 22, 23 & 27) 
9. Burkina Faso (G/RO/N/19) 
10. Canada (G/RO/N/1, 6, 8, 9, 16, 31 &71) 
11. Chile (G/RO/N/6, 38 & 91) 
12. China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) 
13. Colombia (G/RO/N/1, 12 & 94) 
14. Costa Rica (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1 & 93)  
15. Cote d'Ivoire (G/RO/N/11) 
16. Croatia (G/RO/N/36 & 74) 
17. Cuba (G/RO/N/3) 
18. Cyprus (G/RO/N/19) 
19. Czech Republic (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) 
20. Democratic Republic of the Congo 
(G/RO/N/48) 
21. Dominica (G/RO/N/24) 
22. Dominican Republic (G/RO/N/5, 39 & 40) 
23. Ecuador (G/RO/N/1 & 12)  
24. El Salvador (G/RO/N/10, 11, 43 & 93)  
25. Estonia (G/RO/N/31 & 34)  
26. European Union (G/RO/N/1, 22, 23, 69, 
90, 93 & 94) 
27. Fiji (G/RO/N/17) 
28. Gabon (G/RO/N/65) 
29. Georgia (G/RO/N/38) 
30. Ghana (G/RO/N/44) 
31. Guatemala (G/RO/N/21, 93 & 95) 
32. Guyana (G/RO/N/42) 
33. Honduras (G/RO/N/3, 10 & 93)  
34. Hungary (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) 
35. Iceland (G/RO/N/15, 22, 23, 82 & 83) 
36. India (G/RO/N/1) 
37. Indonesia (G/RO/N/4) 
38. Israel (G/RO/N/13) 
39. Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) 
40. Japan (G/RO/N/6, 8 & 39) 
41. Jordan (G/RO/N/30) 
42. Kenya (G/RO/N/9 & 85) 
43. Korea, Republic of (G/RO/N/7) 
44. Kyrgyz Republic (G/RO/N/39) 
45. Lao People's Democratic Republic 
(G/RO/N/96) 
46. Latvia (G/RO/N/25) 
47. Lesotho (G/RO/N/56) 
48. Liechtenstein (G/RO/N/22, 23, 82 &83) 
49. Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) 
50. Malaysia (G/RO/N/4 & 91) 
51. Maldives (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) 
52. Mali (G/RO/N/35 & 89) 
53. Malta (G/RO/N/4) 
54. Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) 55. Mexico (G/RO/N/12) 
56. Moldova (G/RO/N/36) 
57. Morocco (G/RO/N/2) 
58. Myanmar (G/RO/N/36) 
59. Namibia (G/RO/N/26) 
60. New Zealand (G/RO/N/1 & 51) 
61. Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10, 92 & 93) 
62. Niger (G/RO/N/19) 
63. Norway (G/RO/N/8, 22, 23, 62, 82 & 83) 
64. Oman (G/RO/N/32) 
65. Pakistan (G/RO/N/16) 
66. Panama (G/RO/N/23, 92, 93 & 95)  
67. Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32) 
68. Paraguay (G/RO/N/12) 
69. Peru (G/RO/N/1, 12, 49, 72, 77, 83 & 
94) 
70. Philippines ( G/RO/N/4) 
71. Poland (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23)  
72. Qatar (G/RO/N/25)  
73. Romania (G/RO/N/14, 22 & 23)  
74. Russian Federation (G/RO/N/84) 
75. Rwanda (G/RO/N/75) 
76. Samoa (G/RO/N/97) 
77. Senegal (G/RO/N/10) 
78. Singapore (G/RO/N/3 & 4) 
79. Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1) 
80. Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7, 22, 23 & 
29/Rev.1) 
81. South Africa (G/RO/N/87) 
82. Suriname (G/RO/N/24 & 43) 
83. Switzerland (G/RO/N/6, 13, 22, 23, 82 & 
83)  
84. Tanzania (G/RO/N/66) 
85. Thailand (G/RO/N/1 & 4) 
86. The Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (G/RO/N/45) 
87. The Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/22 & 23) 
88. Togo (G/RO/N/70) 
89. Trinidad and Tobago (G/RO/N/7, 24 & 
54) 
90. Tunisia (G/RO/N/7) 
91. Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28)  
92. Uganda (G/RO/N/13) 
93. Ukraine (G/RO/N/57, 58, 64, 72 & 82) 
94. United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17) 
95. US (G/RO/N/1, 6, 12, 18 & 88)  
96. Uruguay (G/RO/N/5) 
97. Venezuela (G/RO/N/1 & 12) 
98. Viet Nam (G/RO/N/68) 
99. Zambia (G/RO/N/15) 
100.  Zimbabwe (G/RO/N/55) RD/RO/7 
 
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  5.  Members that have notified that they DO  NOT HAVE Preferential Rules of Origin to 
the CRO (total 6*)  
 1. Burundi (G/RO/N/34) 
2. Taipei, Chinese (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) 
3. Haiti ( G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) 
4. Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1) 
5. Macao, China (G/RO/N/21) 
6. Mongolia (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) 
 
 
6. Members that have not notified Preferential  Rules of Origin to the CRO (total 37*)  
 1. Angola 
2. Antigua and Barbuda 
3. Bahrain, Kingdom of 
4. Bangladesh 
5. Barbados 
6. Belize 
7. Benin 
8. Botswana 
9. Cambodia 
10. Cameroon 
11. Cape Verde 
12. Central African Republic 
13. Chad 
14. Congo 
15. Djibouti 
16. Egypt 
17. Grenada 
18. Guinea 19. Guinea-Bissau 
20. Jamaica 
21. Kuwait, the State of  
22. Malawi 
23. Mauritania 
24. Montenegro 
25. Mozambique 
26. Nepal 
27. Nigeria 
28. Saint Kitts and Nevis 
29. Saint Lucia 
30. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 
31. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 
32. Sierra Leone 
33.
 Solomon Islands 
34. Sri Lanka 
35. Tajikistan 
36. The Gambia 
37.Vanuatu 
  
* The EU (28) is counted as one member.  
  
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