Competent authorities
The survey reaffirms that Chambers
remain seen as the competent authorities to issue Certificates of Origin. 97%
of the responding chambers are empowered to issue non-preferential CO while 47% of them issue
preferential CO. The 2013 survey shows indicates that in 24 countries, chambers
are the unique issuing body for non preferential COs, whilst in about 52
countries, they share the competency with ministries, custom authories or other
issuing bodies.
Electronic CO (eCO)
36%
of responding chambers are providing electronic CO issuing services to
businesses, with 57% interested to implement this service in the future.
In 2012, the
volume of non-preferential eCO issued by responding chambers reaches 1,899,882
copies, which indicates 16.7% yearly growth compared to the number in 2011.
The
survey demonstrates that eCO is recognized by a majority of the authorities
requiring a CO, freight forwarders and banks are most willing recipients of
eCO.
Self Declaration
76%
of the chambers reported that there was no move in their countries towards
self-declaration.