CO Task Force

A chamber's role in the issuance and attestation of Certificates of Origin (COs) and other trade documents is both unique and vital to the facilitation of international trade, especially in an increasingly differentiated rule of origin trading environment that lacks international certification standards.

As such, there is an urgency to reinforce and enhance the unique position of chambers of commerce as the natural agents in the issuance and attestation of COs. The global reputation of the ICC WCF and its platform is drawn upon to develop and harmonize certification standards and procedures that will benefit traders and customs administrations.

The WCF Certificate of Origin Task Force achieves this objective through the following strategies:

1. Coordinated and vigorous lobbying of international and national governments and agencies through ICC structures

2. Raising the credibility of chambers' trade document functions by:

(a) setting up international CO certification procedure standards and guidelines for the issuance and attestation of COs

(b) establishing an international accreditation of chamber staff through an international CO training programme

If your chamber would like to help WCF in any of these areas, please contact us.

Current Task Force Chamber members include:

Andorra	Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Services of Andorra
Australia	Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Australia	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia
Australia	Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland
Australia	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Austria	Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Bahrain	Bahrain Chamber of Commerce
Belarus	Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Belgium	Federation of Belgian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Brazil	National Confederation of Commerce (CNC)
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Canada	Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Chile	National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Chile
China	China Council for the Promotion of International Trade / China Chamber of International Commerce (CCPIT/CCOIC)
Croatia	Croatian Chamber of Economy
Cuba	Cuba Chamber of Commerce
Cyprus	Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Czech Republic	Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic
Denmark	Danish Chamber of Commerce
Estonia	Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Finland	Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland
France	Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Germany	Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce
Greece	Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Guatemala	Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala
Hong Kong	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Hungary	Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Iceland	Iceland Chamber of Commerce
India	Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Dehli
Ireland	Chambers Ireland
Ireland	Dublin Chamber of Commmerce
Israel	Tel-Aviv Chamber of Commerce
Italy	Union Camere de Italia
Ivory Coast	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Ivory Coast
Japan	The Tokyo chamber of commerce and Industry
Japan	The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Korea	Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Kuwait	The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Liechtenstein	Liechtensteinische Industrie- und Handelskammer, Vaduz
Luxembourg	Chambre de commerce du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Macedonia	Economic Chamber of Macedonia
Malaysia	Federation of Malaysians Manufacturers (FMM)
Malta	Malta chamber of Commerce and Entreprise
Mexico	Mexico City National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism
Moldova	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova
Mongolia	Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Netherlands	Chamber of commerce of the Netherlands
New Zealand	Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce
Norway	Oslo Chamber of Commerce
Panama	Panama Chamber of Commerce
Portugal	Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Romania	Chamber of commerce and Industry of Romania
Serbia	Serbian Chamber of Commerce
Singapore	Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
Slovakia	Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Slovenia	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
South Africa	Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry
South Africa	South African Chamber of Business
Spain	Superior Council of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Maritime
Spain	Madrid Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Sweden	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sweden
Sweden	Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Southern Sweden
Switzerland	Geneva Chamber of Commerce
Thailand	Thai Chamber of Commerce
Turkey	Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB)
Ukraine	Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
United Arab Emirates	Dubai Chamber Of Commerce and Industry
United Kingdom	British Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom	London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
United States	U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vietnam	Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry