Keyword: Rules of Origin
REX digital system for LDC exporters and EU importers
13 May 2019. Started in 2017, the Registered Export System (REX) is an electronic system used to certify the origin of products from developing...
Preferential market access for goods
Merchandise exports from LDCs benefit from duty free, quota free market access and from more favourable rules of origin (see also "Basis for preferential treatment...
China’s Rules of Origin for LDCs
May 23, 2017. Although China has been granting special preferential tariff treatment to LDCs with established diplomatic relations since 2002, it recently introduced changes...
South Asian Free Trade Area
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is the free trade arrangement of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The agreement came...
Do relaxed rules of origin boost LDC exports?
by Matthias Bruckner*
At the last WTO Ministerial, held in Nairobi from 15-19 December 2015, WTO Members agreed on new guidelines for preferential rules of...
ESCAP publication on implementation of Bali package by LDCs
In a new publication, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAPE)discusses the implementation of the Bali package, and provides background information and...
ICTSD analyses what LDCs stand to gain (or lose) at the 10th WTO Ministerial...
The latest issue of bridges Africa, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development’s newsletter, is dedicated to Least Developed Countries (LDCs)’ concerns and...
Are rising imports from LDCs in the EU resulting from more flexible rules of...
As of 1 January 2011, the European Union offers more flexible rules of origin for imports from developing countries, in particular from least developed...
