Introduction : There are following preferential trade arrangements/agreements under which EIC/EIAs are authrioused to issue the Certificates of Origin. The copies of all such arrangements/agreements are as below :

• Preferential Tariff Schemes - An Overview
• Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
• EU GSP Scheme of Self Certification
• Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)
• Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
• South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
• SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)
• Indo-Sri Lanka free Trade Agreement (ISFTA)
• India Afghanistan Preferential Trade Agreement (IAPTA)
• Into Thailand Free Trade Agreement (ITFTA)
• Indo Singapore Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement (CECA)
• Indo Chile Preferential Trade Agreement (ICPTA)
• India MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement (IMPTA)
• India Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IKCEPA)
• ASEAN India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA)
• India Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA)
• India Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IJCEPA)
• India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (IMCECPA)
• India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (India-UAE CEPA)

Note All offices of EIC/EIAs are now also authorized to issue the non preferential Certificates of Origin.

Indian exporters have to obtain a Certificate of Origin (CoO) from the authorised Indian agencies to avail the preferential benefits under all above arrangements/agreements. The online application for CoO can be made through the Common Digital Platform for issuance of certificate of origin of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce at  https://coo.dgft.gov.in/