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Procedure Name

Registration as an Exporter under the GSP, GSTP, SAPTA, SAFTA, ISFTA, PSFTA and APTA for Certificates Of Origin (CoO)

Description

Category	Registration
Responsible Agency	Department of Commerce Address: No: 21, “Rakshana Mandiraya”, 04^th Floor, Vauxhall Street, Colombo 02 Phone: +94-11 2 329 733/ +94 112 346 114/ +94 112 327 191/ +94 112 325 524 Email: fortrade@doc.gov.lk
Processing time	Upon receiving the required documets
Fee	One time payment of Rs.10 000

Required Documents

No.	Type of documents	Note
1	Dully completed Application
2	Business Registration Certificate	The original and a copy
3	A Certified copy of VAT Registration	The original and a copy
4	EDB Registration Certficate (if registered)	The original and a copy

Process Steps

Step 1	Submission of the application with required documents
Step 2	Check the application by Commercial Research Division, whether the application is in order
Step 3	Checked by a Deputy Director/Assistant Director to ascertain the eligibility of the product and recommend the registration.
Step 4	Approval by the Head of the Division
Step 5	Complete the one time payment of Rs. 10 000 for registration
Step 6	Issuance of the registration number to the exporter

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The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date	Issued By
Registration as an Applicant under GSP, GSTP, SAPTA, ISFTA, PSFTA and APTA for Certificate Of Origin (COOS)	Every exporter should get registered in the Department of Commerce in order to obtain Certificates of origin which are needed to claim the concession in Free Trade Agreements.	17-05-2018	18-07-2018

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Registration as an exporter under the GSP, GSTP, SAPTA, SAFTA, ISFTA, PSFTA and APTA for Certificates Of Origin (CoO)	Registration Requirement		All the exporters who apply for Certificates of Origin (CoO) should have the registration number issued by the Department of Commerce.	The exporters/ companies which do not have registered will not be issued Certificates of Origin (CoO)	Industrial Promotion Act, No. 46 of 1990	31-12-9999	Good