Community Rules of Origin
In order to receive exemption, importers must submit a CARICOM Certificate of Origin which validates that the product originated within CARICOM. Article 84 of the Revised Treaty sets out the application of the CARICOM Rules of Origin3Regime.
To meet the criteria of originating, goods have to be wholly produced within the Community, or have been produced within the Community wholly or partially from materials imported from outside the Community or from materials of undetermined origin by a process which effects a substantial transformation characterized by:
a) the goods being classified in a tariff heading different from that in which any of those materials is classified; or
b) In a case of the goods set out in the List in Schedule 1 to the Treaty, only be satisfying the conditions specified on Rules of Origin.
For further information see Breedy Report.