16 African Countries to Introduce Electronic CO System
The 16 member countries of the Southern African Development Community announced they will soon introduce an electronic certificate of origin system, according to a May 19 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The system will first feature a…
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test rollout this month in six member states: Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia. After the test, the system will be in use across all member nations, which includes nearly all African countries south of the equator, the HKTDC said. The system is expected to save exporters time and money by no longer requiring hard copy submissions.