When it comes to international business and supply chains, foreign partners' country plays an important role. It also applies to opportunities it opens for your business. The country of origin of goods impacts taxes, benefits and preferences, permits and prohibitions. In other words, it determines the opportunities or potential risks for business in the supply of goods originating in certain countries.
The country of origin of the goods is essential for customs clearance. As well as the classification of goods plays an important part in determining the country of origin correctly.
Participants had an opportunity to discuss the following questions:
- Classification of goods and determination of the country of origin
- Risks for business in determining the product code according to Ukrainian Classification of Goods of Foreign Economic Activity
- How does the classification of goods affect prohibitions, restrictions on the import of goods? Classification of goods under trade protection. Analysis of real cases
- Basic rules for determining the country of origin
- Documentary proof of preferential origin of goods
- Regional Convention on Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Preferential Rules of Origin, applying tariff preferences in the framework of free trade agreements with the EU, EFTA, CIS, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Georgia, Canada
Speakers:
Yulia Pyndus, Consultant in the field of foreign economic activity, Capital, Agency of Customs Brokers. Yulia has 14 years of practical experience. She is the head of AmCham Ukraine Working Group on Authorized Economic Operator, speaker at KPMG Insight Academy, Kyiv Logistics School, PLASKE Academy, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other organizations. Yulia is a lecturer at the Kyiv National Economic University in the field of foreign economic activity.
Ivan Galatenko, Consultant on customs legislation, Capital, Agency of Customs Brokers. Ivan is an expert on the classification of goods. He worked in the department of control of customs value and nomenclature of Boryspil and Kyiv customs and Kyiv Customs' customs clearance.
