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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)


General Questions

1. What is the ASEAN-wide Self Certification?
The ASEAN-wide Self-certification Scheme (AWSC) is a trade facilitation initiative that allows exporters who have demonstrated their competence to comply with ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) rules of origin (ROO) requirements, known as “certified exporters”, to self-certify the origin status for their goods to be eligible for ATIGA tariff preferences. With the implementation of the AWSC, Certified Exporters (CEs) are now able to make out the Origin Declaration to all ASEAN Member States.
2. What is the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA)?

The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) is a trade agreement that was signed by the Economic Ministers of the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam, Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 26 February 2009 at Cha-am, Thailand. 

The ATIGA aims to achieve free flow of goods in the region resulting in less trade barriers and deeper economic linkages among the ASEAN Member States, lower business costs, increased trade, and a larger market and economies of scale for businesses. The ATIGA enhanced and superseded the Agreement on Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (CEPT/AFTA) which was signed in 1992 and its related protocols and arrangements. To download the ATIGA main text, please click here.

3. What are the main differences between the AWSC Scheme and the SCPP1 and the SCPP2?

Two Self-Certification Pilot Projects (SCPP1 and SCPP2) implemented by the ASEAN Member States to achieve the level of comfort, particularly the risk management system, and the confidence in implementing the self-certification system. Both of the Self-Certification Pilot Projects will be terminated after the implementation of the AWSC Scheme. The SCPP1 was terminated on 19 Sep 2020 by the time the AWSC Entered into Force (EIF).  

The Participating Member States (PMS) of the SCPP1 are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand, while the PMS of the SCPP2 are Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. With the implementation of the AWSC, Certified Exporters (CEs) are now able to make out the Origin Declaration to all ASEAN Member States.

4. Will the implementation of the AWSC change the ATIGA Rules of Origin criteria?

The AWSC only simplifies the method of certification of origin of goods but does not change the actual rules for determining the origin of goods in the ATIGA scheme. All exporters are allowed to choose Origin Declarations methods by using AWSC, or paper-based Form D, or e-Form D, or perform all of them.


For the purposes of claiming the ATIGA preferential tariff treatment, the importer shall submit to the customs authority or relevant Government authorities of the importing Member State at the time of import:

(a) a Certificate of Origin (Form D/E-Form D) including supporting documents; or

(b) an Origin Declaration made out by a CE including supporting documents.

Certified Exporter (CE)

5. What is a Certified Exporter (CE)?

A Certified Exporter (CE) means an exporter duly authorised to make out an Origin Declaration on the origin of a good exported to be eligible for the ATIGA preferential tariff.

To become a Certified Exporter, an exporter must demonstrate their competence to comply with ATIGA rules of origin requirements, and fulfilled the minimum criteria to become a Certified Exporter according to the ATIGA OCP (Operational Certification Procedures) Rule 12A Paragraph 2.

6. How to become a Certified Exporter under the AWSC Scheme?

Please refer to the ATIGA Operational Certification Procedure (OCP) Rule 12A (2) for further detail on the minimum eligibility criteria to become a Certified Exporter in the AWSC Scheme. Additional requirements may be applied by each of the ASEAN Member States aside from below minimum eligibility criteria: 

1. Registered in the exporting Member State; 

2. Know and understand the Rules of Origin in the ATIGA;

3. Experienced exporter; 

4. No record of any Rules of Origin fraud; 

5. Good compliance measured by the risk management  rules; 

6. A trader must have a “manufacturer’s declaration” and  be ready for a retroactive check and verification; and 

7. Has a sound bookkeeping and record-keeping system.

If you feel that your company has fulfilled the minimum criteria, please contact the competent authority in your country to register your company as a CE.

7. What are the benefits of being a Certified Exporter (CE) under the AWSC Scheme?

The AWSC simplifies export formalities while reducing exporters’ workload, administrative burden and cost. Self-Certification enables Certified Exporters (CE) to make a declaration of the origin of exported goods on an invoice at any time. 

8. My company was a CE under the SCPP1 or the SCPP2 Scheme, is it possible for my company to be registered as a CE under the AWSC Scheme?

Please contact the competent authorities in your country to check on your company's eligibility to become a CE under the AWSC Scheme.

Normally, if a CE under the SCPP1 or the SCPP2 performs well, the competent authority will automatically enroll the said CE under the AWSC Scheme. However, there are some additional criteria that each of the ASEAN Member States may impose.

9. My company has a CE status under the AWSC Scheme. Recently, it just changed the legal address, what should I do?

According to the ATIGA OCP Rule 12A (4F), any changes under the ATIGA OCP Rule 2(4) must be informed to the competent authority immediately. Below are the information that must be informed immediately to the competent authority if any changes happen: 

(a) Legal name and address of the company; 

(b) CE authorisation Code; 

(c) Issuance date and expiry date, if applicable, of CE authorisation;

(d) List of products subject of the authorisation, including product description HS in six digit or AHTN Code/s ; and

(e) List of authorised signatories and their respective specimen signatures.

Competent Authority

10. What is a Competent Authority?

A Competent Authority means the Government authority of the exporting Member State designated to authorise CEs.

Please click this link to find a list of the competent authority in each of the respective ASEAN Member States.

Origin Declaration (OD)

11. What is an Origin Declaration?

Origin Declaration means a declaration on the origin of the goods exported made by a CE under the AWSC Scheme.

12. What are the required information inside the Origin Declaration?

The Origin Declaration indicative format shall follow the ATIGA OCP Rule 12B(1). Please find below for the required information inside an Origin Declaration:

1. Certified Exporter Detail 

  The CE Authorisation Code

2. Description of the Goods 

  - Product’s name; 

 - Six digit HS code or more detailed AHTN Code; 

 - Origin conferring criterion; 

 - Country of Origin; 

 - FOB price when the regional value content origin  criterion is used; 

 - Quantity of goods; 

 - Trademark; and 

 - For the case of Back-to-back Origin Declaration,  original Proof of Origin reference number, date of  issuance, Country of Origin of the first exporting  country, and, if applicable, CE Authorisation Code  of the exporter from the first exporting country. 

3. Certification by an Authorised Signatory 

 - Certification by an authorised signatory of the CE  that the goods specified in the Origin Declaration  meet all the relevant requirements 

 - Authorised signature over printed / stamped name  of the signatory.


An Origin Declaration may in the form of any types of document, as long as all information required are available.

Please click this link to download the indicative format of the Origin Declaration under the AWSC Scheme.

13. Who will issue my Origin Declaration (OD) under the AWSC Scheme?

Under the AWSC Scheme, a Certified Exporter (CE) will produce their own Origin Declaration to claim the ATIGA preferential tariff.

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