How can you boost your export? With the approved exporter? OK but which are the requirements to become approved exporter? According to the “ Guidance on Approved Exporters” of TAXUD the prerequirements are: frequency of consignments (except for the FTA with South Corea); the exporter should be known as reliable. A condition may be that he must not be subject to bankruptcy proceedings or being in arrears of customs duties and taxes; Any product can be covered by the authorisation where it is originating in the framework of the preferential arrangement concerned and benefits from a preferential duty rate The economic operator has to provide with these data: Data relating…

Who is the approved exporter? The approved exporter is an economic operator-based in the EU- which is authorized to certify the preferential origin himself by including a specific declaration on the invoice or another commercial document identifying the exported products. It is a status which allows: a) time saving; b) boost your export. The economic operator can be either manufacturer or trader. Except for the FTA with the South Korea which provides with only the approved exporter, it is an alternative way to prove the preferential origin status  instead of applying upon each export for issue of a movement certificate EUR.1 The application for the approved exporter status is a…