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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Certification System

Apart from providing licensing services, the Department also administers a certification of origin system to establish the origin  of the goods which Hong Kong exports and to meet the requirements of the importing authorities.

Besides the Trade and Industry Department, the following five Government Approved Certification Organizations (GACOs) are designated by the Government of H.K.S.A.R. for issuing COs:

  1. The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
  2. The Indian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
  3. The Federation of Hong Kong Industries
  4. The Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong
  5. The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce

The issue of COs is governed by the Export (Certificates of Origin) Regulations of the Import and Export Ordinance and the Protection of Non-Government Certificates of Origin Ordinance*.

* The following COs issued by GACOs are protected by the Protection of Non-Government Certificates of Origin Ordinance (Cap. 324): Certificate of Hong Kong Origin, Certificate of Origin-Processing, Certificate of Origin Form A, Certificate of Hong Kong Origin - CEPA, Certificate of Hong Kong Origin - New Zealand and Certificate of Origin - Re-export.