RULES OF ORIGIN
July 1st, 2002
Keith Nuthall
THE WORLD Trade Organisation's general council has been asked to approve global trading rules stating that instant coffee should generally be considered a product of the country where its coffee beans are grown, not where it is processed. The exception would be for blends where the dominant ingredient is less than 85 per cent of the whole, when the product would be considered from the country of manufacture. The recommendation comes from a special WTO rules of origin committee harmonising rules of origin internationally.
THE WORLD Trade Organisation's general council has been asked to approve global trading rules stating that instant coffee should generally be considered a product of the country where its coffee beans are grown, not where it is processed. The exception would be for blends where the dominant ingredient is less than 85 per cent of the whole, when the product would be considered from the country of manufacture. The recommendation comes from a special WTO rules of origin committee harmonising rules of origin internationally.
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