TradeWindow Origin
Digital Certificate of Origin service
Your trusted partner for authentic certificates of origin for New Zealand and Australia.
A solution that makes your work life easier
Super-fast Certificates of Origin mean you can get on with your other tasks without juggling half-completed piles of export docs.
- Digital COOs are available 24/7* for goods that have passed verification checks
- Weekday approval for certificates that contain unapproved goods
- Self-service or assisted initial goods setup
- Customs compliant
- Exports from New Zealand and Australia
- Friendly customer support team to help guide you through your setup
Our solution is user-friendly and easy to set up. Plus, our local team of experts can support and answer your questions.
Certificate of origin options
There are various certificate of origin options that are available through the TradeWindow Origin application.
For New Zealand, these include:
- New Zealand–China Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- ASEAN Australian New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP)
- UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (UAE-CEPA)
For Australia, these include:
- China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA)
- ASEAN Australian New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA)
- Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA)
- Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA)
- UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (UAE-CEPA)
- Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA)
- Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA)
- Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA)
For further information relating to the Australian Free Trade Agreements, please visit the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
TradeWindow Origin also offers Certificates of New Zealand Origin and Certificates of Australian Origin for use in business-to-business contexts or where self-certification is permitted.
It’s as easy as:
Sign Up
Upload Goods
Create Certificate of Origin
Certificate Approved
TradeWindow Origin is authorised by the New Zealand Customs Service (under the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996) to issue Certificate of Origin in New Zealand for AANZFTA, CFTA and RCEP; and is authorised by JASANZ (on behalf of DFAT) for issuing Certificates of Origin under applicable FTAs in Australia for AANZFTA, ChAFTA, IA-CEPA, JAEPA, TAFTA, KAFTA and RCEP.
Before implementing TradeWindow Origin, it could take up to 24 hours to generate a Certificate. Using TradeWindow Origin has meant that these certificates can now be generated for ANZCO’s customers within 20 seconds for goods that have passed verification checks.
“Customers love it – they now have the original certificates within seconds of approval. It’s drastically cut down the waiting time for them.”
– Leigh-Anne Furby, ANZCO Foods Document Manager
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Certificates of Origin (CoO) are an essential component of international trade. They confirm that the goods in a particular shipment have been wholly obtained, produced, manufactured, or processed in a particular country. CoOs may be requested by importing countries’ Customs Departments, importers, freight forwarders, or banks.
Check out the process below. You can expect the process to take 5 minutes per product. Part of the process will depend on how many products you need to register.
- Register a new company
- Register a new authorised signatory
- Register goods and apply for your certificate of origin
Our TradeWindow Origin team will help get you up and running, including bulk updates when required.
Currently, certificates are required for the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, NZ China Free Trade Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
AANZFTA is an agreement between ASEAN member states; Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, New Zealand and Australia.
CFTA is an agreement between New Zealand and China.
NZ UAE-CEPA is an agreement between New Zealand and the UAE.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
There are various certificate of origin options that are available through the Origin application. These include certificates for import countries following free trade agreements and requiring verification by an authorised body i.e., China Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and ASEAN Australian New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and the UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
We can also provide Certificates of Australian and New Zealand Origin required for business to business transactions. These are certificates that are not mandated but can be used B2B or for Trade agreements that allow self-certification of origin.
TradeWindow Origin is authorised by the New Zealand Customs Service (under the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996) to issue Certificate of Origin in New Zealand for AANZFTA, CFTA and RCEP; NZ UAE-CEPA and is authorised by JASANZ (on behalf of DFAT) for issuing Certificates of Origin under applicable FTAs in Australia for AANZFTA, ChAFTA, IA-CEPA, JAEPA, TAFTA, KAFTA and RCEP.
Within minutes, once data is submitted for certificates in the electronic form, where the goods have been pre-approved.
Once the Origin verifier approves the origin criteria and HS code for a good, all future shipments for that good into that particular FTA will be issued and approved whenever the relevant data is submitted to the Origin system
Origin criteria approval is valid for three years from the date of declaration. New goods submitted are validated by the Origin verifier as true and correct.
New goods approval will take up to one working day to approve providing all supporting documentation is supplied according to the specific requirements of the FTA.
We can help you with manual/wet stamp certificates too if that is what you need. Contact our team at originsupport@tradewindow.io
*24/7 access is based on using pre-approved goods. Does not apply to wet stamp requirements.
