The exporting Party shall provide the opportunity for a principal manufacturer, a producer or an exporter to apply to an authorised body referred to in Annex 2A (Certificate of Origin Requirements) for a Certificate of Origin (CO).

To prove that a product is Singaporean, an Australian importer will have to produce two documents to the Australian Customs at the point of importation:

As the CO is valid for two years and the self declaration is not in any prescribed form, the cost of obtaining the documents in order to benefit from SAFTA will be minimal. The manufacturer or exporter that obtains a CO must maintain it for 5 years from the date of the CO.