Gwangju FTA Utilization Support Center Holds Practical Training on FTA Utilization and Customs Refunds

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Gwangju FTA Utilization Support Center, operated by the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, announced on the 27th that it will conduct a ‘Practical Training on FTA Utilization and Customs Duty Refund for Enhancing Export Competitiveness’ for export-import personnel of companies on the 5th of next month at the underground training room (Lecture Room 2) of the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce.

The customs duty refund system, which export companies must know, is a system that supports companies in reclaiming taxes paid when importing raw materials used in exported goods.

This training is designed to improve the FTA utilization capabilities of export-import personnel and to strengthen the export competitiveness of companies.

In particular, it will focus on ▲Overview of customs duty refund ▲Methods of customs duty refund ▲Overview of FTA ▲Rules of origin determination ▲Origin certification documents, among other topics.

Also, as the last FTA training of this year that provides the ‘Certified Exporter Score’ granted by the Korea Customs Service, it is expected to be very helpful for export companies preparing to acquire or renew origin certified exporter status.

The Gwangju FTA Utilization Support Center has opened a total of 10 FTA training courses this year. Starting with the Korea-China FTA specialized training course in May, it has completed 8 courses so far, including FTA export-import customs clearance practice and FTA certificate of origin issuance practice, producing 173 trainees.

Applications can be submitted online through the education notice on the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce website until 6 p.m. on the 3rd of next month.

A representative of the Gwangju FTA Utilization Support Center said, “Proper utilization of FTAs helps secure and strengthen price competitiveness in the global market,” and added, “Next year, we will strive to increase regional FTA utilization rates by providing training that reflects newly implemented FTA agreements and key contents such as non-tariff barriers of major FTA countries.”

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