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2.4 Application for Textiles and Textile Products
For garment products qualifying as originating goods under the USSFTA, you must declare
the Certificate Type as “18” when you declare your application via TradeNet®. If you do not
have the TradeNet® software, you may engage a freight forwarder or a Service Centre to
declare the application on your behalf.
2.5 Application for Retrospective/Retroactive COs
On request by your overseas importers, provided that this is allowed under the rules of the
Scheme/FTA, you may apply for Retrospective/Retroactive CO for shipments that have
been previously exported and Export Permit had been obtained.
Select Permit Message Type – “Certificate of Origin”. An additional detail that you will need
to declare is the Export Permit No. for the shipment to be entered in the “Previous Export
Permit No.” field. Please indicate the Unique Reference Number (URN) on this Export
Permit and attach it as a scanned document at the time of retrospective application via
Tradenet®. Alternatively you may fax it to : 6337 6360 or 6337 6361.
2.6 Approval Message
If you have submitted all the details correctly in your CO and Export Permit application, the
System will approve your application by allotting the CO and the Cargo Clearance Permit
(CCP) with a number each and transmit the approval message back to you.
An example of an approval message is as follows:
A51 – APPROVED BY SINGAPORE CUSTOMS. FOR ALL ITEMS.
Y96 – APPLICATION IS APPROVED ON CONDITION THAT DECLARANT/
EXPORTER HAS EXERCISED DUE DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE THAT THE
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