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title: "Rules of Origin"
description: "Rules of origin are a set of legal standards used to determine how to treat traded goods from a tariff standpoint on the basis of their country of origin."
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  - "Trade & Policy"
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# Rules of Origin

Rules of origin are a set of legal standards used to determine how to treat traded goods from a tariff standpoint on the basis of their country of origin.

## What are rules of origin?

A set of legal standards used to determine how to treat goods being traded from a tariff standpoint on the basis of their [country of origin](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/country-of-origin/). That is to say—different countries, organizations, and trade agreements stipulate different rules for determining which country you can claim as the country of origin for a specific good.

For example: a trade agreement like NAFTA has specific rules of origin that dictate what criteria or inputs a good not wholly produced in a NAFTA country must meet to be able to claim NAFTA as its country of origin.

Back to the [full glossary](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/).

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