1.3Documentation · 3–6 weeks · High-volume exporters

Assured Origin File

Origin Documentation — Assured Origin File

We prepare a file that stands behind your origin declaration, has passed independent expert review and can be defended under audit.

Promise

We prepare a file that stands behind your origin declaration, has passed independent expert review and can be defended under audit.

What is it?

When an origin declaration is questioned at EU customs or in a buyer audit, the first question is: who prepared this, and on what data? If the answer is "we prepared it ourselves", both time and credibility are lost.

This service reviews every record underlying the declaration — supplier declarations, production records, value-added calculations, tariff classification reasoning — and consolidates them into a single systematic file.

Why is it necessary?

Having a file ready, rather than searching backwards through months of records when an audit arrives, changes both the duration and the outcome.

When a European buyer sees this file, they understand that the supplier in front of them takes the matter seriously. That is a tangible factor in price negotiations and contract renewals.

What do we promise?

  • We review every record underlying the declaration, identify inconsistencies and close them
  • We structure the file so that it answers every question the customs authority may raise
  • We document the tariff classification and origin reasoning in writing
  • We provide technical support during an objection or challenge

Who is it for?

Companies with significant annual EU exports, suppliers under contract to large chain buyers, and companies that have already faced questions about an origin declaration.

How do we work?

  1. 1Establishing scope and product groups
  2. 2Collecting the record and document inventory
  3. 3Independent review and consistency check
  4. 4Closing gaps and corrective actions
  5. 5Compiling and delivering the file

Our limits

This is not an official certificate of origin. Certificates of origin are issued by the competent authorities; KORDINAT prepares, reviews and provides the technical reasoning for the file underlying the declaration.

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