Laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of origin share
EAC, COMESA and AfCFTA Rules of Origin that are applied to importation to Rwanda are a set of criteria that is used to distinguish between goods that are produced within the EAC, COMESA and AfCFTA member States and are entitled to preferential tariff treatment, while goods that are considered to have been produced outside these regions attract full import duties when traded:
- EAC Rules of origin: The East African Community Customs Union (Rules Of Origin) Rules, 2015
- COMESA Rules of origin: Procedures Manual on the Implementation of the Protocol on the Rules of Origin for products to be traded between the Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
- AfCFTA Rules of origin: African Continental Free Trade Area: Appendix IV to Annex 2 on Rules of Origin
