China–Mauritius FTA Certificate of OriginForm MU — how the treaty rate actually gets claimed at Port Louis, and who has to file what on the Chinese side
Form MU is the preference certificate for goods made in China and imported into Mauritius. It is filed in China — by your supplier, your supplier's broker, or us — and it is examined in Mauritius when your entry is assessed. This page is written for you, the importer of record: what the paper buys you, who can sign it, the deadline that actually binds, the one-year clock, and the details that push a shipment into an origin verification.
The certificate only works if every field matches your invoice, packing list and bill of lading. That is the entire job.
The short version
Form MU — formally the certificate of origin under the China–Mauritius Free Trade Agreement — is a preferential origin certificate. In China's filing systems the certificate type code is MU and the agreement code is 21. It is issued by China Customs at the port of export, or by CCPIT, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and its local branches.
It is not a general CO. A CO states where the goods were made and nothing more; it gets your entry assessed at the standard MFN rate. Form MU is what lets your broker in Mauritius claim the agreement rate — and even then the rate depends on where your HS line sits in Mauritius's schedule. 94.2% of its tariff lines, covering 92.8% of what it imports from China, are being phased to zero over up to five years; the rest were cut hard, most capped at 15%, and a few lines stay outside the deal.
Who files: your Chinese supplier or the manufacturer, or us under a power of attorney — the certificate always carries their name, never ours. When: before or at shipment, with a retroactive certificate available inside one year of the shipment date if that window is missed. Cost: the issuing office charges nothing; you pay a filing service fee per certificate.
Certificate typePreferential certificate of origin (FTA)
Certificate codeMU — agreement code 21
Issuing officesChina Customs, or CCPIT and local branches
ValidityOne year from the issue date
Review timeTwo business days from acceptance
FeeNo visa fee; filing service fee per certificate
Definition and legal basis
What the certificate actually certifies
Two questions sit on one form: were these goods made in China, and do they meet the rule the agreement sets for this product? Most filings handle the first question and stumble on the second.
The agreement was signed on October 17, 2019 and took effect on January 1, 2021 — the first free trade agreement between China and an African country. On the Chinese side, two sets of rules govern the paper. The origin measures specific to this agreement (GACC Announcement No. 128 of 2020, effective January 1, 2021) define how origin is decided and what the certificate must contain. The general export certificate measures (GACC Order No. 270, in force since September 1, 2024) govern filing, review, retroactive issuance, amendments and duplicates.
Origin is settled one of three ways. The goods are wholly obtained in China. Or they are produced entirely from originating materials. Or non-originating materials were used and the finished product meets the rule written for its tariff line — a change in tariff classification, a regional value content threshold, or a required manufacturing process. Where that line has no specific rule, the fallback is a regional value content of at least 40%: FOB value minus the value of non-originating materials, divided by FOB value.
Most manufactured goods take the third route. Which means the question is not where the factory stands — it is what went into the product and whether the arithmetic clears the rule. That is what the issuing office asks about at filing, and what Mauritius asks about months later.
Preferential, not automatic. Form MU moves your entry into the agreement's column; it does not guarantee a zero rate. The tariff schedule sets the rate, the origin rule sets eligibility, and your broker needs both to line up. The certificate itself must be completed in English, which the agreement states explicitly.
Box 8: the origin criterion on the form
WO — wholly obtained in China: grown, mined, raised, caught or produced there.
WP — produced entirely from originating materials, with no non-originating input.
RVC — regional value content at or above 40%, where the line has no specific rule.
PSR — the product meets its specific rule: tariff shift, value content or process.
This is the field that decides whether an origin verification is easy or expensive. It is also the field most often filled in from memory.
Why it matters to you
You are the importer of record. Here is what this paper is worth.
Your broker files the entry in Mauritius. When he claims the agreement rate, this certificate is the evidence behind the claim. Without it the same container is assessed at the standard rate — and once the entry is liquidated, that money is gone.
It sets your duty rate
Mauritius is phasing 94.2% of its tariff lines to zero for Chinese-origin goods over up to five years, and cutting most of the rest to 15% or less. Form MU is how your goods land in that column instead of the MFN one.
Preference is claimed at entry, not later
This is not a refund you apply for after clearance. If the certificate is not in the file when the entry is assessed, the shipment is liquidated at the general rate. Post-clearance recovery exists on paper, takes months, and does not always succeed.
The original still counts
China and Mauritius have not connected their origin systems under this agreement. Your broker presents a paper certificate, which means it has to be in the document set before the vessel berths, not in a follow-up courier after release.
It travels with the letter of credit
Credits on Mauritius business routinely call for a certificate of origin under the China–Mauritius FTA, in one original. Certificate number, date, shipper name and value have to read exactly the way the credit reads, or it is a discrepancy.
It is the file in a verification
Mauritius can ask the Chinese issuing office to verify origin after release. What answers that request is the certificate, the cost sheet behind the origin criterion, the bill of materials and the invoices. Nothing else substitutes for it.
It follows you into the next shipment
Entries are scored on history. A shipment that needed an origin query, an amendment or a cash deposit travels with your importer profile into the next clearance, and the next container gets looked at harder.
Where the decision is actually made
Port Louis clears most of the island's ocean freight, and the entry is assessed there on the documents your broker holds: bill of lading, invoice, packing list and the origin certificate. The certificate is not a formality attached at the end of the file — it is the one document that determines which duty column the whole entry is assessed in.
That is also why the timing on the next section matters more than it looks. A certificate issued after departure, or an original that arrives two weeks behind the container, turns a routine entry into a deposit, an exam or an amendment.
One agreement, one direction. Form MU covers Chinese goods entering Mauritius. Going the other way, Mauritius-origin goods can claim this agreement's rate on entry into China under code 21 — and since May 1, 2026, China's zero-tariff treatment for 20 African countries (code 30) may fit better. That is an import-into-China question and uses a certificate issued in Mauritius, not this one.
Port Louis handles most of the island's container traffic. The certificate has to be in your broker's file before the vessel berths, not after release.
Issuing offices
Where to get it: two official channels
Only two kinds of office in China can issue Form MU — China Customs, and CCPIT with its local branches. Both are legally valid, and Mauritius accepts both. Which one gets used is normally decided by what your supplier already files through, or by what your credit stipulates.
Channel
Where it is filed
Use it when
China Customs Government issuer, at the port of export
Single Window (singlewindow.cn) → origin certificate → China–Mauritius FTA (MU); or Internet + Customs (online.customs.gov.cn) → origin management → certificate issuance
You want the certificate tied to the export declaration, with the electronic seal and self-printing — the default route for most cargo
CCPIT Chamber issuer, CCPIT and local branches
CCPIT origin certificate system at co.ccpit.org or declare.ecoccpit.net
Your buyer or letter of credit asks for a chamber document or a chamber stamp, or your supplier already files everything through CCPIT
Online first, counter second
Issuance is electronic end to end. The filing goes into one of the systems above, the authority reviews it online, and once it clears the certificate is self-printed — A4, color, double-sided, carrying the electronic seal and the declarant's signature. That printout has the same legal effect as a pre-printed certificate. Form MU has been on the self-print list since July 1, 2021 (GACC Announcement No. 43 of 2021). A counter pickup is still possible; it is simply not necessary.
There is no residency requirement. Any customs house and any local CCPIT branch accepts an online filing. Cargo out of Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta is usually filed with Shenzhen Customs or CCPIT Shenzhen, which keeps review and follow-up in one time zone and one phone call. Cargo moving through Guangzhou, Nanshan, Huangpu, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin or Xiamen is filed with the office that matches the port of export.
Shipping from a different port than your supplier's office: the exporter address, the routing and the port of departure printed on the certificate have to describe the actual shipment. A Shenzhen supplier shipping out of Ningbo still shows the Ningbo routing — otherwise your broker's first comparison against the bill of lading raises a question that takes a week to answer.
Who applies
Who can file: three routes, one line we will not cross
The rule is short. The shipper or the manufacturer may apply directly, or appoint an agent with a signed power of attorney filed with the issuing office. In daily practice that produces three arrangements, and none of them puts our name on your certificate.
The factory files
The manufacturer registers, keeps its own profile current and files its own certificates. Best control over the origin criterion, and it works well when the product range is narrow and the documents desk is staffed.
The trading company files
The exporter applies in its own name, so the certificate name matches the invoice and the bill of lading it issued. The usual setup for high-volume shippers with a dedicated documents team.
We file as agent
We prepare and file on your supplier's behalf. The certificate still carries the shipper's or manufacturer's name. The usual route for a supplier with no registration yet, a thin documents desk, or shipments spread across several ports.
The first-application threshold
Before the first filing, the company profile has to exist in the system: unified social credit code, Chinese and English name and address, contact details. A company already registered with customs as an importer or exporter can sync that record instead of re-entering it. Self-printing also requires the company seal and the declarant's signature to be uploaded and authorized. When an agent files, the entrustment relationship is maintained in the e-port system and the power of attorney is uploaded there.
Our line: we file certificates; we do not sell them. The name on the certificate, on the invoice and on the bill of lading has to point at one real transaction. We decline borrowed company names, invented goods descriptions and altered values. A false origin declaration is the declarant's legal exposure, and customs can act on it long after the container is gone.
Timing
When to file: before or at shipment — there is no grace period
This is the rule that catches shippers who work from habit. Under the China–Korea agreement you may file up to seven business days after departure. Under this one, the certificate is issued before or at the time of shipment, and that is the whole window. The form also needs the departure date, the vessel or flight and the discharge port, none of which exist until the booking is confirmed.
Booking confirmed
Clock starts
Departure date, vessel and voyage or flight number, discharge port are fixed. Pull the invoice, packing list, HS code and the material breakdown.
Before filing
Origin tested
Check whether the line has a specific rule, then calculate the tariff shift or the 40% value content. This is the part that gets skipped and later comes back.
At filing
Filed and reviewed
Filed in the Customs or CCPIT system, reviewed within two business days, self-printed once it clears. Check the seal, the number and the signature.
Departure
Original moves
PDF goes ahead so your broker can pre-clear; the original travels with the shipping documents or by courier. Both should beat the vessel.
If the window was missed
It can still be done, within one year of the shipment date. Submit the bill of lading or air waybill as proof of the shipment date, and the certificate is issued retroactively, marked as issued retroactively, with validity running one year from the shipment date rather than from the issue date. The exception exists for force majeure, an unintentional error, negligence or another justified reason — not as a routine workaround.
Two practical cautions. Some letters of credit refuse a retroactively issued certificate outright, and a certificate dated after the bill of lading is the first thing a broker notices when the file does not quite add up. If it can be filed on time, file on time.
Keep three dates apart: the issue date, which starts the validity clock; the shipment date on the bill of lading or air waybill; and the application date. The first two decide whether the certificate counts as retroactive, and whether your bank will take it.
A replacement is not a re-application. If the certificate is lost, damaged or stolen and has not been used at destination, a certified copy can be requested inside the validity period, marked with the original number and date and carrying the same validity. If a field is wrong, the certificate has to be amended or reissued by the same office, inside the same window. Neither route is a fresh application.
Process
Eight steps from paperwork to a certificate that clears
Self-filing and agent filing walk the same official path. What changes is who fills the form, who checks it, and who does the rework when a field is wrong. Form MU adds one step a CO does not have: getting the origin criterion right before anything is submitted.
Confirm the rate, not just the certificate
Check your HS line in Mauritius's schedule first. If the line carries no preference, or the saving is trivial, the certificate may not be worth filing.
Settle the origin criterion
Map the bill of materials, then decide between wholly obtained, tariff shift, process or the 40% value content. Write down the arithmetic you used.
Reconcile the three documents
Invoice, packing list and bill of lading: number, date, value, package count, gross and net weight, marks. Every field on the certificate is copied from these.
File online
Enter company and goods data, description taken line by line from the invoice, six-digit HS code in the box, origin criterion in Box 8.
Submit for review
Customs or CCPIT responds inside two business days; corrections usually come back as one consolidated list rather than a series of rejections.
Issue and print
Self-print A4 in color, double-sided, or collect at the counter. Check the number, the seal and the signature before the paper leaves the desk.
Send it ahead of the cargo
PDF to your broker immediately, original with the documents or by courier. Ask him to check the certificate number against the entry reference.
Archive for three years
Certificate copy and application file, kept three years from issue. That is the file you produce if an origin verification lands two years later.
The step that gets certificates bounced is the origin criterion. Declaring wholly obtained when imported materials went in, claiming 40% on a cost sheet that adds up to 31%, or ticking a tariff shift that never happened — these are not documentation errors, they are false declarations. The issuing office can ask for the bill of materials and the cost build-up, and Mauritius can ask again after release. One wrong field means an amendment, and the clock belongs to the vessel.
Documents
What we need from your supplier
The list is short, but Form MU adds one item a general CO never asks for: evidence behind the origin criterion. That is also the item that gets sent late, or not at all.
Always required
Commercial invoice — English, with number and date, Incoterms, unit price, total value and consignee details.
Packing list — package count and type, gross and net weight, shipping marks (N/M where there are none).
HS code — six digits for the certificate box, plus the import code your broker uses in Mauritius so the two can be compared.
Company details — business license, unified social credit code, Chinese and English name and address.
Origin evidence — supplier and material sources, a cost build-up for the 40% calculation, or a bill of materials and process description where a specific rule applies.
Depending on the shipment
Bill of lading or air waybill — required for a retroactive certificate, as proof of the shipment date.
Power of attorney — when we file as agent, mirrored by an entrustment in the e-port system.
Credit or contract clauses — to fix originals, language, and whether a chamber stamp or consular legalization is wanted.
Non-manipulation certificate — for goods transshipped through a third country where Mauritius asks for it. Where the whole move is by container with the seal unbroken, the customs rules drop that requirement (GACC Announcement No. 110 of 2024).
Third-party invoice note — where a Hong Kong or offshore entity invoices the goods, declared at filing.
Invoice, packing list and bill of lading are read against each other before anything is filed. A mismatch found here costs minutes; found at entry, it costs weeks.
Retention is an obligation, not advice: the certificate copy and application file are kept for three years from issue. An origin verification can pull contracts, invoices, ledgers and production records, and the issuing office can ask for the same file from its side.
Pricing
What it costs: nothing at the counter, a service fee per certificate
Two separate numbers, paid to two different parties. The official fee comes from the issuing office; the service fee comes from whoever prepares and files the certificate.
Official
The authority charges nothing
China Customs publishes a zero charge for export origin certificate issuance — no visa fee, no certificate stock fee — and the electronic seal and the review are not billed to the applicant. CCPIT publishes its own schedule; where a chamber stamp or legalization is involved, that is a separate certification chain.
Service
Our fee is per certificate
What we charge covers the labor: testing the origin criterion, checking the three document sets, filing, chasing the review result, printing, delivery and rework. One certificate, one price, quoted per certificate and never bundled into the freight rate.
What makes a certificate cost more
The origin work — a product that needs its bill of materials unpacked and its value content calculated takes longer than one with a clean tariff shift.
Rush handling — same-day issuance means priority queueing and someone watching the review inbox, priced as a rush service.
Amendments and reissues — a wrong field, a revised invoice or a lost original each starts a fresh review cycle.
Third-party invoicing — three-party trade with an offshore invoicing entity needs the right remark and a careful invoice match.
Chamber stamps and legalization — where the buyer asks for a chamber stamp or consular legalization, that is a separate chain with its own fees and lead time.
Extra originals and courier — multiple originals and international courier are billed at cost.
Why we do not publish a price list: two shipments under the same HS heading can need completely different amounts of origin work, and a public table misleads more than it helps. Send the invoice, the packing list and the Mauritian HS code, and you get a quote with each line listed — one number, stated once, no teaser rate followed by a surcharge.
One warning worth repeating: anyone offering a guaranteed certificate, a certificate for sale, or a value edit that still clears customs is selling a forged or fraudulently obtained origin document. Customs can act on it, and a verification at Port Louis costs far more than the fee saved. We do not take that work.
Certificate types
MU vs. a CO, and why there is no second option for Mauritius
Every one of these documents is called a certificate of origin. Whether one saves duty depends entirely on which agreement it belongs to — and for Mauritius there is exactly one agreement on the table.
Certificate
Code
Valid for
Duty relief
China–Mauritius FTA (Form MU)
MU
Mauritius
Yes — per the annual schedule
General certificate of origin (CO)
CO
Any destination, no country restriction
No — origin proof only, assessed at MFN
China–Korea FTA (Form K)
K
Korea
Yes, but not accepted for Mauritius
RCEP certificate
RC
ASEAN ten plus China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand
Yes, but Mauritius is not a party
Zero-tariff treatment for African countries
30
African states exporting into China
Import into China only — issued in Africa, not by China
Why "pick the cheaper certificate" does not apply here
Korea is the usual example of a destination where several agreements overlap: APTA, the China–Korea FTA and RCEP all apply, and the right answer is whichever produces the lower rate for that product. Mauritius is the opposite case. It is a member of SADC and COMESA, but neither connects it to China. The China–Mauritius FTA, in force since January 1, 2021, is the only preferential arrangement between the two countries — and it is not part of RCEP.
So if you want the agreement rate at Port Louis, you need a Form MU. There is no alternate certificate to compare, and no second schedule to check. The only comparison worth doing is whether your HS line is in the schedule at all.
Do not substitute a CO. A general certificate of origin supports the MFN rate and trade statistics. Present it as a preference claim and the entry is rejected — and by then the container is already on the quay, accruing storage while a new certificate is filed in China.
What a broker will ask you for
The certificate number, so it can be entered against the entry reference.
The six-digit HS code on the certificate, so it can be checked against the national tariff line.
The shipper name exactly as it appears on the bill of lading.
An invoice that agrees with the certificate on value and terms.
Four fields. Most verification requests start with one of them not matching.
Verification risk
Why some Form MU shipments get pulled for verification
Getting the certificate issued is the easy half. When Mauritius opens an origin verification, the question is rarely whether a certificate exists. It is whether the certificate holds up.
An origin criterion nobody can support
Wholly obtained declared on imported materials, or a 40% claim the cost sheet does not reach. This is the heaviest category: it is a declaration problem, not a paperwork problem, and both sides can pursue it.
A description too broad to identify the goods
"Machinery", "parts", "goods" describe nothing. The description follows the invoice: product name, specification, model, quantity and HS code, with the manufacturer named where the form requires it.
An HS code that does not match
The certificate carries six digits; Mauritius assesses against its national line. Where the classification differs, the schedule entry differs too, and the preference disappears even though the certificate looks fine.
The three documents disagree
Invoice number, date, value, package count, weights or marks — any gap against the packing list, the bill of lading or the export declaration is the door a verification walks through. Amending a filed entry always costs more than preparing it.
A retroactive certificate with no explanation
Issued after departure and marked as such is legitimate. Issued after departure and left unexplained invites the question. Where a credit or a buyer refuses retroactive documents, no explanation fixes it.
Transshipment with no paper trail
Routing through Singapore, Dubai or Hong Kong needs the transport rule met and, where Mauritius asks, a non-manipulation certificate. Direct or transshipped is a booking decision — make it when you book.
What a verification actually costs
Mauritius can ask the Chinese issuing office to verify the origin of a shipment after it has been released. While that runs, preference may be suspended: the container can be held, a cash deposit demanded, or duty assessed at the standard rate. If the answer does not satisfy the authority, the deposit is forfeited and the difference is collected with interest.
For a supplier there is one effective defense: settle the origin criterion and align the three document sets before anything is filed, not after a query arrives. That is why our routine starts with a cross-check and only then opens the filing system.
FAQ
Questions importers ask
The twelve questions that come back most often from buyers in Mauritius and their brokers, answered with the rule rather than the sales pitch.
What is Form MU, in plain terms?
Form MU is the certificate of origin for the China–Mauritius Free Trade Agreement, which took effect on January 1, 2021. It certifies that the goods were produced in China and meet that agreement's origin rule, which is what allows your broker in Mauritius to declare the agreement rate instead of the standard one. In China's filing systems the certificate type code is MU and the agreement code is 21.
Is Form MU the same as a regular certificate of origin?
No. A general CO is non-preferential: it proves the goods were made in China and supports the normal MFN rate. Form MU is a preferential certificate, valid only for goods entering Mauritius under this agreement, and it is the only document that supports a claim for the treaty rate. Same issuing offices, different legal basis, very different result on your duty bill.
Does Form MU get my goods in duty-free?
Not automatically. Mauritius is phasing 94.2% of its tariff lines, covering 92.8% of what it imports from China, down to zero over up to five years; the remaining lines were cut sharply, most capped at 15%, and a small number stay outside the deal. Your rate depends on where your HS line sits in the schedule this year, and the goods still have to meet the origin rule.
Who issues Form MU in China?
Two kinds of office: China Customs at the port of export, and CCPIT — the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade — with its local branches. Both produce a certificate Mauritius accepts. Which one you use usually comes down to what your supplier already files through, or what your letter of credit asks for.
Who is allowed to file it?
The shipper named on the export declaration or the manufacturer of the goods, either directly or through an agent holding a signed power of attorney. When we file, the certificate stays in your supplier's name; it is never issued in ours. We prepare and file documents, we do not sell certificates.
How far in advance should it be filed?
Before or at shipment. Those are the only two timing options in the agreement — there is no post-departure grace period as there is under the China–Korea agreement. The certificate carries the departure date, vessel or flight and discharge port, so the booking has to be confirmed first. In practice we file as soon as the booking is locked.
The vessel has already left. Can we still get one?
Yes, within one year of the shipment date. The certificate is issued retroactively, marked as such, and its validity runs one year from the shipment date rather than from issue. Two cautions: some letters of credit refuse a retroactively issued certificate, and a certificate dated after the bill of lading invites questions at entry. File before departure whenever possible.
How long is Form MU valid?
One year from the date of issue, or one year from the shipment date where it was issued retroactively. Amendments and duplicates have to be requested inside that window. Once it expires, the only route is a new application.
How long does issuance take, and what does it cost?
The issuing office completes its review within two business days of accepting the filing, and clean documents often clear faster. The authority charges no visa fee and no certificate stock fee. What you pay is the filing service fee, quoted per certificate and itemized by certificate type, rush handling, amendments and any chamber stamp or legalization.
Does the certificate have to be an original?
For this agreement, yes in practice. China and Mauritius have not set up electronic origin data exchange under the FTA, so the certificate is checked as a paper document rather than pulled from a database. We send the PDF the moment it clears so your broker can pre-clear the entry, and the original travels with the shipping documents or by courier.
Can goods transship through Singapore or Dubai and still qualify?
Yes, if the transport rule is met: the goods pass through a third country only for geographic or transport reasons, are not subjected to anything beyond unloading, reloading and preserving them in good condition, stay under customs control the whole time, and are stored for no more than six months. Where the Mauritian side asks for it, a non-manipulation certificate has to be produced.
Why do some Form MU shipments get pulled for origin verification?
Rarely because a certificate is missing, usually because it does not hold up: an origin criterion the factory cannot support, a description too broad to identify the goods, an HS code that does not match the invoice, an invoice that disagrees with the packing list or the bill of lading, or a retroactive certificate nobody explained. Mauritius can ask the Chinese issuing office to verify, and preference can be suspended while that runs.
How we work
How Goodhope handles Form MU
We are a freight forwarder and documentation desk in Shenzhen, working out of Futian. Export declarations, origin certificates, fumigation, commodity inspection and legalization for one order are delivered through one window wherever the rules allow it.
Origin tested before the system opens
Wholly obtained, tariff shift, process or 40% value content — we settle it on the bill of materials and the cost build-up first, then file. A criterion written from memory is the one that gets verified.
Timing built backwards from the vessel
Form MU is issued before or at shipment, with no post-departure window. For a tight booking we work back from the confirmed departure date rather than discovering the deadline on the last day.
Any China port, one desk
Cargo out of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nansha, Huangpu, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin or Xiamen is filed with the office that matches the port of export, so the certificate and the routing agree.
PDF first, original follows
The PDF goes out as soon as the certificate clears so your broker can pre-clear the entry. The original ships with the documents or by courier, and the file is kept for the three-year retention period.
Compiled by the documentation desk at Goodhope Logistics (China) Limited. Sources: the China–Mauritius Free Trade Agreement; the Measures of the Customs of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of the Origin of Import and Export Goods under the China–Mauritius Free Trade Agreement (GACC Announcement No. 128 of 2020, effective January 1, 2021); the Measures for the Administration of Certificate of Origin Visa for Export Goods (GACC Order No. 270, effective September 1, 2024); GACC Announcement No. 43 of 2021 on self-printed certificates; GACC Announcement No. 110 of 2024 on documents for goods transported through a third country; and the preference guidance published by the General Administration of Customs. Tariff schedules, filing portals and origin rules change — the current schedule at the Mauritian customs administration, and the rules in force at your issuing office in China, prevail. Last updated: November 10, 2026.
Send the invoice, the packing list and the Mauritian HS code.
We will tell you whether the line carries preference, what the origin criterion needs to be, and what the certificate costs to file — from Shenzhen, for cargo out of any China port, with the original moving ahead of the vessel.
