The Philippines is a founding ASEAN member covered by AFTA preferential tariffs under the ATIGA agreement, and an RCEP signatory alongside China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand — extending preferential market access across the Asia-Pacific region. Both frameworks require correct certificate-of-origin documentation and ASEAN-or-RCEP-specific invoice declarations for preferential treatment to be granted at the border.
The company ships to ASEAN partner states but cannot determine quickly which shipments qualify for AFTA preferential tariffs — leading to standard MFN duties being paid unnecessarily.
Supply chain documents and invoices that automatically flag ASEAN or RCEP origin and include the required certificate-of-origin reference, enabling preferential treatment at every border crossing.
ASEAN and non-ASEAN export invoices are handled identically in the ERP, causing customs declarations to omit the preferential origin claim.
Distinct ASEAN/RCEP trade route logic in the invoicing and ERP modules, with correct origin fields and declaration language per shipment destination.
Correct origin documentation and trade-bloc-aware invoice declarations.
