Análise dos efeitos das regras de origem no Comércio Internacional de Moçambique no âmbito da integração regional da SADC

Abstract

The Rules of Origin are an important instrument in the Regional Integration process, serving to avoid triangulation of trade. They are norms that serve to determine the nationality of goods traded in international trade with the aim of subject them to the respective existing agreements between the parties. The problem is that a large part of countries, when entering regional integration in SADC, only counted on the trade liberalization without necessarily considering the existence and possible effects the Rules of Origin on International Trade. In an attempt to solve this problem, this paper seeks to answer the question “What the application of the Rules of Origin can bring to the international trade of Mozambique? ”, With the general objective of“ analyzing the effects of applying the Rules of Origin in the international trade of Mozambique under the commercial protocol of the SADC ”. The work is of an exploratory nature and for its execution it was resorted to research bibliographic and documentary as well as semi-structured interviews for data collection followed by a quantitative analysis of data collected from the institutions of the State. Data analysis finds that the Rules of Origin applied in SADC are restrictive resulting in low rates of use of the preferential system (less than 72%) with a decrease in most countries from 2008 to 2009 in terms of imports and with a percentage of use of the preferential system (Rules of Origin) of 4% in Mozambique's exports to SADC in 2009, due to the inability of comply with the Rules of Origin. It is also noted that the tendency of restrictiveness trade imposed by the tariff regime tends to remain in the preferential regime by means of Rules of Origin. These facts penalize the least developed countries in the region, as is the case of Mozambique in which the largest number of operators (89.5%) are small companies and have a greater volume of trade. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)