APEC Model Wine Export Certificate was approved
The APEC Model Wine Export Certificate, approved by regulatory and trade officials from APEC member economies, will make it simpler and more efficient to trade wine between them by consolidating their existing certificate requirements into a single certificate usable across the region.
“APEC’s new model wine export certificate will reduce administrative burdens for producers” said Rocío Barrios Alvarado, Chair of the APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance, which administered its development.
The use and scope of the APEC Model Wine Export Certificate is at the discretion of the importing APEC economy. Moreover, certification requirements in APEC economies imposed by previously agreed upon free trade agreements, economic partnership agreements or other types of agreements are not affected by the APEC certificate.
Moving forward, the region’s economies will be requested to indicate whether they have adopted the certificate in lieu of pre-existing requirements. This builds on a parallel initiative under which APEC economies provide twice-yearly updates on their regulatory requirements for wine, including export certifications, for publication on an industry database.
The APEC Model Wine Export Certificate and its instructions are available at this link (see far right side and scroll down to "Downloads" section).
Press-release at the APEC official web-site