Electronic Certificates of Origin Effective 11/1/2025
The Amherst Chamber of Commerce is an authorized Certificate of Origin issuer.
**Beginning 11/1/2025, the Amherst Chamber migrated to ELECTRONIC Certificates of Origin (see below).
A Certificate of Origin is an international trade document that certifies that goods in a particular export shipment are wholly, obtained, produced, manufactured and processed in a particular country.
They also serve as a declaration by the exporter.
The Amherst Chamber of Commerce, through a partnership with the American World Trade Chamber of Commerce, offers electronically stamped Certificate of Origin and export related documents. Ensure your process is compliant and future proof by enabling document verification.
Pricing:
Active Chamber Members
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- $25 fee per certificate
Non-Members
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- $50 fee per certificate
> Online applications: typically, same day processing, print accessibility
> Security & Compliance: certificates are authentic and can be verified
> Additional services offered: legalization requests, Certificates of Free Sale, reporting
Why electronic Certificates of Origin?
- World Trade Chamber of Commerce (AWTCC) is accredited by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- Fast end to end electronic processing saving you time and courier costs
- Certificates of origin, certificates of free sale, invoices, and other key trade documents all processed from the comfort of your desk
- Options for embassy legalization and apostille services when required, giving you a fast turn key solution
- Helps you achieve objectives in terms of quality, cost, scheduling, performance
- Seal is recognized by customs globally
- Rules, regulations, and individual country requirements are considered, ensuring your shipments move through customs easily
- Complete record keeping maintained within electronic platform
- Reduce errors and costly shipping delays with an expedited process
- Video tutorials, online help, certification help, phone and email support
Please note:
Effective November 1, 2025, the Amherst Chamber of Commerce migrated to the electronic system and no longer manually stamps certificates of origin.
New Users
Existing Users
The authenticity of each document can be verified by customs worldwide through the International Chamber of Commerce Accreditation Chain at https://certificates.iccwbo.org/
Questions?
email: memberservices@amherst.org