“Goods produced exclusively from originating materials” are the goods whose
production is completed in one country, however, they actually include non-originating materials.
Retrieved from: Outline of Rules of Origin for EPA in Japan
Goods produced exclusively from originating materials are the goods produced using originating materials only.
Because all the materials used in the production are originating materials,
the production is seemingly completed in one country.
However, there is a case where materials from a third country
(i.e. Non-originating materials) are used in the production of the originating materials.
Example 1 “Olive soap”
In this case “Olive” is secondary material and “Olive oil” is the primary material.
Retrieved from: OUTLINE OF RULES OF ORIGIN
Example 2 “Cup noodle”
In this case “Flour” is secondary material and “Noodle” is the primary material.
Retrieved from: Outline of Rules of Origin for EPA in Japan
In both cases, it looks like primary materials are Wholly obtained products,
but they contain non-originating materials as “Secondary material”
Therefore “Secondary material” has to satisfy the origin criteria to be considered as
contracting country’s originating materials.
