Non-alteration rule
Also called: direct transport rule · değiştirmeme kuralı
A condition in many agreements that originating goods must reach the importing party without being altered or processed in a third country, other than operations to preserve them. Transit or splitting of consignments in a third country is allowed under customs control, and evidence of this may be requested.
In practice
Goods routed through a hub in a third country can lose preference if documents cannot show they stayed unchanged.
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