On 22 October 2025, the World Customs Organization WCO published its Interconnectivity Framework for Certificates of Origin CoOs, aiming to ensure that platforms facilitating the exchange of electronic CoOs between exporting authorities and importing Customs Administrations adhere to a set of protocols, standards and guidelines.
This publication is the result of extensive work carried out by the WCO Secretariat in collaboration with WCO members, reflecting the WCOs commitment to facilitating the establishment of smoother and more efficient electronic exchanges of origin information, saving time and effort for government agencies involved in setting up the legal, informatics and communications systems supporting such exchanges.
Standards-based interoperability is central to ongoing digitalisation
