Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) among Developing Countries

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The Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) among Developing Countries establishes tariff concessions among its 42 Parties. It establishes preferential tariffs for energy products, including: 

  • Electric motor parts;
  • Air conditioning appliances; 
  • Cathodes and cathode sections; 
  • Refined copper and copper alloys; 
  • Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt's metallurgy;
  • Ferrous waste and scrap; 


Rule of origins apply to qualify for the preferential tariff treatment, notably establishing that:

  • products should be wholly produced or obtained in the exporting participant to the GSTP;
  • products should not incorporate non-originating materials valued above 50% of the Free on Board (FOB) value of the final product

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