Abstract
Korea’s economic territory is gradually expanding due to free trade agreements. In the case of SMEs, it is not easy to efficiently prepare to the increasing FTA compared to large enterprises. Accordingly, the government and related organizations have been providing various support for SMEs. However, there is still a 20% gap in FTA utilization compared to large companies. Therefore, this study intends to suggest a method for increasing the FTA utilization rate of SMEs. For the issuance and verification of certificates of origin for SMEs, the concept of re-engineering was introduced to find a solution. This solution is direct manpower support for SMEs. Compared to other support methods, manpower support can not only issue certificates of origin more efficiently, but also prepare for verification. Moreover, the effect will be greater than if the supported manpower is educated on the contents that origin specialist needs to know, such as changes in various systems and the results of case analysis on country of origin verification by agreement. Of course, such manpower will be able to utilize origin management experts who have obtained the certified of origin specialist. In Korea, there is a certification system called Origin Specialist to train origin management experts. Therefore, if manpower who has acquired these qualifications is deployed to SMEs, the utilization rate of FTAs by SMEs can be increased, and MEGA FTAs can be dealt with without difficulty in the future. In particular, due to such a manpower arrangement, it will be possible to provide high-quality jobs rather than part-time jobs and lower the unemployment rate.
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