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D-geographical-indication Dictionary

Geographical indication

A protected name tying a product to its place of origin

All termsIntroduced in M18Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A protected name tying a product to its place of origin
How to use it
Protect a regional product name to defend its premium.
South African benchmark
Rooibos is protected as a geographical indication, as Article 117 describes.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M18-U3, M18-U5
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A117, LIB-P-Rooibos, LIB-P-Honeybush
See also
Provenance, Terroir
Tea and Coffee: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedTea and Coffee: how the business runsSold bykg of green leaf or green coffee1Plant2Grow bushes3Pluck green leaf4Factory5Made tea or green coffeeZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Tea and Coffee Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M18 Tea and Coffee.