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Currently, the number of countries signing FTA has increased but FTA utilization of small and medium businesses(SMB) is still low due to complicated determination standard of country of origin. So, related organizations including the government are making various measures to vitalize an FTA, but the effect has not been reaching minor enterprises yet. Particularly SMB was found not to issue the certificate of origin actively if the business partner doesn’t request since the issuing cost of certificate of origin is higher than benefits for application of preferential tariff. Starting with Korea·China FTA, it is needed to conduct the reengineering of tasks to vitalize an FTA. This paper aims to activate the issuing of certificate of origin for application of preferential tariff of FTA of SMB by identifying the problem in issuing of certificate of origin of SMB and presenting solutions. As a result, this may result in improving export competitiveness of SMB and in diversifying line of transaction to the member countries signing FTA.