Tariff LiberalisationAsean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) • October 5th, 2015
Contract Type FiledOctober 5th, 2015ASEAN has made significant progress on tariff liberalisation since 1992 when the Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme (CEPT) was signed. Key to this Agreement is the creation of an ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), which is made possible through accelerating tariff reduction and elimination in the ASEAN region on products which have an ASEAN origin. The implementation of tariff elimination commitments in ASEAN was given stronger impetus by the signing of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) in 2009 and its enforcement in 2010. Within this