ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Legal TextAsean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) • October 9th, 2020
The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) supporting local trade and manufacturing in all ASEAN Member States, and facilitating economic integration with regional and international allies. The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) and the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) provide the foundation for a single market and production base, a more liberal, stable and predictable environment as well as strengthen ASEAN as an attractive investment destination.
Tariff LiberalisationAsean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) • October 5th, 2015
ASEAN 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
ASEAN TRADE IN GOODS AGREEMENT (ATIGA)Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) • June 24th, 2014
