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WHAT IS AANZFTA?

The AANZFTA is a comprehensive and single-undertaking economic agreement that opens up and creates new opportunities for the 600 million peoples of ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand which have a combined economic output of USD 2.65 trillion via a platform of a more liberal, facilitative and transparent market access and investment regimes among the signatories to the Agreement. The Agreement was signed on 27 February 2009 in Thailand. It entered into force on 1 January 2010. Read more.

Tariff Finder View Official Seals and Specimen Signature
1. Select Country(ies):

Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Viet Nam
Select All
2. Enter HS Code or keyword:
 

Find the applicable tariff rates:

  • see phasing out of tariffs for each country
  • do cross-country and cross-period comparison

Also find the applicable Rules of Origin for each tariff line.

Note: Tariff rates are based on HS 2007 nomenclature for all countries except for Cambodia and Indonesia, which are only available (as of this writing) in HS 2002.

Also note that for Singapore, tariff rates (customs duties) are at zero percent as from the entry into force of AANZFTA (for all originating goods).

See also ROO Product Specific Rules (PSR) Finder
Doing Business in AANZFTA

Traders and exporters can enjoy preferential tariff treatment under the AANZFTA. To avail of this, goods should comply with the AANZFTA rules of origin.

The AANZFTA has established a mechanism where exporters should apply and obtain a Certificate of Origin (CO) in accordance with the Operational Certification Procedures that would ascertain that the goods being exported to another Party are eligible for preferential tariff treatment.   Learn more

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NEWS RELEASE

16th AEM-CER Consultations. The 16th Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Ministers of Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) was held in Manado, Indonesia on 13 August 2011. Read the Ministers' Joint Media Statements.

3rd FTA Joint Committee Meeting and Related Meetings. The FTA Joint Committee met from 30 May to 3 June 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand to move forward the agenda for AANZFTA. Read the summary of outcomes. The Meeting was followed by a Business Seminar on "Partners in Growth: Services Trade with Southeast Asia" on 3 June 2011 to promote services trade in the region.

Decisions of the Joint Committee. The second meeting of the AANZFTA Joint Committee was held on 23-25 November 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The public version of the Summary of Outcomes of the second meeting is now available for access.

15th AEM-CER Consultations. The 15th Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Ministers of Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) was held in Da Nang, Viet Nam on 26 August 2010. Read more

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Investment
The AANZFTA provides a greater level of certainty for investors and their investments. The Chapter on Investment of the AANZFTA accords a wide range of protection that includes:
Fair and equitable treatment, non-discriminatory treatment, free transfers relating to covered investments; and non-discriminatory expropriation of investments. It also provides for an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) that provides investors recourse to a choice of procedures for settling any investment related issues. Learn more.
Economic Cooperation

The Chapter on Economic Cooperation supports the implementation of the AANZFTA with the objective of ensuring that obligations and commitments under this are fulfilled and complied by the Parties/signatories to enable them to maximize utilization and benefits from the Agreement.

The Economic Cooperation Work Programme (ECWP), funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), covers the following components: rules of origin and aspects of implementation of tariff commitments; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment; services; investment; intellectual property; customs and competition policy. Learn more. AusAID

AECSP Strategic Overview ECWP Proposals