TRADE IN GOODS. ARTICLE 2.1
TRADE IN GOODS. 1. The Parties shall progressively reduce and eliminate duties and other restrictive regulations of commerce (except, where necessary, those permitted under Article XXIV(8)(b) of GATT 1994) on substantially all trade in goods among the Parties, in accordance with the provisions, schedules and programme for the Normal Track in the Agreement on Trade in Goods under this Framework Agreement.
TRADE IN GOODS. 1. In addition to the Early Harvest Programme under Article 6 of this Agreement, and with a view to expediting the expansion of trade in goods, the Parties agree to enter into negotiations in which duties and other restrictive regulations of commerce (except, where necessary, those permitted under Article XXIV (8)(b) of the WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)) shall be eliminated on substantially all trade in goods between the Parties.
TRADE IN GOODS. Article 201
TRADE IN GOODS. 1. Member States shall eliminate all Common Effective Preferential Tariff for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (CEPT-AFTA) tariffs in relation to products (other than those in the sensitive, highly sensitive and general exception lists) covered by the individual ASEAN Sectoral Integration Protocols, except those listed in accompanying negative lists to the Protocols, which in total for each Member State shall not exceed 15% of the total product list appearing as Annex XII to this Framework Agreement, by:
TRADE IN GOODS. In order to achieve the objective laid down in Article 4, the Joint Council shall decide on the arrangements and timetable for a bilateral, progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods, in accordance with The relevant WTO rules, in particular Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and taking account of the sensitive nature of certain products. This decision shall include, in particular, the following matters:
TRADE IN GOODS. Article 5
TRADE IN GOODS. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods of the other Party in accordance with Annex 2.1 and its schedule1 to Annex 2.1.
TRADE IN GOODS. The original agreement did not contain a number of provisions for rules for trade in goods that have by now become standard in trade agreements. It also left out of liberalisation a number of tariff lines in agriculture and fisheries. Agriculture and fisheries With the new Agreement full liberalization will reach more than 85% of lines which had not been liberalized. Exclusion of products has been kept to the strict minimum and refers only to the sugar sector. For the remaining items increased market access has been negotiated, with partial liberalization and Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) Mexico obtained the following TRQs beef (10,000 t carcass weight equivalent with 7,5% duty phased-in in 5 years), beef offals (10,000 t carcass weight equivalent with 7,5% duty phased-in in 5 years), poultry will be fully liberalized except for chicken breast (TRQ with preferential duty of 10.000 t) and egg products (5000 t egg equivalent for egg yolks). On bananas, export of Mexican bananas will be aligned to the preferential tariff as for the other preferential bananas exporter (75€/t) at the moment of the entry into force of the agreement. Mexico also obtained a full liberalization for pork with the exception of frozen ham (TRQ of 10,000 t carcass weight equivalent). On honey, Mexico will benefit from full liberalization in 7 years. During the dismantling period, the existing TRQ for honey granted under the existing agreement will be replaced at entry into force by a TRQ of 35,000 duty free. Finally, on ethanol (25.000 t phased-in in 5 years) and raw sugar for refining only (30.000 t at 49€/t phased-in in 3 years). On the EU side, for cheese and dairy products significant market access improvements were agreed for EU's core export products to Mexico. The agreement will provide for TRQ of 20,000 t in 5 years for mature cheeses and 5,000 t in 5 years for fresh cheeses, 50,000 t phased in 5 years for skimmed milk powder. Dairy preparation will benefit from total TRQs of 13.000 t. The tariff for infant formula will be reduced to 50% of the MFN rate in 5 years. There will be a considerable improvement of market access conditions for EU's exports for pork (fully liberalized except a TRQ of 10.000t of loins) and poultry (full liberalization at entry into force for mechanically deboned chicken meat and 20.000 t of leg quarters). All TRQ obtained by the EU are duty free. For fruits not yet liberalized exports of apples will reach full liberalization in 10 years and tin peaches will...
