TARIFFSOVERVIEW
AND OF
REGIONAL TRADE
THEAGREEMENTS
AEC 2015
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
DATE
MILESTONES
08 August 1967,
Bangkok, Thailand
ASEAN was established with the signing of the
ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore
and Thailand – the Founding Fathers of ASEAN
4th ASEAN Summit in
Singapore in 1992
ASEAN Heads of Government formally agreed to
establish the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
Common Effective
Preferential Tariff (CEPT)
Main mechanism for the realization of AFTA;
Nucleus of ASEAN integration
ASEAN Trade in Goods
Agreement (ATIGA)
Signed on 26 February 2009 at Cha-am, Thailand,
and entered into force on 17 May 2010;
Improvement over the current AFTA-CEPT Scheme
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KEY ELEMENTS OF ATIGA
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Consolidates, streamlines all CEPT-AFTA provisions
Provides the full tariff reduction schedule of each
Member State; making it transparent and
predictable for business community
Free Flow of Goods
Elimination of NTBs
Trade Facilitation Measures
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ASEAN Community
DATE
MILESTONES
December 1997, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
ASEAN Leaders agreed on a shared vision (ASEAN
2020) of outward looking, living in peace, stability
and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in
dynamic development and in a community of
caring societies
9th ASEAN Summit,
October 2003, Bali,
Indonesia
ASEAN Leaders resolved that an ASEAN
Community shall be established
12th ASEAN Summit,
January 2007, Cebu,
Philippines
Leaders affirmed their strong commitment to
accelerate the establishment of an ASEAN
Community by 2015 with the signing of the Cebu
Declaration on the Acceleration of the
Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015
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ASEAN Economic Community 2015
KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AEC
 a single market and production base
 a highly competitive economic region
 a region of equitable economic development
 a region fully integrated into the global economy
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ASEAN Economic Community 2015
On Free Flow of Goods:

Elimination of all import duties by the 10 ASEAN MemberCountries
 Laos and Myanmar
 ASEAN 6
2003 – 60%
2008 – 60%
2007 – 80%
2012 – 80%
2010 – 100%
2015 – 100% with
 Viet Nam
flexibility up to 2018
2006 – 60%
 Cambodia
2010 – 80%
2010 – 60%
2015 – 100% with
2015 – 100% with
flexibility up to 2018
flexibility up to 2018
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Status of Philippine Tariff Commitments under ATIGA
No. of 2012
Products Category
AHTN Share to Total
Products Covered
Lines
Inclusion List:
With zero tariff
9,685
98.63% All except those listed below
With 5% tariff
74
0.75% Maize, Cassava, Sweet
Potato, Live/Meat of Poultry,
Live/Meat of Swine
Special
35
0.36% Rice: 2013-2014 - 40%, 2015Consideration for
35%;
Rice and Sugar
Sugar: 2013 -18%, 2014 10%, 2015-5%
Exclusion List
26
0.26% Arms and ammunition
Total
9,820
100.00%
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Philippine Tariff Commitments under FTAs by 2015
2015
Rates of
Duty
ACFTA
AKFTA
AANZFTA
Timeframe
2010
2010
2013
2018
2018
0
0.75-5
5.25 - 15
15.36-25
25.18 UP
HSL
GE/EL
TOTAL
86.84
3.43
88.09
0.51
92.89
1.90
3.47
57.17
67.12
24.15
4.10
3.17
2.05
0.01
0.40
100.00
3.77
3.87
3.35
0.39
100.00
4.83
0.05
0.41
1.00
100.00
23.11
0.88
1.12
14.24
100.00
4.01
1.59
0.76
2.43
100.00
Percentage Share (%)
AIFTA
AJCEPA
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EXISTING FTAs IN THE PHILIPPINES
FTA
Implementing
EOs
TIG
Agreement
Signed
Entry Into
Force
ATIGA
850
(AFTA-CEPT )
26 Feb. 2009
17 May 2010
(retroactive 01
Jan. 2010)
ACFTA
485, 487, 613,
618, 814, 71, 72
26 Nov. 2004
2006
AKFTA
638, 639, 812,
73,74
24 Aug. 2007
01 Jan. 2008
PJEPA
767, 905
09 Sept. 2006
2008
AJCEPA
852
14 April 2008
July 2010
AANZFTA
851
19 Feb. 2009
01 Jan. 2010
AIFTA
25
13 Aug. 2009
17 May 2011
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WAY FORWARD
 Government Sector
 Complete the tariff reduction schedule to 0‐5% for
IL products CLMV countries
 Elimination of Non‐Tariff Barriers
 Continuous reform, enhance and simplify CEPT
ROO and its operational procedures
 Customs integration ‐ ensure customs
development; operationalize ASEAN Single
Window
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WAY FORWARD
 SMEs
 Ensure that Trade Officials are fully aware of the
sectoral interests and concerns
 Provide inputs in the consultations conducted by
various government agencies
 Take advantage of all the institutional and informal
channels to pro-actively participate in decisionmaking process
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WAY FORWARD
 SMEs
 Have a good understanding of the opportunities
offered, as well as the changes brought about by
the FTAs
 Familiarity with the FTA provisions of relevance to
your sector
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TARIFF COMMISSION
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East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. (+632) 926-8731
Fax (+632) 921-7960
Website: www.tariffcommission.gov.ph
Email : info@tariffcommission.gov.ph
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