Background

The ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand Summit on 30 November 2004 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, agreed to establish a comprehensive ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Area. The FTA would build on the existing cooperation initiatives under the AFTA-CER CEP, especially in the areas of:

• trade and investment facilitation measures;
• technical assistance; and
• capacity building activities.

Scope

AANZFTA is ASEAN's first comprehensive FTA negotiations with Dialogue Partners covering all sectors:

• trade in goods;
• investment;
• trade in services;
• financial services;
• telecommunications;
• electronic commerce;
• movement of natural persons;
• intellectual property;
• competition policy; and
• economic cooperation.

Status

Economic Ministers of ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand signed the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) Agreement on 27 February 2009 in Thailand.

ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area have been implemented on 1 January 2010.

Related documents

Joint Media Statement on the Signing of the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, Cha-am, Thailand, 27 February 2009

Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, Cha-am, Thailand, 27 February 2009

Annexes to the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area,

ANNEX I - Schedules of Tariff Commitments (HS 2002)

General Notes

•  Australia	•  Brunei Darussalam	•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia	•  Lao PDR	•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar	•  New Zealand	•  Philippines
•  Singapore	•  Thailand	•  Vietnam

ANNEX 2 – Product Specific Rules

ANNEX 3 - Schedules Specific Services Commitments

•  Australia	•  Brunei Darussalam	•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia	•  Lao PDR	•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar	•  New Zealand	•  Philippines
•  Singapore	•  Thailand	•  Vietnam

ANNEX 4 - Schedules of Movement of Natural Persons Commitments

General Notes

•  Australia	•  Brunei Darussalam	•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia	•  Lao PDR	•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar	•  New Zealand	•  Philippines
•  Singapore	•  Thailand	•  Vietnam

Implementing Arrangement for the ASEAN-Australia-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Economic Co-Operation Work Programme Pursuant to Chapter 12 (Economic Co-Operation) of the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area

Understanding on Article 1 (Reduction And/Or Elimination of Customs Duties) of Chapter 2 (Trade in Goods) of the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area

Joint Declaration of the Leaders at the ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand Commemorative Summit, Vientiane, 30 November 2004

Tariff Schedule HS2007 for AANZFTA

AFTA-CER