ASEAN Free Trade Area

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economic integration arrangement free trade area regional trade agreement

The ASEAN Free Trade Area is a regional economic agreement among Southeast Asian nations aimed at reducing trade barriers and promoting the free flow of goods within the ASEAN bloc.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
AFTA 1
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) 1
ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic integration arrangement ⓘ
free trade area ⓘ
regional trade agreement ⓘ
abbreviation ASEAN Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFTA
administeredBy ASEAN Economic Ministers ⓘ
ASEAN Secretariat ⓘ
aimsTo create a single market for goods in ASEAN ⓘ
appliesTo Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
beneficiary ASEAN consumers ⓘ
ASEAN member state ⓘ
surface form: ASEAN member state exporters
cooperatesWith World Trade Organization rules ⓘ
coreMechanism Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme ⓘ
foundationPlace Singapore ⓘ
foundedAtEvent ASEAN Summit ⓘ
surface form: Fourth ASEAN Summit
foundedBy ASEAN member states ⓘ
goal attraction of foreign direct investment to ASEAN ⓘ
elimination of non-tariff barriers among ASEAN members ⓘ
enhancement of ASEAN’s competitiveness as a production base ⓘ
promotion of free flow of goods within ASEAN ⓘ
reduction of intra-ASEAN tariffs ⓘ
hasComponent Highly Sensitive List ⓘ
Inclusion List ⓘ
Sensitive List ⓘ
Temporary Exclusion List ⓘ
inception 1992 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
other official ASEAN languages ⓘ
legalBasis Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area ⓘ
partOf ASEAN Economic Community ⓘ
surface form: ASEAN Economic Community framework

Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ
policyArea trade in goods ⓘ
policyInstrument rules of origin ⓘ
safeguard measures ⓘ
tariff elimination commitments ⓘ
tariff reduction schedules ⓘ
precededBy earlier ASEAN preferential trading arrangements ⓘ
regionServed Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo ASEAN Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
shortName ASEAN Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
signingDate 28 January 1992 ⓘ
signingPlace Singapore ⓘ
typeOfTariffPreference preferential tariff rates among ASEAN members ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ASEAN Free Trade Area → abbreviation → ASEAN Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFTA
ASEAN Free Trade Area → relatedTo → ASEAN Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
SAFTA → relatedTo → ASEAN Free Trade Area ⓘ
ASEAN Free Trade Area → shortName → ASEAN Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)