Table 8:Appendix: Comparison of Agreements Notified Under the Enabling Clause
RTA Name Date of
entry into
force
Remarks Implementation period (how
long it took/taking to make the
reductions agreed)
Coverage (% of tariff lines that
will be reduced out of the to-
tal)
(% of lines that will be liber-
alised immediately)
Countries
involved
Services
Andean
Commu-
nity (CAN)
25-May-88 The Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela is no longer a Party
of the Andean Community.
In 1994, the CET (CET) was
approved
Bolivia and Ecuador began the
process of adopting the CET
on an annual, automatic, and
linear basis, on the date set by
the Commission.
Bolivia,
Colombia,
Ecuador, and
Peru
No
ASEAN -
India
01-Jan-10 Dates of entry into Force:
Framework Agreement: 1 July
2004 TIG Agreement: In-
dia, Malaysia, Singapore and
Thailand: 1 January 2010
Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar
and Viet Nam: 1 June 2010
Indonesia: 1 October 2010
Lao PDR: 1 January 2011
The Philippines: 17 May 2011
Cambodia: 15 July 2011
Negotiations for goods fi-
nalised by June 30, 2005
and that for services and
investments the negotiations
concluded in 2007. India
agreed to special and differ-
ential treatment to ASEAN
group and align its peak
tariff levels, to reduce it s
tariff for Brunei,Cambodia,
Laos,Indonesia, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Singapore, Thai-
land and Vietnam in 2011.
Correspondingly while Brunei,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
and Thailand agreed to reduce
their tariff for India in 2001,
the new ASEAN members like
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
and Vietnam (CLMV) will do
so in 2016. Philippines which
has expressed its reservations
to the FTA has agreed to
eliminate its tariff on recip-
rocal basis for India by 2016.
India will unilaterally extend
concessions on 11 tariff lines
to CLMV.
(a) Normal Track: Applied
MFN tariff rates gradually re-
duced or eliminated in accor-
dance with specified schedules
and rates. (b) Sensitive Track:
The number of products listed
in the Sensitive Track shall be
subject to a maximum ceiling
to be mutually agreed among
the Parties. India: Reduce
over 89% of all of its agri-
culture, marine and manufac-
tured goods by 2016. Nearly
70% under Normal Track-1, for
which tariffs reduce to zero by
2013. The r e m a i n i n g
n e a r l y 9% tariff lines fall
under Nor- mal Track-2, for
which tariffs reduce to zero by
2016. 496 products under the
Exclusion List constitute 9.8%
of India’s total tariff lines,
while India has kept 11.1% of
its total tariff lines under the
Sensitive Track. Special
Products con- stitute just 0.1%
of its total tariff lines.
Implement an Early Harvest
Programme (EHP).
India, Cambo-
dia, Lao PDR,
Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Thailand, Viet
Nam
Yes