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1 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes AFGHANISTAN- INDIA Preferential Trade between the Republic of India and the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan Annex C; Secntion 8: Allowed, RVC 40% with domestic value content 30% n/trade/international_ ta_indafg.asp AFGHANISTAN-US between the Governments of the United States and Afghanistan concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations AFTA-ATIGA- AFAS ASEAN Free Trade Area Chapter 3; Article 30; Allowed Chapter 3; Article 28; Annex 3: Product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 33; 10% of FOB vlaue Chapter 6; Article 60; Allowed /communities/aseaneconomiccommunity/category/ asean-trade-in-goodsagreement APTA Asia-Pacific Trade (previously known as Bangkok ) Annex2; RULE 4: Allowed, RVC 60% org/tid/aptaro.pdf ARMENIA-EU The European Union and the Republic of Armenia ARMENIA- GEORGIA on Free Trade the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia The rules of origin were defined according to the decision of the Council of Heads of Government of Commonwealth of Independent States of 30 November 2000.

2 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes ARMENIA- KAZAKHSTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN : Article1;2: Detailed rules on establishing commodity origins shall be coordinated by the Parties and included in a document that shall Article 1: country of origin shall be determined according to the Rules of Establishing the Country of Origin for Goods, approved by Resolution of CIS Board of State Governments on September 24, ARMENIA- KYRGYZSTAN the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of Armenia ARMENIA- MOLDOVA between the Government of Republic of Armenia and the Government of Republic of Moldova on Free Trade Detailed rules on establishing commodity origins shall be coordinated by Contracting Parties and included in a document that shall become an integral part of the. ARMENIA- RUSSIAN FEDERATION between the Government of Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Russian Federation on Free Trade Article 1: Detailed rules on establishing commodity origins shall be coordinated by Contracting Parties and included in a document that shall become an integral part of this. ARMENIA- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan-Armenia Free Trade ARMENIA- TURKMENISTAN between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Turkmenistan on Free Trade Detailed rules on establishing commodity origins shall be coordinated by Contracting Parties and included in a document that shall become an integral part of this.

3 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes ARMENIA- UKRAINE between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Ukraine on Free Trade Note that the CIS has established a new set of rules as of November 30, (See WTO document WT/REG82/5) It is unclear from the wording of the FTA whether the 2000 rules replace the 1993 rules. ASEAN- AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND establishing an ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area CHAPTER 3; Article 6: Partial CHAPTER 3; Annex 2 CHAPTER 3; Article 8: Except HS 50-63: 10% of FOB/ HS 50-63: 10% of FOB, or 10% of the total weight govt.nz/chapter-3- rules-of-origin/ Instead of change in tariff heading, for a good to be treated as an originating good, it must have a regional value content of not less than 40 per cent of FOB calculated using the formulae as described in Article 5 (Calculation of ASEAN-CHINA on Trade in Goods of the Framework on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China Annex 3; Rule 5: Full, RVC 60% (with 40% local value added) Attachment B: Product Specific Criteria v.cn/dongmeng/anne x/xieyi2004en.pdf ASEAN-EU Assotiation of Southeast Asian Nations and European Union Free Trade ASEAN-INDIA Assotiation of Southeast Asian Nations and India Article 7; Annex 2; Rule 4: Partial Article 7; Annex 2; Rule 6; Appendix B; Product Specific Rules ASEAN-JAPAN on Comprehensive Economic Partnership among Japan and the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chapter 3; Article 29: Annex 2: Product Specific Rules Chapter 3; Article 28: p/policy/economy/fta /asean/annex2.pdf

4 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes ASEAN-KOREA Framework on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Among the Governments of the Republic of Korea and of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Article 5; Annex 3; Rule 7: Partial Annex 3; Rule 5; Appendix 2: Product Specific Rules Annex 3; Rule 10: 10% of the FOB value. (Chapters 50-63: 10% of the total weight ) pds/fta_korea/asean/2 2.pdf ASEAN-US Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement between the United States of America and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations AUSTRALIA- CHILE Australia-Chile Free Trade Article 4.4: Partial Tariff heading change; Tariff subheading change Annex 4-C: Article 4.5: 10% of value au/fta/aclfta/australia _Chile_FTA_Schedu le_product_specific_ Rules.pdf au/fta/aclfta/index.ht ml AUSTRALIA- CHINA Australia-China Free Trade AUSTRALIA-GCC Australia-Gulf Cooperation Council FTA AUSTRALIA- INDIA India-Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation

5 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes AUSTRALIA- INDONESIA Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership AUSTRALIA- JAPAN Australia-Japan Free Trade AUSTRALIA- KOREA Australia-Republic of Korea Free Trade AUSTRALIA- MALAYSIA Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Bilateral Chapter, heading and subheading change RVC:40% - 10% of value; for chapters also 10% of weight - au/fta/mafta/docume nts/annex-2-product- Specific-Rules- Schedule- HS2007.pdf AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Act 2006: Subdivision G: Partical 50% Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Act 2006: Subdivision G: Last manufacturing process Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Act 2006: Subdivision D: 10% Article 14: When A prejudicial situation arises, member States shall seek another solution that may include drawback of duty ov.au/comlaw/legis lation/act1.nsf/0/c6 F36389D CA FF/$fi le/ pdf Subdivision G Goods last processed in New Zealand (1) Goods are New Zealand originating goods if: (a) the last process in their manufacture was performed in New Zealand; and AUSTRALIA- PAPUA NEW GUINEA on Trade and Commercial Relations Australia and the Government of Papau New Guinea Article 4: Bilateral 50% of expenditure on material, labour, and factory overhead for manufactured goods.

6 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes AUSTRALIA- SINGAPORE Singapore-Australia Free Trade Bilateral n.a. 50%. (30% for some products) Last manufacturing process necessary for some products. Annex 2C 3% n.a. /goods/pdf/roo_safta. pdf Records of documents and certificate of origin, kept for 5 years. AUSTRALIA- THAILAND Australia-Thailand Free Trade CHAPTER 4: ARTICLE 402; 3(a): 10% of FOB value au/fta/tafta/annex_4 _1.zip a/tafta_annexes_sideletters_in dex.html AUSTRALIA-US Australia-United States Article 5.3: Allowed; partial Annex 4-A : Textile and Apparel Specific Rules of Origin Article 5.2: 10% au/fta/ausfta/finaltext/chapter_5.html AZERBAIJAN- GEORGIA AZERBAIJAN- KAZAKHSTAN on Free Trade Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Article 1 2. For objectives of the present agreement, commodity, which is determined in accordance with international regulations, is considered as originated from the areas of the Sides during the operation of this agreement. AZERBAIJAN- MOLDOVA Azerbaijan-Moldova Free Trade

7 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes AZERBAIJAN- RUSSIAN FEDERATION Azerbaijan-Russian Federation Free Trade Article 1: Detailed rules on establishing origins of goods shall be coordinated by Contracting Parties and included in a document that shall become an integral part of this. AZERBAIJAN- TURKMENISTAN Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan AZERBAIJAN- UZBEKISTAN Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Free Trade AZERBIJAN- UKRAINE BANGLADESH- PAKISTAN Ukraine and the Government of the Azerbaijani Republic Pakistan-Bangladesh Free Trade /AnnexAndRelatedDocs/Engli sh/fta%20ukraine%20- %20Azerbaijan%20Trade%20 Info%20Annex.doc Annex;.Trade provisions;3.: Rules of origin Goods BHUTAN-INDIA on Trade, Commerce and Transit the Republic of India and the Royal Government of Bhutan

8 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes BIMSTEC Framework on the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectorial Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Free Trade Area In the agenda for further negotiation. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM- JAPAN between Japan and Brunei Darussalam for an Economic Partnership Chapter 2; Article 25: Allowed, Partial Annex 2: Product specific rules Chapter 2; Article 26; Annex 2; Part 1 (e): HS and 64-97: 10% of value. HS 50-63: 7% of weight p/region/asiapaci/brunei/epa0706/ annex2.pdf Minimum data requirements on certificates of origin asiapaci/brunei/epa0706/annex3.p df CENTRAL ASIA- US Framework the United States of America, and the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and CHINA-CHILE the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Chile Chapter IV; Article 20: Partial Chapter IV; Article 21: 8% v.cn/chile/xieyi/freetr adexieding2.pdf CHINA-COSTA RICA Costa Rica-China Free Trade Chapter 4;Article 27: Allowed, partial Chapter 4; Article 26: Processing Operations Chapter 4; Article 29: 10% of the FOB v.cn/gesidalijia/xieyi/ xieyi_04_en.rar CHINA-GCC China-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade

9 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes CHINA-HONG KONG, China Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Annex 2 (5); Table 1:some specific process (with significant transformation) accepted k/english/cepa/tradeg oods/trade_goods.ht ml CHINA-ICELAND People's Republic of China- Iceland Free Trade CHINA-JAPAN- KOREA Republic of Korea-China- Japan Free Trade CHINA-KOREA People's Republic of China- Republic of Korea Free Trade CHINA-MACAO, China Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement : Bilateral Annex 2; Table 1: Some process accepted as requirement (with substantial transformation) CHINA-NEW ZEALAND New Zealand and the Government of the People's Republic of China Article 24 of the Chapter 4 on the Rules of Origin Article 30 of the Chapter 4 on Rules of Origin - z/1-the-agreement/2- Text-of-the- agreement/05-chapt- 4-ROO-operationalprocedures/index.php -

10 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes CHINA-NORWAY People's Republic of China- Norway Free Trade CHINA-PAKISTAN the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Chapter IV; Article 16: Allowed with the final product is not less than 40% pk/pdf/annex-ii_pk- CN_FTA.pdf CHINA-PERU the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Peru CHAPTER 3; Section A; Article 27: Allowed, partial Annex 4: Product Specific Rules of Origin CHAPTER 3; Section A; Article 29: 10% v.cn/bilu/annex/bilu_ xdwb_03_en.pdf Annex 4: annex/bilu_fujian4_01_en.pdf CHINA-SACU People's Republic of China- Southern African Customs Union Free Trade CHINA- SINGAPORE the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Singapore CHAPTER 4; ARTICLE 14: Allowed, Partial CHAPTER 4; ARTICLE 15; Annex 2 (b)(2): Product Specific Rules, Process Criterion for Textile and Textile Products CHAPTER 4; ARTICLE 16: 10% of the FOB /fta_csfta.asp?hl=27 CHINA- SWITZERLAND People's Republic of China- Switzerland Free Trade

11 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes CHINA-THAILAND People's Republic of China- Thailand Free Trade CISFTA Treaty on a Free Trade Area between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Decision on Rules of Determining a Country of Origin of Goods (Annex I) Georgia was an initial member of the agreement, however withdrew as of 18 August D-8 PTA Preferential Tariff Arrangement - Group of 8 Developing Countries The Second Meeting of the Supervisory Committee of the Preferential Trade Among D-8 Member States 29 March 2013 Ankara Turkey the Meeting included the issue of Rules of Origin of the D-8 PTA in the Agenda. After due EAEC ECFA on Customs Union and Single Economic Area between the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Tajikistan Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Uzbekistan became a member of EEC on 25 January It submitted an application on joining EEC in October However, it will take about one more year to fully solve all technical issues related to the country's inclusion in all (Regional value added content of 40%) or product specific rule. 10% for goods w/ecfaattachment/e CFADoc/Annex%20I I%20Provisional%20 Rules%20of%20Orig in%20applicable%2 0to%20Products.pdf Provisional Rules of Origin ECOTA Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Annex I, Article 6: Allowed, RVC 60% Annex I: ariat.org/ftproot/doc uments/protocols/an nexes_of_ecota.do c

12 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes FIJI-PAPUA NEW GUINEA-EU European Union-Papua New Guinea-Fiji Interim Economic Partnership Protocol II; Article 3,4: Diagonal See List in Annex II to Protocol II Protocol II; Annex II GEORGIA-EU Georgia-European Union Deep and Comprehensive GEORGIA- KAZAKHSTAN on Free Trade Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan Commodity originated from the customs areas of the Sides is determined by regulations determining the originator country of the commodity in accordance with international standards GEORGIA- RUSSIAN FEDERATION on Free Trade the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Russian Federation GEORGIA- TURKEY between the Republic of Turkey and Georgia Protocol II; Title II; Article 3-4: Partial Protocol II;Annex II: Product specific rules Protocol II; Title II; Article 6: 10% (Not for products falling within chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) Chapter3 ; Article 18; protocol II; Title IV gov.tr/upload//623d D683-D621-FABF- 14E35C1AEEF7919 4/Protocol-II.pdf GEORGIA- TURKMENISTAN of Free Trade Georgia and the Government of Turkmenistan Article: Partial Such rules of the origin of commodity will be agreed by the Sides in the separate document, which will be the inherent part of the present agreement.

13 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes GEORGIA- UKRAINE on Free Trade the Republic of Georgia and the Government of Ukraine Article 1: Partial Not metioned Not metioned Not metioned GEORGIA- UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan-Georgia Free Trade GSTP on the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries Annex II; Rule 4: RVC 60%. org/secured/gstp/r ulesoforigin/extract origin_en.pdf Article 15 refers to the schedules of concessions annexed to the agreement and the Rules of Origin annex. GUAM Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova Free Trade HONG KONG, China-EFTA between EFTA States and Hong Kong, China CHAPTER 2; ARTICLE 2.2; Annex IV:Article 6: Allowed, Partical APPENDIX 1 (9.1): specific processes Annex IV:Article 4 (4): 20% of the exworks price edia/documents/legal -texts/free-traderelations/hong-kongchina/annexes/annex %20IV%20- %20Rules%20of%20 Origin.pdf Annex IV:Article 2: product originating in Liechtenstein shall, due to the customs union between Switzerland and Liechtenstein, be considered as originating in Switzerland. HONG KONG,China-NEW ZEALAND New Zealand-Hong Kong, China Closer Economic Partnership bilateral see Annex 1 to Chapter 4 for product specific Rules NZ-HK-CEP-HKrules-of-originheadnote.pdf

14 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes INDIA-CANADA India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership INDIA-CHILE Preferential Trade between the Republic of Chile and the Republic of India ANNEX-C; Article 3: Partial e.nic.in/trade/indiachi le/rules_of_origin.p df INDIA-EFTA EFTA-India Free Trade INDIA-EGYPT India-Egypt Preferential Trade INDIA-EU India-European Union Bilateral Trade and Investment INDIA-GCC Framework on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of India and the Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

15 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes INDIA-ISRAEL India-Israel Free Trade INDIA-JAPAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership between Japan and the Republic of India Chapter 3; Article 31: Allowed, partial Annex 2: product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 32: 7-10% p/region/asiapaci/india/epa /pdfs/ijcepa_x02_e.p df INDIA-KOREA Comprehensive Economic Partnership between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of India bilateral 35% FOB. Article 3.4(b) Product-specific rules, provided in Annex 3-A 10% see Article 3.8 INDIA-MALAYSIA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation the Republic of India and the Government of Malaysia Chapter 3; Article 3.5: Allowed, Partial Annex 3-1: Product Specific Rules See Notes e.nic.in/trade/imcec A/title.pdf De minimis: Chapter 3; Article 3.5: Excluding HS 1-14 and 50-63: 10% of FOB. HS 50-63: 8% of the total weight of all the basic textile materials INDIA-MAURITIUS India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership INDIA-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade between Mercosur and the Republic of India Annex 3; Article 3: Partial n/trade/indiamercosu r/annexiii.pdf

16 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes INDIA-NEPAL Revised Treaty of Trade India and the Government of Nepal ARTICLE V; PROTOCOL section V (b) (i) (ii): Partial INDIA-NEW ZEALAND New Zealand-India Free Trade INDIA-SACU Preferential Trade between South African Customs Union and India INDIA- SINGAPORE Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Between the Republic of India and the Republic of Singapore (CECA) CHAPTER 3; ARTICLE 3.9: Allowed, partial Annex 3B: Product Specific Rules e.nic.in/ceca/ch3.pdf De Minimis and Outward Processing (Annex 1): 1. The Parties confirm the understanding reached with respect to the interpretation and/or implementation of Chapter 3 on the Rules of Origin of the India-Singapore INDIA-SRI LANKA between the Republic of India and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Article VII; Annex C; Rule 7: Bilateral: Value added of the exporting country: 25%, and aggregate value addition : 35% e.nic.in/trade/internat ional_ta_indsl_1.asp# b20 Contained in Annex C INDIA-THAILAND Framework for establishing a Free Trade Area between the Republic od India and the Kingdom of Thailand Bilateral Change in tariff heading at the 4 digit level minimum content at least 40% No specific process required n.a. n.a. Some combination of tariff heading change and minimum value for some products.

17 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes INDONESIA-EFTA Comprehensive Economic Partnership between Republic of Indonesia and EFTA States INDONESIA-EU EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership INDONESIA- JAPAN between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia for an Economic Partership Chapter 3; Article 30: Allowed, Partial Annex 2: product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 31; Annex 2; Part 1(e): 7-10% p/region/asiapaci/indonesia/epa07 08/annex2.pdf INDONESIA- KOREA Republic of Korea- Indonesia Free Trade INDONESIA- PAKISTAN Pakistan-Indonesia Free Trade Annex 4; Rule 5: RVC 40% Annex 4; Rule 6: Attachment B INDONESIA-US Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Governmetn of the Republic of Indonesia concerning the Establishment of the

18 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes JAPAN-CANADA Japan-Canada Economic Partnership JAPAN-CHILE between Japan and the Republic of Chile for a Strategic Economic Partnership Chapter 4; Section 1; Article 33: Allowed, Partial Annex 2: product specific rules Chapter 4; Section 1; Article 32: Annex 2; Section 1 (f): 7-10% p/region/latin/chile/jo int0703/annex.pdf JAPAN-EU Japan-European Union Free Trade JAPAN-GCC between Japan and the Gulf Cooperation Council JAPAN-KOREA Japan-Republic of Korea Economic Partnership JAPAN-MALAYSIA between the Government of Japan and the Government of Malaysia for an Economic Partnership Chapter 3; Article 29: Allwed, partial Annex 2: product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 30; Annex 2; Section 1(e): 7-10% p/region/asiapaci/malaysia/epa/an nex2.pdf

19 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes JAPAN-MEXICO between Japan and the United Mexican States for the Strengthening of the Economic Partnership Chapter 4; Article 22: Allowed, partial Annex 4: Product specific rule Chapter 4; Article 25: 10% with exceptions p/region/latin/mexico /agreement/annex4.p df JAPAN- MONGOLIA Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership JAPAN-PERU Agreemnet between Japan and the Republic of Peru for an Economic Partnership Chapter 3; Article 43: Allowed, partial Annex 3: Product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 44: 10% with exceptions p/region/latin/peru/ep a201105/pdfs/jpepa_ x03_e.pdf JAPAN- PHILIPPINES between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines for an Economic Partnership Chapter 3; Article 30: Allowed, partial Annex 2: product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 31;Annex 2; Section 1 (f): 7-10% p/region/asiapaci/philippine/epa06 09/annex2.pdf Minimum requirements for the certificate of origin asiapaci/philippine/epa0609/annex 3.pdf JAPAN- SINGAPORE between Japan and the Republic of Singapore for a New-Age Economic Partnership Chapter 3; Article 24: Allowed, Partial Annex 2: Products specific rules Chapter 3; Article 25; Annex 2: See each chapter p/region/asia- paci/singapore/jsepa- 3.pdf Annex IIA For shipments below JPY 200,000 the requirement to produce a 'certificate of origin' can be waived. Inspections can go back up to three years. JAPAN- SWITZERLAND on Free Trade and Economic Partnership between Japan and the Swiss Confederation Annex II; Section 2 Article V: Allowed, partial Annex II; Appendix 1: Product Specific Rules Annex II; Section 2; Article VI: 7 or 10% p/region/europe/switz erland/epa0902/anne x2.pdf

20 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes JAPAN-THAILAND between Japan and the Kingdom of Thailand for an Economic Partnership Chapter 3; Article 29 Annex 2: product specific rules Chapter 3; Article 30; Annex 2; Section 1(f): 7 or 10% Minimum requirements for certificate of origin at p/region/asiapaci/thailand/epa070 4/annex3.pdf Chapter 3 of the. Product specific rules asiapaci/thailand/epa0704/annex2. pdf JAPAN-VIET NAM between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for an Economic Partnership Bilateral; see Art 29 See Art 27 See Art 28 KAZAKHSTAN- KYRGYZSTAN on Free Trade Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN- RUSSIAN FEDERATION- BELARUS Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus KAZAKHSTAN- UKRAINE Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bilateral Rules of Origin. Goods originating from the customs territories of the Contracting Parties shall be goods determined by Regulations on Establishing a Country of Origin of 30 November, 2000 approved by KAZAKHSTAN- UZBEKISTAN between Government of Republic of Kazakhstan and Government of Republic of Uzbekistan

21 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes KAZ-RF-BE-EFTA EFTA-Russian Federation- Belarus-Kazakhstan Free Trade KAZ-RF-NZ-BE New Zealand-Russian Federation-Belarus- Kazakhstan Free Trade KOREA-CANADA Republic of Korea-Canada n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. KOREA-CHILE the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of Chile Bilateral Heading change necessary 45 %build-down, 30% build up No specific process required 8% (not chapters 1-24 unless CS; 8% of weight in chapters kr/pdffiles/annex4.p df - KOREA- COLOMBIA Republic of Korea- Colombia Free Trade KOREA-EFTA between the EFTA States and the Republic of Korea ANNEX I; Article 3: Allowed, Appendix 2: Product specific rules ANNEX I; Article 5: 10% /HS 50-63: 10% of the total weight of all the basic textile materials ee-trade/free-tradeagreements/media/do cuments/legaltexts/free-traderelations/republic-ofkorea/annexes-roujd/ dd4b 06979E44925C1A96 ANNEX I; Articles 30 and 31 cover customs cooperation

22 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes KOREA-EU Trade Free Trade between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part PROTOCOL; SECTION A; Article 3; Allowed, Partial PROTOCOL; SECTION A; Article 5; Annex II, Annex II (a): Product Specific rules PROTOCOL; SECTION A; Article 5 (2) : 10% of the exworks price (excluding HS 50-63) PROTOCOL; SECTION B; Article 14 Sensitive sectors (cars, textiles, agricultural and fisheries) use strict rules KOREA-GCC Republic of Korea-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade KOREA- MALAYSIA Malaysia - Korea Free Trade n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. KOREA-MEXICO Republic of Korea-Mexico KOREA-NEW ZEALAND New Zealand-Korea Closer Economic Partnership KOREA-PERU between Republic of Korea and the Republic of Peru Bilateral Chapter, heading and subheading change 40, 50 or 55%. Also 35%build up method and 45% build down method For textiles products in HS Chapter 63 10% of value. For goods in HS Chapters % of total weight comerciales.gob.pe/i mages/stories/corea/i ngles/03_kpfta_ru les_of_origin_annex _3A_PSR.pdf

23 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes KOREA- SINGAPORE Between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of Singapore ARTICLE 4.9: Partial ARTICLE 4.2 ;Annex 4A ARTICLE 4.1: 10% with exceptions pds/fta_korea/singap ore/eng/chapter4. pdf orea/singapore/eng/chapter 4_AnnexA.pdf KOREA-TURKEY on Trade in Goods between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Korea PROTOCOL; Section A; ARTICLE 2: Partial PROTOCOL; Section A; Annex II, Annex II(a): Product specific rules PROTOCOL; ARTICLE 5: 10% (except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) PROTOCOL; Section B; ARTICLE 15: The Customs Committee may establish the criteria to review duty drawback kr/html/kor/_down/h an_turkey_02_02.pdf KOREA-US between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea Chapter 6; Senction A; Article 6.5: Chapter 6; Senction A; Article 6.6: No exceed 10% of the adjusted value of the good Chapter 7; Article assets/trade_agreem ents/bilateral/republ ic_of_korea_fta/fi nal_text/asset_uploa d_file680_12704.pdf For textile and clothing: "Yarn forward" rule means that apparel using yarn and fabric from the US and ROK qualifies for preferential tariff treatment. KOREA-VIET NAM Republic of Korea-Viet Nam KYRGYZSTAN- MOLDOVA on Free Trade Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of Republic of Moldova KYRGYZSTAN- RUSSIAN FEDERATION of Free Trade the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Government of the Russian Federation The Contracting Parties will coordinate the detailed rules of goods origin in a separate document which will be integral part of this.

24 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes KYRGYZSTAN- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Free Trade KYRGYZSTAN- UKRAINE KYRGYZSTAN- UZBEKISTAN LAO PDR- THAILAND on Free Trade between the Governmnet of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of Ukraine between Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan Trade between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Lao People's Democratic Republic Article 1: For the purposes of this and for the period it is effective, goods originated from the territories of the Contracting Parties shall be goods determined by Regulations on Establishing a Article 2(3): For the purposes of this and for the period it is effective, goods originating in the territories of the Contracting Parties shall be goods determined by the Regulations on Determining a LAO PDR-US between the United States of America and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on Trade Relations MALAYSIA-CHILE Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Chapter 4; Article 4.8: Bilateral Chapters 4; Article 4.2; Annex 4-B: product specific rules Chapter 4; Article 4.9: 10% of the FOB value of the good

25 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes MALAYSIA-EU Malaysia-European Union MALAYSIA-NEW ZEALAND New Zealand-Malaysia Cumulative - Minimal Operations and Processes that do not by themselves confer origin are included in Article % FOB - mnzfta-annex-2.pdf Specific traiff schedules loads/tradeagreement/malaysia/mnzftaannex-1.pdf MALAYSIA- PAKISTAN Between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Government of Malaysia for a Closer Economic Partnership Bilateral n.a. At least 40% Yes n.a. n.a. my/ekpweb/applicati on Annex III MALAYSIA- TURKEY Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade MALAYSIA-US Trade and Investment Framework the United States of America and the Government of Malaysia MSG Trade Among the Melanesian Spearhead Group Countries Partial

26 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes NEW ZEALAND- GCC New Zealand-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade NEW ZEALAND- SINGAPORE between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership Bilateral n.a. At least 40% EXW Last manufacturing process n.a. n.a. Alternative condition: Cost of Quality Control/Check is more than 50% of finished good value. NEW ZEALAND- TAIWAN between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu on Economic Cooperation NEW ZEALAND- THAILAND New Zealand-Thailand Closer Economic Partnership Bilateral A heading change may be required Some products require a value percentage on top of the process requirement Specific process required 10% N.A. nz/tradeagreements/t hainzcep/pdfs/nzthair ulesoforiginannex.pd f Rules of Origin are very product specific. See Annex for details. loads/tradeagreement/thailand/nzthairules oforiginannex.pdf PACER Plus Pacific on Closer Economic Relations Plus PAKISTAN-GCC Pakistan-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade

27 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes PAKISTAN-IRAN Preferential Trade between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran Annex C; Rule 3: Partial e.gov.pk/pipta/ag REED_RULES_OF_ ORIGIN_FOR_PTA. pdf PAKISTAN- MAURITIUS Preferential Trade between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic of Mauritius Annex C; Rule 8: RVC 35%, with local value added 25% Annex C; Rule 9: Schedule C e.gov.pk/pmpta/ro o.pdf PAKISTAN- MERCOSUR Pakistan-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade PAKISTAN- MOROCCO Pakistan-Morocco Preferential Trade PAKISTAN- SINGAPORE Singapore-Pakistan Free Trade PAKISTAN-SRI LANKA between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ARTICLE VII; Annex C: Domestic Value Addition 25%, RVC 35%, CTSH (Change of tariff heading at the 6-digit level) e.gov.pk/?page_id=2 15

28 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes PAKISTAN- TURKEY Pakistan-Turkey Preferential Trade PAKISTAN-US Trade and Investment Framework the United States of America and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan concerning the PHILIPPINES-US Undestanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Philippines concerning a Framework of Principles and Procedures for the Expansion of Trade PICTA Pacific Island Countries Trade Annex I; 3 (b): Partial not mentioned not mentioned not mentioned PICTA Rules of Origin Manual. Article 5 of PICTA calls for establishement of the Rules of Origin Committee. PTN Protocol Relating to Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries RCEP Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

29 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes RUSSIAN FEDERATION- TAJIKISTAN RUSSIAN FEDERATION- UKRAINE RUSSIAN FEDERATION- UZBEKISTAN between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on Trade and Economic Cooperation (Free Trade ) Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation Uzbekistan-Russian Federation Free Trade Article 1: Detailed rules on establishing origins of goods shall be coordinated by Contracting Parties and included in a document that shall become an integral part of this. Rules of Origin. Goods originating from the territories of the Contracting Parties shall be goods determined by Regulations on Establishing a Country of Origin as of 30 November, 2000 approved by Decision of Contracting Parties have agreed to develop detailed rules to define the origin of goods in a separate document, which will be an integral part of this SAFTA on South Asian Free Trade Area Annex 4; Rule9: Allowed, RVC 50% with domestic value content 20% Annex-A: Product Specific Rules ment/annex- IV%20of%20SAFTA %20%20- %20SAFTA%20Rule s%20of%20origin_ pdf Under the agreement, Members are required to lower their customs duties to between 0-5 percent by 2012 for developed members while least developed country Members are required to do the same by It is also SINGAPORE- CANADA Singapore-Canada Free Trade SINGAPORE- COSTA RICA Singapore-Costa Rica Free Trade bilateral n/a 35%, or product specific rules in Annex 3.1 see Annex 3.1 value of nonoriginating materials must be less than 10% FOB value. Chapter 3, Article /scrfta/annex_3.1_ex ceptions_for_the_gen eral_roo_under_articl e_3.5.pdf

30 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes SINGAPORE-EFTA between the EFTA States and Singapore Annex I; Article 3: Allowed Annex I; Article 5: Appendix 2: Products specific rules Annex I; Article 5 (2): 10% of the exworks price (excluding products of HS 50-63) edia/documents/legal -texts/free-traderelations/singapore/r ecord%20of%20und erstanding%20annex es%20and%20protoc ols/annex-i- See Annex I SINGAPORE-EU Singapore-European Union SINGAPORE-GCC Gulf Cooperation Council- Singapore Free Trade Article 3.4, 3.7: Partical Annex 3 CHAPTER 3: Article 3.6: 10% /gsfta/chapter%203.p df SINGAPORE- JORDAN between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on the Establishement of the Free Trade Area Bilateral n.a. Minimum content 35% No specific process required n.a. n.a. Specific rules for textile products SINGAPORE- MEXICO Mexico-Singapore Free Trade SINGAPORE- PANAMA between the Republic of Singapore and the Republic of Panama Bilateral - 10% fob export value data/fta/file/psfta_r oo_guide.pdf

31 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes SINGAPORE-PERU Peru-Singapore Free Trade bilateral n.a. Article 4.3 on minimal operations rg/tpd/per_sgp/fi nal_texts_per_sgp _e/04a_productspecif icrules.pdf Article 4.7 (10 per cent) n.a. rg/tpd/per_sgp/fi nal_texts_per_sgp _e/04_rulesoforigin.p df SINGAPORE-SRI LANKA Singapore - Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. SINGAPORE- UKRAINE Singapore-Ukraine Free Trade SINGAPORE-US United States-Singapore bilateral Change in Tariff heading (2,4 or 6 Digit level). And/Or: At least % Yes 10 percent (except in various agric. Products; 7 percent of weight in chs ) No /fta/pdf/fta_ussft A Anne x3a.pdf - SPARTECA South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Article V: Partial CA/Sec7.htm SRI LANKA-IRAN Preferential Trade between Sri Lanka and the Islamic Republic of Iran

32 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes TAJIKISTAN- BELARUS Tajikistan-Belarus Free Trade TAJIKISTAN- UKRAINE TAJIKISTAN- UZBEKISTAN between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan Tajikistan-Uzbekistan Free Trade Goods originating from the territories of the Contracting Parties shall be goods determined by Regulations on Establishing a Country of Origin as of 30 November, 2000 approved by Decision of the Governments Heads THAILAND- BAHRAIN Framework between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Bahrain on Closer Economic Partnership THAILAND-CHILE Thailand-Chile Free Trade THAILAND-EFTA Thailand-EFTA States Free Trade

33 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes THAILAND-PERU Protocol between the Republic of Peru and the Kingdom of Thailand to accelerate the Liberalization of Trade in Goods and Trade Facilitation bilateral not exceeding 10% of the fob value of the good rg/trade/per_tha/ PER_THA_e/Annex _2_e.pdf THAILAND-US Thailand-United States TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership TPS-OIC Trade Preferential System Among the Member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference TRANS-PACIFIC SEPA Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership diagonal (bilateral) tariff heading change necessary 45% no specific process required 10% n.a data//fta/file/p3%20a uthentic%20text%20 Annex%20II%20Eng lish_v1.pdf - TURKEY- ALBANIA s between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Albania PROTOCOL II;TITLE II; Article 3-4: Partical PROTOCOL II;TITLE II; Article 6:;ANNEX II : Product specific rules PROTOCOL II;TITLE II; Article 6: 10% (Exvept for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) PROTOCOL II;TITLE IV;Article 15: Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties gov.tr/upload//6b71 B24E-90FF-CE9E- 0EDB7B4A091EB71 0/Protocol_II.pdf load//6b47f0d2-c6e2-4d03-773cfa4405b15f88/annex_i I.pdf

34 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes TURKEY-BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA between the Republic of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina Protocol I; Article 3,4: Partial Protocol I; Annex 2: Product specific rule Protocol I; Article 6: 10% (except for Chapters 50 to 63 of HS) Protocol I; Article 15 gov.tr/upload//3c773 FE8-F18A-0C76- F2BF50779B3C1A9 A/Rules%20of%20O rigin%20protocol.pdf TURKEY-CHILE between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Chile Annex V; ARTICLE 3: Partial Annex V; ARTICLE 5 Annex V; ARTICLE 5: 10%, except for products in HS chapters Annex V; ARTICLE 14: Not gov.tr/upload//2b129 allowed 012-0A06-E1C5- A74A243C0891F196 /SILI-RoO- Annex%20V% zip TURKEY- CROATIA between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Croatia Article 5 and 6 to Protocol III and Annex II TURKEY-EFTA between the EFTA States and Turkey PROTOCOL B: Partial PROTOCOL B; ANNEX II: Product specific rules PROTOCOL B; Article 6: 10% (except for Chapters 50 to 63 of HS) PROTOCOL B: TITLE IV; Not allowed (with exceptions) gov.tr/upload//61fd F F-A9DB- D7EADE1A61BB12 0E/8.%20Protocol%2 0B.pdf Original Protocol B: fta/agreements/eftatur_prot B.pdf PROTOCOL B: Having regard to the establishment and development of a Pan-Euro- TURKEY-EGYPT Establishing a Free Trade Area between the Republic of Turkey and the Arab Republic of Egypt PROTOCOL III; ARTICLE 3-4: Partial PROTOCOL III; Annex II PROTOCOL III; Article 6: 10% (Expcet for Chapters 50 to 63 of HS) PROTOCOL III; Article 15: Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties adocs/2/annexandr elateddocs/english/e gypt%20- %20Turkey%20Anne xes.zip TURKEY-EU Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union

35 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes TURKEY-FYROM between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Macedonia PROTOCOL 2; Article 3,4: Partical PROTOCOL 2; Article 6; Annex II PROTOCOL 2; Article 6: 10% (Except for Chapters 50 to 63 of HS) PROTOCOL 2; Article 15; Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties gov.tr/upload//6699d 59C-BEFC-A709- A2A75DBC612BBC 1A/6.%20Turkey- %20Macedonia- Protocol_2.pdf TURKEY-ISRAEL Turkey-Israel Free Trade Protocol B Protocol B Protocol B Protocol B gov.tr/index.cfm?say fa=tradeagreements& bolum=fta&country= IL&region=0 Protocol B is not available online. Turkey-Israel Joint Committee Decision No. 1/2006 Israel-Turkey Joint Committee Decision No. 1/2007 (Decision of further TURKEY-JORDAN The Association establishing a Free Trade Area between the Republic of Turkey and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Protocol II Protocol II Protocol II Protocol II Protocol II is not available online dex.cfm?sayfa=tradeagreemen ts&bolum=fta&country=jo&r egion=0 TURKEY- LEBANON Association establishing a Free Trade Area between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Lebanon TURKEY- MAURITIUS between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Mauritius Annex I; Article 3-5: Partial (incorporating materials originating in ACP States (Annex IX ) or the EU. and neighbouring developing countries Annex 1; Article 7; Annex II : Product specific rules Annex 1; Article 7:15% (Except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) photos/annexi.doc TURKEY- MONTENEGRO between the Republic of Turkey and Montenegro Protocol II;Title II; Article 3-4: Partial Annex II: Products specific rules Protocol II;Title II; Article 6: 10% (Except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) Protocol II; Title IV; Article 15: Drawback or exemption gov.tr/upload//67006 F14-FEF1-55AD- E29F1A7D5D31F5C E/5.%20Turkey- Montenegro- Protocol%20II.pdf

36 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes TURKEY- MOROCCO between the Republic of Turkey and the Kingdom of Morroco PROTOCOL III; TITLE II; Article 3-4: Partial PROTOCOL III; Annex II: Products specific rules PROTOCOL III; TITLE II; Article 6: 10% (Exception for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) PROTOCOL III; TITLE IV: DRAWBACK OR EXEMPTION gov.tr/upload//2dfa 8F76-9D F2F7566F409E/ Protocol3.pdf Regarding accumlation, see more at; Euro-Mediterranean partnership: stoms/customs/customs_duties /rules_origin/preferential/articl e_783_en.htm TURKEY- PALESTINE Interim Free Trade between Turkey the Palestine Liberation Organization for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority PROTOCOL II; Article 3: Partial PROTOCOL II; Annex II PROTOCOL II; Article 5: 10% (except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) PROTOCOL II; Article 14: Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties adocs/34/annexand RelatedDocs/English/ Turkey%20- %20PLO%20Annexe s.zip TURKEY-SERBIA between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Serbia PROTOCOL II; Article 3-4: Partial PROTOCOL II; Annex II: Product specific rules PROTOCOL II; Article 6: 10% (Except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) PROTOCOL II; Article 15: Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties gov.tr/upload//6862e EE4-F1DD-013C- 61FF C5CD9 /5.%20TR-Serbia- Protocol%20II.pdf TURKEY-SYRIA The Association Establishing a Free Trade Area between the Republic of Turkey and the Syrian Arab Republic PROTOCOL II; Article 3-4: Partical PROTOCOL II; Annex II PROTOCOL II; Article 6: 10% (except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) PROTOCOL II; Article 15: Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties adocs/13/annexand RelatedDocs/English/ Turkey%20- %20Syria%20Annex es.zip For accumulation, see more at: Euro-Mediterranean partnership stoms/customs/customs_duties /rules_origin/preferential/articl e_783_en.htm TURKEY-TUNISIA The Association establishing the Free Trade Area between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Tunisia Protocol III; TITLE II; Article 3 and 4: Partial Protocol III; Annex II : Product specific rules Protocol III; TITLE II; Article 6: 10% (Except for Chapters 50 to 63 of the HS) Protocol III; Title IV; Article 15: Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties docs/binder1.pdf The Parties agreed to apply the actual harmonised preferential rules of origin in the context of the System of Pan-Euro-Med Cumulation of Origin in the mutal trade TURKMENISTAN- UKRAINE Ukraine and the Government of Turkmenistan More information at : Goods originating from the territories of the Contracting Parties shall be goods determined by Regulations on Establishing a Country of Origin as of 24 September1993 approved by the Decision of the

37 ID Title Cumulation Heading Change Minimum Content Specific Process Deminimis Drawback Http Link Notes UKRAINE- UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN- MOLDOVA Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan between Government of Republic of Moldova and Government of Republic of Uzbekistan Art 1, section 3. For the purposes of the present and for its validity period, the commodities dispatched from the territories of the Contracting Parties shall mean the commodities identified by the Rules for VIET NAM-CHILE Viet Nam-Chile Free Trade VIET NAM-EFTA EFTA - Viet Nam Free Trade VIET NAM-EU Viet Nam-European Union VIET NAM-US Trade and Investment Framework between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam No details on rules of origin. See also /summary_en.pdf

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