WT/REG457/1  
 
29 September 2021  
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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Original: English  
 
 
ASEAN TRADE IN GOODS AGREEMENT (ATIGA)  
SUMMARY FACT SHEET  
JULY 2021  
 The following communication, dated 20 September 2021,  is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegations of the ASEAN Member States ( Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet 
Nam.  
 
 
1  BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  
Parties  ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic , Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, and Viet  Nam) 
Date of Signature  26 February 2009  
Date of Entry into Force  17 May 2010  
Website addresses or 
points of contact  ASEAN Official website:  
http://www.asean.org/  
 
PH: Trade in Goods Unit  
Trade Facilitation Division  
Market Integration Directorate  
AFTA@asean.org  
List of related 
GATT/WTO documents  L/7111 ; WT/COMTD/RTA21/N/1; WT/COMTD/RTA21/N/1/Add.1; 
WT/REG457/N/1 and WT/REG457/N/1/Add.1.  
 
2  INTE RNAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION PROVISIONS:  
Import duties and 
charges  Under Article 19, Member States shall eliminate import duties on all 
products traded between the Member States by 2010 for ASEAN -6 and 
by 2015, with flexibility to 2018, for CLMV. Further each Member State 
shall reduce and/or eliminate import duties on originating goods of the 
other Member States in accordance with the AMS’ Schedule A to H of 
the agreement.  
 
Under Article 20, Member State undertakes not to introduce Tariff Rate 
Quotas (TRQs) on the importation of any goods originating in other 
Member States or on the exportation of any goods destined for the 
territory of the other Member States. Further, Vietnam and Thailand 
shall eliminate their existing TRQs in the agreed timeline (as of 
1 January 2020, all TRQs were eliminated)  
Export duties and 
charges  None 
 
Non-Tariff Measures  Under Article 40, Member States shall not adopt or maintain any non -
tariff measure on the importation of any good of any other Member 
State or on the exp ortation of any good destines for the territory of WT/REG457/1  
 
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  any other Member State, except in accordance with its WTO rights and 
obligation or in accordance with this agreement. Each Member State 
shall also ensure the transparency of its non -tariff measures permitt ed 
and shall ensure that any measures are not prepared, adopted or 
applied with the view to, or with the effect of, creating unnecessary 
obstacles in trade among the Member State. A database, [PH: 
https://atr.asean.org] on non -tariff measures applied in Me mber 
States shall be further developed and included in the ASEAN Trade 
Repository as referred in Article 13 of this Agreement.  
 
Under Article 42, Member States shall review the non -tariff measures 
in the database referred to in paragraph 4 of Article 40 w ith a view to 
identifying non -tariff barriers (NTBs) other than quantitative 
restrictions for elimination.  
Sector -Specific Rules  Article 24 states that the Protocol to Provide Special Consideration for 
Rice and Sugar signed on 23 August 2007 shall form a n integral part 
of this agreement  
Product Exclusion  
 Products listed in Schedule H of each AMS’ Schedule of tariff 
commitment shall not be subject of tariff reduction/elimination for the 
reasons provided in Article 8 (General Exceptions), All other tariff 
reduction and elimination have been completed in 2019 , except for 
petroleum products of Viet Nam and Cambodia  
General Exceptions  Article 8 provides for Member States to use measures necessary to 
protect public morals; human, animal or plant life or health; relating 
to the importations or exportations of go ld or silver; necessary to 
secure compliance with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Agreement, including those relating to 
customs enforcement, the enforcement of monopolies operated under 
paragraph 4 of Article II and Article XVII of GATT 1994, the protection 
of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and the prevention of 
deceptive practices; relating to the products of prison labour; imposed 
for the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or 
archaeologi cal value; relating to the conservation of exhaustible 
natural PA resources if such measures are made effective in RET 
conjunction with restrictions on domestic production 1 or 
consumption; undertaken in pursuance of the obligations under any 
intergovernme ntal commodity agreement which conforms to criteria 
submitted to the WTO and not disapproved by it or which is itself so 
submitted and not so disapproved; involving restrictions on exports of 
domestic materials necessary to ensure essential quantities of s uch 
materials to a domestic processing industry during periods when the 
domestic price of such materials is held below the world price as part 
of a governmental stabilisation plan, provided that such restrictions 
shall not operate to increase the exports o f or the protection afforded 
to such domestic industry, and shall not depart from the provisions of 
this Agreement relating to non -discrimination; and essential to the 
acquisition or distribution of products in general or local short supply, 
provided that any such measures shall be consistent with the principle 
that all Member States are entitled to an equitable share of the 
international supply of such products, and that any such measures, 
which are inconsistent with the other provisions of this Agreement 
shall be discontinued as soon as the conditions giving rise to them 
have ceased to exist  
 
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  3  GENERAL TRADE -RELATED PROVISIONS:  
Rules of Origin  Under Article 26, a good imported into the territory of a Member State 
from another Member State shall be treated as an originating good if 
it conforms to the origin requirements under any one the following 
conditions: (a) a good is wholly obtained or produced in the exporting 
Member State as set out and defined in Article 27 or (b) a good is not 
wholly obtained or pr oduced in the exporting Member State, provided 
that the said goods are eligible under Article 28 or Article 30.  
 
The ROO Chapter also includes other provisions such as Accumulation, 
Minimal Operations, De Minimis , etc., which affects the originating 
status  of a good.  
 
Moreover, Article 38 requires that claims for preferential tariff 
treatment shall be supported by Certificate of Origin that is issued by 
a Government authority designated by the exporting Member State or 
Origin Declaration that is made out by  a Certified Exporter  
Standards Related 
Measures  Under Article 73, Member States reaffirm and are committed to abide 
by the rights and obligations under the Agreement on Technical 
Barriers to Trade contained in Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement.  
SPS Related Measures  Article 81 of this agreement states that  the provision SPS Chapter will 
apply to all sanitary and phytosanitary measures of a Member State 
that may, directly or indirectly, affect trade between and among 
Member States. Further, Member States affirm their rights and 
obligations with respect to ea ch other under the SPS Agreement. The 
Member States, in the implementation of their sanitary or 
phytosanitary measures, agree to be guided by relevant international 
standards, guidelines and recommendations developed by 
international organizations such as the Codex Alimentarius 
Commission (Codex), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), 
the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and ASEAN. 
Member States hereby agree that the laws, regulations, and 
procedures for application of SPS measures  in their respective 
territories shall be listed in Annex 9, which form an integral part of 
this Agreement Member States hereby agree to ensure that their 
respective national sanitary and phytosanitary laws, regulations and 
procedures as listed in Annex 9 are readily available and accessible to 
any interested Member States. Any change to national sanitary and 
phytosanitary laws, regulations and procedures shall be subject to 
Article 11.  
Trade Facilitation  Article 45 states that Member States shall develop and implement a 
comprehensive ASEAN Trade Facilitation Work Programme, which sets 
out all concrete actions and measures with clear targets and timelines 
of implementation necessary for creating a consistent, transparent, 
and predictable environment for int ernational trade transactions that 
increases trading opportunities and help businesses, including small 
and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), to save time and reduce costs.  
Anti-dumping and 
countervailing measures  Under Article 87, Member States affirm the ir rights and obligations 
with respect to each other relating to the application of anti - dumping 
under Article VI of GATT 1994 and the Agreement on Implementation 
of Article VI of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 as 
contained in Annex 1A to the  WTO Agreement. Further, Member 
States affirm their rights and obligations with respect to each other 
relating to subsidies and countervailing measures under Article XVI of 
GATT 1994 and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures as contained i n Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.  WT/REG457/1  
 
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  Customs Related 
Procedures  Under Article 54, Member State shall ensure that its customs 
procedures and practices are predictable, consistent, transparent and 
trade facilitating, including through the expeditious clearance of 
goods. Further, the customs procedures of Member States shall, 
where possible and to the extent permitted by their respective 
customs law, conform to standards and recommended practices of the 
World Customs Organization and other international organizat ions as 
relevant to customs. The customs authorities of each Member State 
shall review its customs procedures with a view to their simplification 
to facilitate trade.  
Dispute settlement  Article 89 provides for the ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute 
Settlement Mechanism, signed on 29 November 2004 in Vientiane, 
Lao PDR and amendments thereto, shall apply in relation to any 
dispute arising from, or any difference between Member States 
concerning the interpretation or application of this Agreeme nt. 
 
4  STATUS OF TRADE LIBERALI ZATION:  
The implementation of ASEAN Member States (AMS) of their ATIGA trade commitments has resulted 
to the elimination of tariffs for 98.6% of the total number of tariff lines in 2020, with 99.3% of the 
tariff lines of ASEAN -6 and 97.7% of the tariff lines of CLMV carrying 0% ATIGA duty rate.  
 
Number of Tariff Lines at 0% in the ATIGA Tariff Schedule of 2021 (AHTN 2017)  
Country  Number of Tariff Lines  Percentage  
0% >0%  Other  Total  0% >0%  Other  Total  
Brunei D. (AHTN 
2017)  10,727  - 86 10,813  99.20  - 0.80 100 
Indonesia (AHTN 
2017)  10,686  16 111 10,813  98.83  0.15 1.03 100 
Malaysia (AHTN 
2017)  10,667  61 86 10,814  98.64  0.56 0.80 100 
Philippines (AHTN 
2017)  10,739  56 29 10,824  99.21  0.52 0.27 100 
Singapore (AHTN 
2017)  10,813  - - 10,813  100.00  - - 100 
Thailand (AHTN 
2017)  10,798  15 - 10,813  99.86  0.14 - 100 
ASEAN -6 64,430  148 312 64,890  99.29  0.23 0.48 100 
Cambodia (AHTN 
2017)  10,658  155 - 10,813  98.57  1.43 - 100 
Lao PDR (AHTN 
2017)  10,451  276 86 10,813  96.65  2.55 0.80 100 
Myanmar (AHTN 
2017)  10,748  15 50 10,813  99.40  0.14 0.46 100 
Viet Nam (AHTN 
2017)  10,389  81 343 10,813  96.08  0.75 3.17 100 
CLMV  42,246  527 479 43,252  97.67  1.22 1.11 100 
Total ASEAN  106,676  675 791 108,142  98.64  0.62 0.73 100  
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 Trade Data:   
Import under Form D in 2019 (value in USD Million)  
  BN KH ID LA MY MM PH SG TH VN TOTAL  
Form D  13.00  1,654.23  13,934.02  384.84  7,701.58  2,579.23  16,859.25  0.00  9,792.91  15,682.35  68,601.42  
Intra-ASEAN  1,639.82  7,951.50  39,455.27  3,293.59  44,811.66  8,086.47  30,619.09  78,449.86  45,176.74  32,224.76  291,708.75  
Share (%)  0.79%  20.80%  35.32%  11.68%  17.19%  31.90%  55.06%  0.00%  21.68%  48.67%  23.52%  
 
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