WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG185/3/Corr.1 
11 May 2007 
 
 (07-1967) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
  
 
FACTUAL PRESENTATION ON THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN 
THAILAND AND AUSTRALIA (GOODS) 
 
Report by the Secretariat
 
 
Corrigendum  
 
  The following changes have been made at th e request of the delegations of Thailand and 
Australia.  
 
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 Page 4
:  References in Chart I.3 and para. 4 to  "pearls" should read "precious stones and 
metals". 
 
Page 5 :  The first sentence of para. 9 should read  "The Agreement contains seven annexes, 
namely Annex 2 on Tariff Schedules, Annex 4.1 on Rules of Origin, Annex 4.2 on Certificate of Origins Requirements, Annex 5 on Special Safegua rds for Certain Sensitive Agricultural Products, 
Annex 6.1 on Market Access Priority Products, Annex 6.2 on Control In spection and Approval: 
Priority Sectors, and Annex 8 on Schedules of Commitment on Services and Investment." 
 Page 6
:  The last sentence of footnote 2 should read  "For Thailand, the base rate is the applied 
rate as of 1 July 2003."  Page 7/8
: The two sentences of Para. 17 should read "By 2010, all tariff lines with either a 
10 per cent base rate or a 15 per cent base rate th at were not free from entry into force of the 
Agreement will be free.  Australia's 239 tariff lines with  a base rate of 25 per cent are to be liberalized 
in 2015. 
Page 8 :  Chart II.2 – Australia's Duty Elimination under the TAFTA should appear as follows: 
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  0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,00020052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Bas e rate=0%
Base rate=3-5%Base rate=25%
Base rate=15%
Bas e rate=10%Year of duty-free treatment
Number of dut y-free lines (cumulativ e ) 
 
Page 9 :  References to "products" in pa ra. 20 should read "tariff lines". 
 
Page 10 : The third sentence of paragraph 22 s hould read "Articles 407-415, as well as 
Article 308, contain the customs procedures designed to  administer and enforce the rules of origin by 
customs and certificate of origin authorized body, as detailed in paragraphs 47-52 below" 
Page 12 : Para. 30 should read "Article 406 restricts outward processing except for those 
operations necessary to preserve the goods or to tran sport them to the territory of the other Party." 
Page 12 : In the Rules of Origin box, the third bulle t point should read "For textiles, the value 
of non-originating materials produced in developi ng countries may contribute to the RVC for these 
goods, up to a maximum of 25 %of the f.o.b. value of the good."  Page 12
: In the Rules of Origin box, the fourth  bullet point should read "A <<chemical 
reaction>> applied to goods in Chapters 27-40." 
 
Page 12 : In the Rules of Origin box, the eighth bullet point should read "Tolerance rule:  
maximum of 10 % for CTC."  Page 16
: Heading 3 should read "Anti-dumping". 
 
Page 16 : Heading 4 should read "Subsidies and countervailing measures and State aid". 
 Page 16
: Para. 49, first sentence, first line should "advance" notice. 
 Page 16
: Para. 49, first sentence, penultimate line should read "enquiry" points. 
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  Page 17 : Para. 52, last sentence, last line should read "unpaid" duties. 
 Page 17
: Para. 54, first sentence, "between the Parties" should be deleted. 
 Page 17
: Para. 54, the third sentence should begin "T he Parties are committed to the principle 
of transparency, timeliness, non-discrimination, comprehensiveness and procedural fairness". 
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: Para. 55, last sentence should read " Parti es also agree to cooperate with a view to 
eliminating trade in goods which infringes intellectual property rights through the exchange of information, policy dialogue, notification of cont act points and any other measure they may deem 
appropriate (Article 1304), and to increase awarene ss of intellectual property rights, improve and 
strengthen intellectual property administrative syst ems, stimulate and develop intellectual property 
creation, particularly by SMEs, and enhance the commercialization of intellectual property 
(Article 1305)." 
 
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