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Overview

The Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) is a preferential trade arrangement formerly known as the Bangkok Agreement. The Bangkok Agreement, signed in 1975 as an initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), is a preferential trade arrangement among developing countries. Till now, signatories to the Agreement include China, Bangladesh, India, Lao, Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka. At the First Session of the Ministerial Council of the Bangkok Agreement in Beijing on November 2, 2005, representatives from the member countries endorsed the revised text of the Agreement and decided to rename the Agreement as the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement. Since Sep. 1 st, 2006, the outcome of the third round of tariff cut talks was successfully implemented by all members of APTA. At present, the fourth round of negotiations is underway and it involves tariff concessions of trade in goods, trade in services, investment, trade facilitation, and non-tariff measures, etc.

News Release

• 2021/01/03 China Mongolia Mutually Implemented Schedules of Concessions under APTA on January 1, 2021
• 2020/11/03 Mongolia Joins Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, China and Mongolia to Grant Mutual Tariff Concessions
• 2019/05/15 The 55th Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Standing Committee Meeting Held in Bangkok,Thailand
• 2018/09/19 The 53rd Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Standing Committee Meeting and Related Panel Meetings Held in South Korea
• 2018/07/02 The Second Amendment of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Officially Enters into Force on July 1
• 2018/03/13 Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Standing Committee and Work Group Meeting Held in Thailand
• 2017/01/16 The 4th Ministerial Council of Asia-Pacific Countries Trade Agreement Successfully Held
• 2017/01/16 The 50th Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Standing Committee Meeting Held in Bangkok

Full Text of the Agreement

Second Amendment to the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (English Version + Chinese Version)

People's Republic of Bangladesh National list of Concessions-- (English)
People's Republic of Bangladesh National list of Concessions for LDCs-- (English)
People's Republic of China National list of Concessions-- (English)
People's Republic of China List of Special Concessions to Least Developed Countries-- (English )
India's General Concessions List-- (English)
India's Special concessions to LDCs-- (English)
Tariff Reduction Schedule Of Lao PDR Under Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement - APTA-- (English)
Republic of Korea National list of Concessions-- (English)
Republic of Korea List of Special Concessions to Bangladesh-- (English)
Republic of Korea List of Special Concessions to Lao PDR-- (English)
Sri Lanka's national list of concessions-- (English)
Mongolia's national list of concessions-- (English)

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