Taking advantage of the Free Trade Agreement

In order to fully take advantage of the opportunities that the ASEAN FTA provides, New Zealand will be taking a collaborative approach to implementation. An on-going whole of government and business community effort is required.

The New Zealand Government will be focussed on addressing any problems associated with the implementation of the ASEAN FTA, as well as any additional barriers to trade that might arise. In this regard, government agencies will continue to look for strong stakeholder input.

The government will also work with the private sector to facilitate, establish and maintain long-term business-to-business links.

One of the first steps towards helping New Zealand businesses take advantage of the opportunities the ASEAN FTA provides is to make sure that they are well informed about the benefits of the agreement.

This website contains the texts of the FTA and its Annexes, the MOAs on Labour Cooperation and Environmental Cooperation, and an explanation of how the Agreements will operate. This website also has extensive information on doing business with ASEAN member countries. A ‘tariff finder' tool enables traders to locate the tariff and ROO applying to their products.