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India-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) negotiations.




India-SACU Preferential

Trade Agreement (PTA) negotiations

  1. South African Customs Union (SACU), with a common Custom Tariff Policy, comprises of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia. During the sixth session of the India-South Africa Joint Ministerial Commission Meeting held in New Delhi on 5-6 December 2005 both sides agreed that a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement within a reasonable time, and in the interim, a limited scope agreement providing for exchange of tariff concessions on select list of products between India and SACU would give further impetus to bilateral trade and urged for its early conclusion.

  2. Accordingly, India-SACU PTA is being negotiated and so far four rounds of have been held. First round of technical discussions for India-SACU PTA took place in Pretoria on 5th–6th October, 2007, second round of PTA negotiations at Walvis Bay, Namibia on 21-22 Feb., 2008, 3rd round at New Delhi on 25th–27th November, 2008 and 4th round of negotiations was held in Pretoria on 7-8, October, 2009.

  3. During 3rd round of negotiations a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), a framework mechanism to facilitate negotiations , was also signed on 26th November, 2008 by the representatives of India and SACU.

  4. During 4th round of negotiations India submitted to SACU its initial tariff preference request list and also provided draft SPS & TBT texts to SACU for consideration. The two sides also discussed text of agreement, including annexure relating to safeguard measures and dispute settlement.






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