General Review of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA

Submission by FTA / APSA

Freight and Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) welcome the opportunity to provide this submission in relation to the General Review of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AEAN FTA).  FTA / APSA's recommendations are summarised as follows:

1. allow self-certification of the origin of ASEAN FTA originating goods;

2. remove the requirement that certification documentation include the product number or brand details of the goods;

3. an increase in the threshold under which a certificate of origin does not have to be provided;

4. removal of the restrictions on the issuing of retrospective certificates of origin;

5. clarification of the circumstances under which back-to-back certificates of origin can be issued;

6. removal of the requirement that indirect shipment be justified for geographical, economic or logistical reasons.

   
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