ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand

The Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) was signed in Thailand, on 27 February 2009.

AANZFTA entered into force on various dates during 2010 for Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

AANZFTA entered into force on 1 January 2011 for Laos and on 4 January 2011 for Cambodia.

AANZFTA will enter into force for Indonesia on 10 January 2012.

The full text of the AANZFTA, including Schedules, AANZFTA Fact Sheets, a Guide to the Chapters of the Agreement and a Background to Negotiations can be viewed on the DFAT website. Additionally, DFAT has published a document titled 'Making Use of AANZFTA to Export or Import Goods' to help exporters and importers to make full use of AANZFTA. It contains practical advice on how to find tariff commitments and Rules of Origin (ROO) requirements for individual products.

More information on the AANZFTA is available via the following links:

Australian Customs and Border Protection Notices

• 2009/44 ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Implementation
• 2009/51 ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Entry into Force
• 2009/53 ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement - Entry into Force for Malaysia
• 2010/02 ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement - Entry into Force for Philippines
• 2010/09 ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement - Entry into Force for Thailand
• 2010/52 ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement - Entry into Force for Laos and Cambodia
• 2011/61 Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area - Entry into Force for Indonesia
• 2011/62 - HS2012 Product-Specific Rules of Origin for Free Trade Agreements

Legislation

• Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2009
• Customs Tariff Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2009
• Customs (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Rules of Origin) Regulations 2009
• Customs Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 6) 
• Customs Tariff Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)

Practice Statement and Associated Documents

• Practice Statement NO.2009/13 - Rules of Origin
• Instructions and Guidelines - ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

Product Specific Rules (in A4 format)

• Part 1 - Introduction and Chapters 1 - 36
• Part 2 - Chapters 37 - 83
• Part 3 - Chapters 84 - 97
• Part 4 - Schedule 2 (List of textile finishing processes)

Claiming preference under the Integrated Cargo System (ICS)

• Integrated Cargo System - claiming preferential tariff rates

Preference Scheme Type

Type	Description of Preference Scheme	Scheme Abreviation
AANZ	ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement	AANZFTA

Preference Rule Types

Rule Type	Description of Preference Rule Type
CTH	Change in tariff heading ("General Rule" goods only)
PE	Produced entirely from originating materials
PSR	Product specific rules
RVC	Regional value content ("General Rule" goods only)
WO	Wholly obtained goods

Certificate of Origin (CO)

• CO Form Guidelines
• CO Form and overleaf notes
• FOB Exporter Declaration Form
• COO Third-Party Invoice Requirements

AANZFTA Certificate of Origin Issuing Authorities/Bodies

• The list of Issuing Authorities/Bodies is current as at 15 December 2011

Origin Rulings

• Application for Origin Advice Ruling Form (B659)
  

Any enquiries should be directed to the Customs Information and Support Centre by email to information@customs.gov.au or phone 1300 363 263.