ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
In order to supervise, coordinate and review the implementation of the CEPT Agreement, the AFTA Council was created. The Council is a Ministerial body composed of representatives from each Member Country and the Secretary-General of ASEAN. The Council will meet as and when necessary, but at least o
STRUCTURE OF THE CEPT PRODUCT LISTThe CEPT Product Lists is a compilation of the products which Member Countries have offered to include in the CEPT Scheme, whether in the Fast Track, Normal Track or Temporary Exclusloin Lists. Since the exchange of CEPT concessions is based on reciprocity, the, si
Q1. What are CEPT concessions?Concessions granted under the CEPT refer to the lower tariff rates or customs duties that exporters from an ASEAN Member State have to face when exporting a product to another ASEAN Member Country.
Q2. How are CEPT Concessions Exchanged ?In the CEPT these concession
THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (AFTA)by CHNG MENG-KNG, Former, Deputy Secretary General, ASEANThe ASEAN region has been one of the fastest growing in the world. Despite a sharp recession in the mid 1980s the ASEAN member countries have been able to grow at an average rate of 5.4%, p.a. from 1981-1991, a
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Trade Value of Products under CEPTASEAN Macroeconomic PictureIndustry Focus
Given the firm commitment made by the Member Countries on the programme of tariff reduction under the CEPT Scheme, attention has now shifted to non-tariff barriers. Now Article 5 of the CEPT Agreement calls on Member States to “eliminate other non-tariff barriers on a gradual basis within a perio Tariff nomenclature, customs valuation and procedures can be classified as ‘non-border’ areas of cooperation. These are an essential part of any free trade arrangement being part of the technical, administrative and regulatory aspects of trade. Their harmonisation would contribute to the smooth The 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting had agreed to establish an AFTA Unit in the ASEAN Secretariat and National AFTA Units in respective Member Governments. This is to create the necessary institutional infrastructure to support the implementation of the CEPT Scheme for AFTA. The primary objec Intellectual property protection has become a very important issue in international economic relations. Increasingly, the developed countries are treating intellectual property rights as a precondition of meaningful trade negotiations with developing countries, as exemplified by the recent trade di
Non-Tariff Barriers
Harmonisation of Tariff Nomenclature, Customs Valuation and Procedures
AFTA and National AFTA Units
Cooperation in Intellectual Property
