The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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 SecretariatÂ
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
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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 SecretariatÂ
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
The 1992 CEPT Agreement excluded unprocessed agricultural products from the CEPT Scheme. In Article 1 of the Agreement, unprocessed agricultural products are defined as:
raw materials/unprocessed products covered under Chapters 1-24 of the Harmonised System (HS), and similar agricultural raw mat
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In this section, we provide the latest available figures on ASEAN Member Countries’ trade covered by the CEPT. The tables provide us information oil to important items: (i) intra-regional trade among ASEAN Countries as well as (11) the proportion of the total trade conducted by Member Country tha The ASEAN economies have achieved consistently high economic growth rates over the past decide and a half . This has been made possible by prudent macroeconomic policies, relatively open and trade investment regimes, and access to developed country export markets. This period has seen a shift in th 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 October 3rd, 2012
Trade Value of Products Under the CEPT
Industry Focus
Instituitional Arrangements of CEPT for AFTA
CEPT Product Profile
Qusestions and Answers on the CEPT
Regional Business Development in ASEAN : AFTA
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