Sell across South Asia with duty of 0–5% outside each country's sensitive list
Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) · In force since 1 Jan 2006
What changed
Since 1 January 2006 the SAFTA members have brought their tariffs down to between 0 and 5% on every product outside their sensitive lists. Pakistan applies a negative list of 1,209 tariff lines to goods from India, which India holds is against the agreement.
Product groups that gain
The official sources we checked name no product groups for this agreement. Check your product's tariff line on the agreement's official page.
How to get a certificate of origin
Apply online on DGFT's Trade Connect platform. The buyer's customs gives the lower duty only when the goods meet the agreement's rules of origin, travel with a certificate in the agreement's format, and are shipped directly or stay unaltered in transit.
Apply for a certificate of origin on trade.gov.in
Whether a product gets the lower duty depends on the agreement's rule of origin for its tariff line. Read the rule before you ship. The agreement's official page
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