Free Trade Agreement Chile-Uruguay

The Chile-Uruguay Free Trade Agreement entered into force in December 2018. The Agreement provides for the reduction or elimination of import tariffs and restrictions, notably for the following products: 

• Agglomerated and reduced iron;
• Alumina, scrap metal;
• Ammonia, crude steel, aluminium;
• Nitrogen fertilizers;
• Solar PV modules, solar cells, solar wafers;
• Polysilicon;
• Battery packs, battery cells;
• Anodes and cathodes;
• Electrolysers, heat pumps, electric vehicles;

Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating excessive values of materials of external origin to benefit from the tariff treatment. 

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