Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA)

The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA) is a bilateral agreement which was signed on April 2, 2022 and entered into force December 29, 2022.

The Agreement provides for border tariff elimination for energy sector products such as:

• critical minerals (e.g. zirconium, titanium);
• metallic ores (manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, aluminium, tin ores);
• titanium oxide;
• alumina;
• non-ferrous metals (copper alloys);
• coal;
• LNG, crude petroleum.

Goods are counted as originating from each country if:

• wholly produced or obtained in the country (applicable to minerals, raw materials, and waste and scrap materials)
• meets specific standards for the good as defined in the Agreement (applicable largely to manufactured goods) which mainly cover changes in HS codes and minimum regional value content (RVC) requirements

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