Free Trade Agreement - EFTA and SACU States

Last updated: 11 June 2024

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)- Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement fully or partially eliminates import tariff for some energy products and technologies, including for: 
 

  • Solar wafers;
  • Battery packs and cells;


Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin above 15 per cent of the ex-works price of the product to benefit from preferential tariff treatment.

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