Panama – Singapore Free Trade Agreement (PSFTA)
The Panama – Singapore Free Trade Agreement (PSFTA) provides for the elimination of border tariffs for 98% of the goods traded between both countries, notably for :
- Electric motors, turbines and generators;
- Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery;
- Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries;
- Motor vehicles;
- Mineral ore, slag and ash;
- Mineral fuels, oils and other products;
- Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel;
- Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells;
Rule of origins apply to qualify for the preferential tariff treatment, which is conditioned on whether the good has undergone sufficient production in the territory of the signatories ( e.g. materials used have undergone change in tariff classification) or whether materials used for the production of the good satisfy a minimum local value content of 35%.
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