WT/COMTD/85
10 November 2014
(14-6553)
Page: 1/17
Committee on Trade and Development
Original: Spanish
LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION (LAIA)
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE WTO
Report to the WTO on Instruments Concluded Under the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
(Period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013)
The attached report was received from the delegation of Uruguay on 23 October 2014 for
circulation to WTO Members.
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INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to the obligation of WTO Members to notify instruments concluded under the
"Enabling Clause" (paragraph 4(a)), in accordance with the Decision of 14 December 2006
establishing a "Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements", without prejudice
to individual notifications submitted by Members, and further to the reports submitted previously,
the LAIA member countries, which notified the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo to the GATT in
July 1982 (document L/5342), hereby submit the following "Report on instruments concluded
under the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo during the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013".
The first section analyses trends in intraregional trade in 2013.
The second section describes the instruments that were concluded and registered under
the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo during the period considered, or that were concluded in preceding
years but were registered with the General Secretariat in 2013. It should be noted that the report
comprises two new economic complementarity agreements, six protocols additional to economic
complementarity
agreements,
and
two
agreements
concluded
under
Article 25 of
the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo, under which member countries may conclude agreements with
other Latin American countries.
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SECTION I
ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN INTRAREGIONAL TRADE IN 2013
Introduction
The region's global trade has grown very strongly over time, with exports and imports increasing
from around 250 billion dollars in 1980 to 1,000 billion dollars (2013 dollars) in 2013 (Chart 1(a)).
This dynamic growth has enabled the LAIA countries as a whole to increase their share of world
trade, which rose from 4.3% to 5.6% in the case of exports and from 4.6% to 5.4% in the case of
imports, during the period 1980-2013.
Chart 1 - Trends in the global trade of member countries (1980-2013)
(a) Billions of constant 2013 dollars
1,100
1,000
900
(b) Share of world trade (%)
6.0
Exports
Exports
Imports
5.5
Imports
5.0
800
700
4.5
600
500
4.0
400
3.5
300
200
3.0
100
2.5
As far as intraregional trade is concerned, the extensive network of existing agreements within the
LAIA framework has boosted its growth, even though intraregional trade has not been immune
to the negative impact of trends in global trade or the economic cycles in regional economies.
This has led to similarities in the phases of expansion and contraction recorded by intraregional
trade and trade with the rest of the world (Chart 2(a), measured by imports in both cases).
Nevertheless, intraregional trade accounts for a growing share of the region's total trade, with
exports expanding from 13% to 17% and imports rising from 12% to 16% between 1980 and
2013 (Chart 2(b)).
Chart 2 - Trends in intraregional trade (1980-2013)
(a) Billions of current dollars
900
800
Rest of the world
Intrarregional
(b) Share of total trade
180
160
20
Imports
18
Exports
700
140
600
120
500
100
14
400
80
12
300
60
200
40
100
20
0
0
16
10
8
6
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-4Trends in 2013
Following the strong rebound recorded in the post-crisis period (2010-2011), there was a marked
slowdown in the trade of LAIA member countries in 2013, as well as in the preceding year
(see Chart 1(a)). Nonetheless, the region maintained its world share of both exports and imports
at around 5.5% (see Chart (1b)).
This slowdown in regional trade was caused by two main factors: the reduced rate of growth in
economic activity in the region and the fall in international prices of the commodities strongly
represented in the regional export basket. In this connection, it need only be mentioned that,
on the one hand, the LAIA's GDP growth rate fell from 6.1% and 4.3% in 2010 and 2011,
respectively, to 2.9% and 3.1% in the following two years, while, on the other, the prices of the
main LAIA commodity exports fell by 2.3% in 2012 and 4.7% in 2013.
Chart 2(a) shows that intraregional trade experienced almost zero growth in 2013 (-0.1% on the
import side), as had been the case the previous year. It thus remains at a level similar to that
of its historic record.
Imports from the rest of the world showed slightly higher growth (4.2%), representing a marginal
decline compared to 2012 (4.8%). Similarly, extraregional exports increased slightly (1.6%)
in 2013, at practically the same pace as the previous year (1.7%).
WT/COMTD/85
-5Table 1 Total imports by country of origin.
LAIA/Rest of the world, 2012 and 2013
(millions of dollars CIF)
2012
Country
Argentina
Bolivia
2013
LAIA
Rest of
the world
Total
LAIA
Rest of
the world
24,526
43,982
68,508
26,343
47,660
Change 2013/2012
Total
LAIA
Rest of
the world
Total
74,003
7.4%
8.4%
8.0%
4,552
3,729
8,281
4,404
4,878
9,282
-3.3%
30.8%
12.1%
Brazil
38,238
195,130
233,368
39,509
210,935
250,445
3.3%
8.1%
7.3%
Chile
20,196
50,501
70,697
18,652
53,274
71,926
-7.6%
5.5%
1.7%
Colombia1
15,479
43,632
59,111
13,446
45,951
59,397
-13.1%
5.3%
0.5%
Cuba
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Ecuador
8,286
17,191
25,477
8,385
18,919
27,305
1.2%
10.1%
7.2%
2
9,165
361,587
370,752
9,403
371,807
381,210
2.6%
2.8%
2.8%
1,803
11,054
12,633
5,720
11,349
12,814
217.3%
2.7%
1.4%
5,303
6,252
11,555
5,495
6,647
12,142
3.6%
6.3%
5.1%
11,918
30,232
42,151
11,617
31,657
43,274
-2.5%
4.7%
2.7%
5,275
6,377
11,652
4,644
6,998
11,642
-12.0%
9.7%
-0.1%
Mexico
Panama
1
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela2
TOTAL1
n.a.
n.a.
18,437
36,128
54,565
15,424
29,648
45,072
-16.3%
-17.9%
-17.4%
163,178
805,795
968,750
163,042
839,726
998,512
-0.1%
4.2%
3.1%
Estimated data based on partial information.
FOB values.
3
n.a.: Not available.
1
2
Source: Data provided by member countries.
Prepared by: LAIA General Secretariat.
The country with the highest growth of intraregional imports in 2013 was Panama (217.3%).
Argentina (7.4%), Paraguay (3.6%), Brazil (3.3%), Mexico (2.6%) and Ecuador (1.2%) also
increased their purchases in the region, albeit at a more moderate pace. On the other hand,
it should be noted that Venezuela (-16.3%), Colombia (-13.1%), Uruguay (-12%), Chile (-7.6%),
Bolivia (-3.3%) and Peru (-2.5%) recorded negative rates.
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-6Table 2 Total exports by country according to destination.
LAIA/Rest of the world, 2012 and 2013
(millions of dollars FOB)
2012
Country
LAIA
Argentina
33,769
Bolivia
Rest of
the world
47,158
2013
Total
LAIA
Rest of
the world
80,927
34,029
48,997
Change 2013/2012
Total
83,026
LAIA
Rest of
the world
0.8%
3.9%
Total
2.6%
7,761
4,207
11,968
8,330
3,832
12,163
7.3%
-8.9%
1.6%
Brazil
45,048
197,530
242,578
50,404
191,775
242,179
11.9%
-2.9%
-0.2%
Chile
11,814
64,920
76,734
11,864
64,337
76,201
0.4%
-0.9%
-0.7%
Colombia
13,511
45,621
59,133
13,424
44,780
58,204
-0.6%
-1.8%
-1.6%
Cuba
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Ecuador
7,364
16,401
23,765
6,844
18,114
24,958
-7.1%
10.4%
5.0%
22,746
347,960
370,706
21,758
358,430
380,189
-4.3%
3.0%
2.6%
Mexico
Panama
1
n.a.
40
782
822
39
772
811
-3.0%
-1.2%
-1.3%
Paraguay
4,208
3,074
7,282
5,076
4,357
9,432
20.6%
41.7%
29.5%
Peru
7,872
33,640
41,512
8,215
37,731
45,946
4.4%
12.2%
10.7%
Uruguay
3,373
5,337
8,709
3,274
5,741
9,015
-2.9%
7.6%
3.5%
Venezuela
TOTAL1
1
2
1
n.a.
157,506
n.a.
766,629
97,340
1,021,475
n.a.
163,257
n.a.
778,867
88,705
1,030,829
n.a.
3.7%
n.a.
1.6%
-8.9%
0.9%
Estimated data based on partial information.
n.a.: Not available.
Source: Data provided by member countries.
Prepared by: LAIA General Secretariat.
The countries with the highest gains in exports to the region in 2013 were Paraguay (20.6%) and
Brazil (11.9%). Bolivia (7.3%) and Peru (4.4%) also recorded - albeit more moderate - increases,
while sales by Argentina (0.8%), Chile (0.4%) and Colombia (-0.6%) stood at practically the same
level as the previous year. The remaining countries, including Ecuador (-7.1%), Mexico (-4.3%),
Panama (-3%) and Uruguay (-2.9%), reduced their purchases in the region in 2013.
It should be emphasized that intraregional trade, which showed a slightly positive trend in the first
six months of 2013, declined steadily in the second half of the year.1
1
The LAIA General Secretariat prepares timely trend/cycle indicators for both intraregional trade and
global trade (see http://www.aladi.org/nsfweb/sitio/graficasTENCI/graficoLineChartTENCIGrande.html on the
LAIA website).
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SECTION II
DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENTS CONCLUDED BY LAIA MEMBER COUNTRIES
UNDER THE 1980 TREATY OF MONTEVIDEO DURING THE PERIOD
1 JANUARY 2013 TO 31 DECEMBER 2013
For methodological purposes a data sheet is attached for each instrument concluded during
the above-mentioned period.
INSTRUMENT
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
ACE 2.71
Brazil – Uruguay
ACE 2.72
Brazil – Uruguay
ACE 40.4
Cuba – Venezuela
ACE 51.3
Cuba – Mexico
ACE 51.4
Cuba – Mexico
ACE 70
Bolivia – Cuba – Venezuela – Nicaragua
ACE 71
Cuba – Panama
ACE 71.1
Cuba – Panama
AAP.A25 TM No. 42
Ecuador – Guatemala
AAP.A25 TM No. 43
Cuba – El Salvador
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-871st Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 (ACE 2.71)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Brazil – Uruguay
2
Date of signature:
11 March 2013
Date of entry into force:
Pending
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 2.71
LAIA members Brazil and Uruguay, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Additional Protocol No. 71 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 under the
Enabling Clause.
The purpose of this Protocol is to ensure the flow of bilateral trade and promote the expansion
and deepening of trade in goods and services, having particular regard for imbalances between
the Parties.
It establishes a Uruguay-Brazil Bilateral Trade Commission (CCB), aimed at deepening trade
relations among the Parties through the settlement of specific legal, regulatory and operational
market access problems and the development of initiatives to expand trade in goods and
services.
It also creates a bilateral consultation mechanism under the CCB in order to deal with
difficulties that may arise in matters relating, inter alia, to origin, trade defence, sanitary and
phytosanitary measures, technical standards and customs procedures. Specific procedures are
laid down for conducting each type of consultation.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/dcbe434f
858dde2103257c5900520f13?OpenDocument
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-972nd Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 (ACE 2.72)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Brazil – Uruguay
2
Date of signature:
27 December 2013
Date of entry into force:
Pending
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 2.72
LAIA members Brazil and Uruguay, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Additional Protocol No. 72 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 under the
Enabling Clause.
Under this Protocol, the signatory countries grant each other full and immediate exemption
from the Common External Tariff or national import tariffs, where applicable, on specific
products originating in the Manaos Free Zone (Brazil) and the Colonia and Nueva Palmira
free zones (Uruguay).
The exemption will apply as of the entry into force of the Protocol until 31 December 2016.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/367c9d8d
126de1d7032570e3004b1b78?OpenDocument
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- 10 40th Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 40 (ACE 40.4)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – Venezuela
2
Date of signature:
4 May 20122
Date of entry into force:
12 June 2012
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 40.4
LAIA members Cuba and Venezuela, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Additional Protocol No. 4 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 40 under the
Enabling Clause.
Under this Protocol, Venezuela grants Cuba exemption from import tariffs on products across
the board. It also incorporates in the Agreement provisions relating to rules of origin
(Annex I), protection of domestic production, infant industries, and agricultural and
agroindustrial development measures (Annex II), and sanitary, zoosanitary and phytosanitary
measures (Annex III).
It should be emphasized that Cuba granted this concession to Venezuela at the time
of concluding the 3rd Additional Protocol to this Agreement.3
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/5946352
44165c75d03257bb80060edf5?OpenDocument
2
This Protocol was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on 8 July 2013, within the period
covered by this Report.
3
Instrument included in the 2006-2007 Report (ALADI/SEC/di 2216 – WTO document WT/COMTD/78).
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- 11 3rd Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 (ACE 51.3)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – Mexico
2
Date of signature:
1 November 2013
Date of entry into force:
Pending
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 51.3
LAIA members Cuba and Mexico, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Additional Protocol No. 3 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 under the
Enabling Clause.
Under this Protocol, the signatory countries expanded and deepened the tariff concessions
previously granted, adding preferences for 3,625 items and extending another 214.
The main products negotiated were agroindustrial products, poultry meat, dairy products,
sausages, chemicals, rum, tobacco, medicines, and medical instruments and apparatus.
It was agreed that bilateral trade would not be subject to consular requirements, including
related fees and charges. Adjustments were made to the provisions relating to administration
of the Agreement; a clause on cumulation of materials between the two Parties and a
de minimis clause were incorporated in the rules of origin; the Appendix relating to specific
origin requirements was replaced; and Annexes IV and V, containing provisions concerning
sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade, respectively, were added.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/3db04e47
8eecea1d03257c4700507b39?OpenDocument
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- 12 4th Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 (ECA 51.4)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – Mexico
2
Date of signature:
1 November 2013
Date of entry into force:
Pending
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 51.4
LAIA members Cuba and Mexico, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Additional Protocol No. 4 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 under
the Enabling Clause.
This Protocol incorporates a dispute settlement regime in the Agreement, providing for a
choice of forum - either the regime itself or the WTO. It also provides for consultation and
direct negotiation, intervention of the Administrative Commission, establishment of a court
of arbitration, a roster of arbitrators, rules of procedure, a preliminary ruling, an arbitral
award, compliance with the award, and suspension of benefits in the event of non-compliance.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/62b737a
eaf6bd32303257c47004ffbf3?OpenDocument
WT/COMTD/85
- 13 Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 70 (ACE 70)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Bolivia - Cuba - Venezuela and Nicaragua
2
Date of signature:
11 July 2013
Date of entry into force:
Nicaragua and Venezuela: 30 January 2014
Cuba: 6 March 2014
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 70
LAIA members Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela, along with Nicaragua (in process of accession4),
all of which have the status of WTO Members, concluded Economic Complementarity
Agreement No. 70 under the Enabling Clause.
The conclusion of this Agreement creates the conditions necessary to implement the economic
area known as the "Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of the Americas - People's Trade
Agreement" (ECOALBA-TCP).
Chapter II of the Agreement deals with stimulation of trade growth, Chapter III with
productive complementarity, Chapter IV with convergence, Chapter V with cooperation
mechanisms, Chapter VI with administration of the Agreement, Chapter VII with accession,
Chapter VIII with dispute settlement, and Chapter IX with entry into force and termination.
As to the liberalization of trade in goods, the Agreement provides that within a maximum
period of two years from the date of its entry into force, signatory countries that have not yet
liberalized their reciprocal trade across all tariff lines must establish their respective reduction
schedules. The countries also agreed that over the course of that period and whilst they were
in the process of laying down the commitments due to govern trade between the ALBA-TCP
signatory countries, ECA No. 40 between Cuba and Venezuela, ECA No. 47 between Bolivia
and Cuba, and the People's Trade Agreement for productive complementarity concluded
between Bolivia and Venezuela would form part of ECA No. 70.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/058d210
517750bb303257c470050a6d8?OpenDocument
Resolution No. 75 (XIV) of the Council of Ministers on accession of the Republic of Nicaragua to the
1980 Treaty of Montevideo
4
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- 14 Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 (ACE 71)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – Panama
2
Date of signature:
16 March 20095
Date of entry into force:
20 August 2009
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 71
LAIA members Cuba and Panama, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 under the Enabling Clause.
The Agreement contains chapters on market access, origin, safeguards, trade defence,
sanitary and phytosanitary regulations, trade cooperation and dispute settlement, as well as
commitments concerning investment and trade in services programmes.
With regard to tariffs, Cuba grants Panama preferences for 261 headings in its national
nomenclature, including a 100% preference on 221 of these headings. Panama in turn accords
Cuba preferences for 509 headings in its national nomenclature, including a 100% preference
on 427 of these headings.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/c78e8e08
c98db52003257c4700515bc6?OpenDocument
5
This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on 18 December 2013, within the
period covered by this Report. It should be noted that on the date that this Agreement was signed, Panama
was not a LAIA member country.
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- 15 1st Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 (ACE 71.1)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – Panama
2
Date of signature:
18 December 2013
Date of entry into force:
Pending
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 71.1
LAIA members Cuba and Panama, which also have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Additional Protocol No. 1 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 under
the Enabling Clause.
This Protocol introduces amendments to the Agreement on account of Panama's status as
a LAIA member country.
The main amendments include a change in the title of the Agreement, the designation of the
LAIA General Secretariat as the depository of the Agreement and the Protocol, and the
requirement to advise the General Secretariat of dispute settlement notifications.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/9626394b
c61539e503257ae10058e8b4?OpenDocument
WT/COMTD/85
- 16 Partial-Scope Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo6
(AAP.A25TM No. 42)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Ecuador – Guatemala
2
Date of signature:
15 April 20117
Date of entry into force:
19 February 2013
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Partial-Scope Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
(AAP.A25TM No. 42)
LAIA member Ecuador and Guatemala, which both have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Partial-Scope Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
under the Enabling Clause.
The purpose of the Agreement is to expand and diversify trade flows through the
of tariff preferences, the elimination of non-tariff barriers and the streamlining of
formalities, to encourage the development of investment and to boost bilateral
value-added goods, by protecting the natural heritage and guaranteeing the use
technologies.
granting
customs
trade in
of clean
As regards market access, Ecuador accords Guatemala tariff preferences for 677 headings,
598 of which have enjoyed duty-free access to the Ecuadorian market since the Agreement
entered into force, and another 79 are subject to a three- to seven-year phased reduction.
Guatemala grants Ecuador access for 614 headings, of which 533 gained immediate duty-free
access and 81 are subject to a three- to seven-year phased reduction.
The Agreement also includes disciplines in the following areas: rules of origin; customs
procedures and trade facilitation; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; technical barriers to
trade; trade defence in the form of safeguard measures, anti-dumping duties and
countervailing duties; trade cooperation; and dispute settlement.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/7941daed621ea3780325749000751660/8b07993
4f33154e403256ff9005408a1?OpenDocument
6
"… member countries may draw up partial-scope agreements with other Latin American countries and
areas of economic integration …".
7
This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on 16 April 2013, within the period
covered by this Report.
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- 17 Partial-Scope Agreement No. 43 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
(AAP.A25TM No. 43)
1
Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – El Salvador
2
Date of signature:
19 September 20118
Date of entry into force:
Pending
3
Brief description of the instrument:
Partial-Scope Agreement No. 43 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
(AAP.A25TM No. 43)
LAIA member Cuba and El Salvador, which both have the status of WTO Members,
concluded Partial-Scope Agreement No. 43 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
under the Enabling Clause.
The purpose of the Agreement is to strengthen trade relations among the Parties. It contains
commitments relating to market access, rules of origin, sanitary and phytosanitary measures,
standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment, trade defence, dispute
settlement, and cooperation.
El Salvador grants Cuba tariff reductions for 618 headings and Cuba does the same for
433 headings. This is a fixed-preference, selective Agreement.
The Agreement also contains a chapter on trade cooperation, which includes, inter alia,
a commitment to promote the training of specialists, the exchange of information and
experiences concerning scientific research and mutual assistance for technological
development and productivity, thus fostering the creation of strategic public-private alliances
for its implementation.
4
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols:
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
- Available from the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/7941daed621ea3780325749000751660/677362a3
dc75744003257bb1004a1af0?OpenDocument
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This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on 18 June 2013, within the period
covered by this Report.
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