Every trade agreement Customs Declare checks
A preferential rate only applies when both the shipment's origin and destination are current members of the same agreement -- membership alone doesn't guarantee a lower rate, but it's the first thing that has to be true. These are the 20 agreements on file today, from single-bloc customs unions to bilateral FTAs.
| Agreement | Type | Members | How the rate is set |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Continental Free Trade AreaAFCFTA | Free trade area | 41 | Per-HS-code rate, 179,749 rate rows |
| ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade AreaAANZFTA | Free trade area | 12 | Per-HS-code rate, 50,514 rate rows |
| ASEAN-China Free Trade AreaACFTA | Free trade area | 11 | Per-HS-code rate, 93,504 rate rows |
| ASEAN-India Trade in Goods AgreementAITIGA | Free trade area | 11 | Per-HS-code rate, 126,155 rate rows |
| China-Australia Free Trade AgreementCHAFTA | Free trade area | 2 | Per-HS-code rate, 14,399 rate rows |
| Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Free Trade AreaCOMESA | Free trade area | 16 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipCPTPP | Free trade area | 12 | Per-HS-code rate, 59,330 rate rows |
| East African CommunityEAC | Customs union | 6 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| Economic Community of West African StatesECOWAS | Customs union | 15 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade AgreementCETA | Free trade area | 28 | Per-HS-code rate, 2,986 rate rows |
| EU-Japan Economic Partnership AgreementEUJP | Free trade area | 28 | Per-HS-code rate, 10,957 rate rows |
| EU-Korea Free Trade AgreementEUKR | Free trade area | 28 | Per-HS-code rate, 247,185 rate rows |
| European Free Trade AssociationEFTA | Free trade area | 4 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| European UnionEU | Customs union | 27 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| Gulf Cooperation CouncilGCC | Customs union | 6 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| Mercado Comun del Sur (Southern Common Market)MERCOSUR | Customs union | 4 | Flat 0% within the bloc, except sugar (HS Chapter 17) |
| Pacific Alliance (Alianza del Pacifico)PACIFIC_ALLIANCE | Free trade area | 4 | Per-HS-code rate, 132 rate rows |
| Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipRCEP | Free trade area | 15 | Per-HS-code rate, 283,380 rate rows |
| Southern African Development Community Free Trade AreaSADC | Free trade area | 13 | Flat 0% within the bloc |
| United States-Mexico-Canada AgreementUSMCA | Free trade area | 3 | Per-HS-code rate, 25,122 rate rows |
Regional blocs vs. bilateral agreements
AfCFTA, EAC, ECOWAS, SADC, and COMESA cover African regional integration; ACFTA, AITIGA, AANZFTA, CPTPP, RCEP, and the ASEAN-adjacent agreements cover Asia-Pacific; USMCA, CETA, EUJP, EUKR, ChAFTA, Mercosur, and the Pacific Alliance are the remaining bilateral or plurilateral agreements. A country can and often does belong to more than one.
Current coverage
108 countries have a preferential rate available under at least one of these agreements. Flat-rate customs unions and free trade areas (COMESA, EAC, ECOWAS, EFTA, EU, GCC, Mercosur, the Pacific Alliance, SADC) apply their rate to every HS code by default; the other 11 agreements carry real per-HS-code rates -- 1,093,413 rate rows in total -- sourced from each agreement's own tariff schedule or annexes.
Where this data comes from
Each agreement's membership and rate data is sourced from its own treaty text, annex, or the administering secretariat's published tariff schedule -- never estimated or interpolated from a related agreement.
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