FACTUAL PRESENTATION
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND INDONESIA
(GOODS)
Report by the Secretariat
This report, prepared for the consideration
of the Preferential Trade Agreement between Mozambique and Indonesia,
has been drawn up by the WTO Secretariat on its own responsibility and in full
consultation with the Parties. The factual presentation reproduces as closely
as possible the terminology used in the Agreement and in the comments provided
and does not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the Secretariat of
such terminology. The report has been drawn up in accordance with the rules and
procedures contained in the Decision for a Transparency Mechanism for Regional
Trade Agreements (_WT/L/671)
and thus does not imply any value judgement by the Secretariat regarding the
contents of the Agreement.
Any technical
questions arising from this report may be addressed to Pamela Bayona (tel: +41
22 739 5529 / pamela.bayona@wto.org).
Any statistical questions arising from this report may be addressed to Rowena
Cabos (tel.: +41 22 739 5185 / rowena.cabos@wto.org).
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY.................................................................................................. 4
1 Trade Environment.......................................................................................... 5
1.1 Merchandise trade.................................................................................................. 5
2 Characteristic Elements of the Agreement............................................. 7
2.1 Background information.......................................................................................... 7
3 Provisions on trade in goods..................................................................... 7
3.1 Import duties and charges, and
quantitative restrictions.......................................... 7
3.1.1 General provisions............................................................................................... 7
3.1.2 Liberalization of trade and tariff
lines.................................................................... 7
3.1.3 Liberalization schedule......................................................................................... 7
3.1.3.1 Indonesia......................................................................................................... 7
3.1.3.2 Mozambique..................................................................................................... 9
3.1.4 Tariff rate quotas............................................................................................... 12
3.2 Rules of origin....................................................................................................... 12
3.3 Export duties and charges, and
quantitative restrictions........................................ 12
3.4 Regulatory provisions of the agreement................................................................ 12
3.4.1 Standards.......................................................................................................... 12
3.4.1.1 Sanitary and phytosanitary
measures.............................................................. 12
3.4.1.2 Technical barriers to trade.............................................................................. 13
3.4.2 Safeguard mechanisms...................................................................................... 13
3.4.3 Anti-dumping and countervailing
measures........................................................ 13
3.4.4 Subsidies and state-aid...................................................................................... 13
3.4.5 Customs-related procedures.............................................................................. 13
3.4.6 Other regulations............................................................................................... 13
3.5 Sector-Specific Provisions of the
Agreement.......................................................... 13
4 General Provisions of the Agreement.................................................... 13
4.1 Transparency........................................................................................................ 13
4.2 Current payments and capital movements............................................................. 14
4.3 Exceptions............................................................................................................ 14
4.4 Accession and withdrawal...................................................................................... 14
4.5 Institutional framework......................................................................................... 14
4.6 Dispute settlement................................................................................................ 14
4.7 Relationship with other agreements
concluded by the Parties................................ 14
4.8 Government procurement..................................................................................... 15
4.9 Intellectual property rights.................................................................................... 15
4.10 Competition........................................................................................................ 16
4.11 Environment....................................................................................................... 16
4.12 Labour................................................................................................................ 16
4.13 Electronic commerce........................................................................................... 16
4.14 Small and medium-sized enterprises................................................................... 16
Annex 1...................................................................................................................... 17