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Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement

Overview

The Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a significant market opening agreement which will result in the immediate reduction of tariffs on 97 per cent of goods currently traded.  Tariffs on all existing merchandise trade between Australia and Chile will be eliminated by 2015.

The Australia-Chile FTA entered into force on 6 March 2009.

More information on commercial opportunities arising from the FTA is available at:

Agreement Summary

Full text of the Agreement

New opportunities under the FTA

The Australia-Chile FTA eliminates immediately Chile's tariffs on almost 92 per cent of tariff lines covering 97 per cent of goods currently traded. This includes Australian coal, meat, wine and key dairy exports and all other industrial goods of interest to Australia. The FTA will strengthen commercial links between Australia and Chile.

Australian exporters seeking to access new opportunities under the Australia Chile FTA may wish to obtain more information on rules of origin and other requirements from the Australian Customs Service: http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=6066 

A key Chilean implementing agency for the FTA is the General Directorate of International Economic Affairs in the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (known as DIRECON). 

Further information (in Spanish) on the implementation of the FTA is available from Chile’s National Customs Service.

Other resources on commericial opportunities in Chile

Further Information

Requests for further information and advice should be directed to:

The Director,
Canada and Latin America Section
Americas Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Tel: (02) 6261 3904
Fax: (02) 6261 3629

Doing Business in Chile

For more information on doing business in Chile and about specific export opportunities, go to the Austrade website. As well as country-specific information, the Austrade website also has a database that can be searched by industry.