Trade agreements

Australia-India ECTA Annex 8C Professional Services

Australia-India ECTA Annex 8B Telecommunications Services

Australia-India ECTA Preamble and Table of Contents

When it enters into force, the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) will create new opportunities for Australian goods and services exporters in India’s enormous and growing market of nearly one and a half billion consumers. ECTA eliminates or reduces tariffs on over 90 per cent of Australia’s goods exports to India by value.

Australia and India have a natural partnership of shared mutual strategic and economic priorities. The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) will support further growth and investment in Australia's world-leading critical minerals and resources sectors.

The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) places Australian goods exporters in prime position to capitalise on India’s enormous and growing market.

The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) will create new opportunities for Australian services suppliers and professionals doing business in India. ECTA will provide unprecedented access into the world’s fastest growing major economy and Australia's third largest services export market.

Over the next 20 years, a growing India will need many of Australia's goods and services, including agriculture, critical minerals, education and skills training, and healthcare. From 29 December 2022 the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) will open new markets for exporters and service suppliers in many sectors and bring us closer to one of our most important Indo-Pacific partners.

The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) entered into force on 29 December 2022. ECTA helps secure Australia's foothold in the world's fastest growing large economy and enables Australian businesses to unlock or expand their operations in a market of nearly one and a half billion people.

Official text of the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement.