Nearly 5,000 tariff lines to go down to zero under Vietnam-EAEU FTA
Import tax on 4,959 types of goods from the EAEU countries will be reduced to zero immediately when the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the union takes effect this year.
Illustrative photo (Source:Internet)The tax removal is part of the roadmap for tax reduction for 2016-2018 under the FTA.
In 2018, 144 more tariff lines will be eliminated, increasing the number of zero-tax lines to 5,103, or 54 percent of the total.
The EAEU, which comprises Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, signed the FTA with Vietnam in May 2015. This was the first FTA signed between the EAEU and an external partner.
The agreement will abolish 90 percent of tax lines, equivalent to 90 percent of bilateral trade turnover.
The deal is expected to increase trade revenue between Vietnam and the EAEU to 10 billion USD in 2020 from the current yearly average of 4 billion USD.-VNA
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