As well as other things, an FTA establishes:
- preferential tariff rates for goods imported into the countries party to that Agreement
- rules by which goods can qualify for those preferential tariffs (rules of origin)
- customs procedures for claiming preferential tariff rates (rules of origin procedures)
- general principles for customs procedures among the countries party to an Agreement.
Additional information is available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) website.
The ASEAN Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) is an agreement between ASEAN member states (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Philippines), New Zealand and Australia.
The Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA) came into force on 1 January 1983.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement was signed in Santiago, Chile on 8 March 2018 and comes into force on 30 December 2018.
The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is an international system of tariff preference designed to promote economic growth of developing countries.
The New Zealand–China Free Trade Agreement (NZCFTA) entered into force on 1 October 2008. NZ was the first OECD country to sign a comprehensive free trade agreement with China.
New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union on 9 July 2023 in Brussels. The NZ-EU FTA enters into force on 1 May 2024.
The New Zealand–Hong Kong, China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (NZ–HKC CEP) was signed in Hong Kong on 29 March 2010 and entered into force on 1 January 2011.
The New Zealand – Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement (KNZFTA) was signed in Seoul on 23 March 2015 and entered into force in December 2015.
The New Zealand–Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (MNZFTA) was signed in Kuala Lumpur on 26 October 2009 and entered into force on 1 August 2010.
The Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership (ANZSCEP), which first entered into force on 1 January 2001, has been revised by the Protocol to Amend the Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership.
The New Zealand–Thailand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement came into force on 1 July 2005.
New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom on 28 February 2022 (1 March NZT).
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus is a trade and development agreement between Pacific Island countries and New Zealand.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a trade agreement that includes the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.
The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (SPARTECA) is a non-reciprocal trade agreement in which NZ (together with Australia) offers preferential tariff treatment for specified products that are the produce or manufacture of the Pacific Islands Forum countries (known as the ‘Forum Island Countries’).
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4) is an agreement between Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Singapore, and New Zealand.
Agreement between NZ and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Cooperation