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Batam is an industrial boomtown, an emerging transport hub, and part of a free trade zone in the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle, located 20 km (12 mi) off Singapore's south coast. [3] [4] [5]
The ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA) [ 1] is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local trade and manufacturing in all ASEAN countries, and facilitating economic integration with regional and international allies. [ 2][ 3][ 4] It stands as one of the largest and most important free trade areas (FTA) in ...
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ( RCEP / ˈɑːrsɛp / AR-sep) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific countries of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. [ 2] The 15 member countries account for about 30 ...
See also: List of special economic zones and List of free-trade zones In special economic zones business and trades laws differ from the rest of the country. The term, and a number of other terms, can have different specific meanings in different countries and publications. Often they have relaxed jurisdiction of customs or related national regulations. They can be ports or other large areas ...
The free trade agreement reduced tariffs on 7,881 product categories, or 90 percent of imported goods, to zero. [15] This reduction took effect in China and the six original members of ASEAN: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
The ASEAN–India Free Trade Area ( AIFTA) is a free trade area among the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India. The initial framework agreement was signed on 8 October 2003 in Bali, Indonesia. [ 1] and the final agreement was on 13 August 2009. [ 2]
Kuwait's free trade zone (FTZ) was formally established in 1999 to expand businesses and lure the export industry. The zone was located in the western part of the commercial port of Shuwaikh. It was the only free trade zone in the country. In 2019, the Council of Ministers cancelled the free-zone, leaving Kuwait without a special economic zone.
In January 2012, Australia and Indonesia organized a free trade zone within their territory as a result of an agreement among ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand. In May 2012, a report to the Commonwealth Government of Australia highlighted the potential for cooperation between Australia, Timor-Leste, and Indonesia.