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the Singapore Tourism Board, Bonnie Tong, Karmila Kamuri, or indirectly from reliance on information in this publication. www.mfat.govt.nz MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP THE TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC A GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENT. IT WILL BOLSTER WORLD ECONOMY. FROM THE MINISTER OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS As the Þ rst trade agreement to involve several PaciÞ c-rim countries, the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP (also The Trans-PaciÞ c SEP is a high-quality trade TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Partnership Agreement (Trans-Pacific SEP), cooperation on a broad range of economic areas of mutual interest to all four nations. All percentages of trade are estimates based on 2004 trade by value WHAT IS THE TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Minister for Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton (centre) signs the Trans-PaciÞ c Strategic Economic Partnership with TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Darussalam are all relatively small, open All parties are members of the APEC group of The Trans-Pacific SEP is New ZealandÕs first trade agreement with a Latin American country. The ITS STRATEGIC VALUE Ð IT IS THE FIRST TIME NZ HAS ” THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP much activity in the global trade … negotiating been slow. New Zealand recognises that bilateral and INTERESTS WITH THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED ARE NOT ” HOW THE TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Because of this, New Zealand exporters and importers of goods and services are able to take For example, New Zealand exporters to Singapore can apply for preferential tariff access using either A copy of the ANZSCEP can be found on the Ministry website: singcepcontent.html TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP eliminate tariffs imposed by all four countries. Most tariffs will be eliminated when the transpacsepagreement.html New Zealand exports to Chile will continue to When the Trans-Pacific SEP comes into force, Chile will eliminate tariffs on almost 90 percent that will benefit immediately include a range of All percentages of trade are estimates based on 2004 trade by value PERCENTAGE OF NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS TO CHILE 20 100 2006 2008 2011 11%10%9%9% For exports to Brunei Darussalam, pending the outcome of further alcohol, tobacco and Þ rearms) that it seeks to exempt on moral, TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP CHILEAN TARIFF REDUCTIONS BY SECTOR Chile, this was a sensitive area of the negotiations. Manufactured goods, with a strong emphasis on agri-tech items, account for 30 percent of DATE FOR TARIFF ELIMINATIONINDICATIVE LIST TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP undertaken to ensure all tariffs currently at zero Brunei DarussalamÕs remaining tariffs will be eliminated in three stages, in the years 2010, 2012 Some of the tariff rates Brunei Darussalam currently applies in sectors of general export Products in Brunei DarussalamÕs longest phase-out category include motor vehicles, articles of rubber, A short list of products (alcohol, tobacco and firearms) is excluded, for the time being, from transpacsepagreement.html these products will be accommodated under the DATE FOR TARIFF ELIMINATIONINDICATIVE LIST Dairy products TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP The Trans-Pacific SEP will provide improved access for products of export interest to Chile and Brunei New Zealand currently provides duty-free access for 67 percent of imports from Chile. New Zealand currently provides duty-free access for 99 percent of imports from Brunei Darussalam Remaining tariffs on imports from Brunei Darussalam and Chile will be eliminated in the DATE FOR TARIFF ELIMINATIONINDICATIVE LIST TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP the Trans-Pacific SEP, rules applying to the b) the good is produced entirely in the territory c) the good is manufactured in one or more of the which are not party to the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP, Both the tariff preferences and the rules of origin for each product depend on the tariff classiÞ cation of the product. The international tariff classiÞ cation system, called the Harmonised Commodity Description and TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP prevent unfair trade or unexpected import surges ANTI-DUMPING, COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES country to impose special import duties when a COUNTERVAILING DUTIES GLOBAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES measures designed to slow imports of a particular imports, following the agreed tariff liberalisation. SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARDS The mechanisms under which the safeguard will conducted after three years instead of the WTO-mandated Þ ve years. UNFAIR TRADE OR IMPORT SURGES TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP to trade in services. Appendix Four of this Services exports are less easily recognised than exports of goods, but can be a driving force in The services chapter of the Trans-Pacific SEP establishes the following key obligations. Ð each country shall treat services suppliers from the other countries no Ð each country cannot require a foreign service provider to have a commercial will automatically receive the beneÞ t of liberal than those in the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP. MODE 1: supplied by a provider physically located in one MODE 2: travels to another country to consume a service supplier establishes a legal presence in another MODE 4: temporary movement of a person into a country CUSTOMER ARE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, The World Trade Organisation ” Services supplied in the exercise of government authority (EOGA), government procurement and Þ nancial services are speciÞ cally excluded chapter excludes a range of measures from the scope of the Trans-PaciÞ c TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP New Zealand service providers. In particular, New Zealand service suppliers operating in Chile will be on the same footing as (subject to some conditions on Þ eld research storage, transportation, reÞ ning and other COVERAGE AND AT THE FACT THAT A NEGATIVE LIST The Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce ” However, there is provision for some cross-cutting exceptions to apply. TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Darussalam will have two years from entry into TEMPORARY ENTRY its commitments under the GATS agreement New Zealand also affirmed their commitments There is a commitment to review this chapter two years after the Trans-Pacific SEP comes into force. TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP by which government entities purchase goods Each country has committed to treat suppliers from the other three countries no less favourably than its domestic suppliers. On top of this each country will also provide access to an independent administrative or legal in the Trans-Pacific SEP (by way of the list approach) and service providers will be able to tender New ZealandÕs commitment includes the 35 core public service departments listed in the First SingaporeÕs schedule includes its 23 core public sector departments. Brunei Darussalam has been given two years in which to negotiate its government procurement GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP to improve goods and services trade by used to protect human, animal and plant health by The Trans-Pacific SEP establishes procedures for the speedy resolution of SPS issues if they arise. The recognition of measures being equivalent and of disease-free status will be negotiated through Once a countryÕs disease-free status has been recognised, an importing country accepts that the If a dispute arises, each country may choose to use IN CHILE, SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP procedures can act as technical barriers to The Trans-Pacific SEP aims to reduce unnecessary countries have jointly agreed to focus their initial transpacsepagreement.html Businesses facing standards and conformance problems when exporting to Chile, Singapore or The Trans-Pacific SEP reaffirms all four membersÕ WTO commitments on intellectual property rights for in New ZealandÕs domestic law. GIÕs include products like champagne. People in Trans-Pacific SEP member countries will be provided with reasonable notice about any TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP and transparent government-to-government protect national works, items or speciÞ c sites TREATY OF WAITANGI TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP relationships shared by Chile, Brunei of cooperation in the primary sector, education, STRATEGIC COOPERATION Partnership chapter that builds on areas of An Implementing Arrangement to the Trans-Pacific Pacific SEP desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Commission that is responsible for the For example, in a number of chapters in the Trans-Pacific SEP there are commitments to FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS Negotiations by all four countries on investment and financial services are to begin within two MOVING FORWARD TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Trans-Pacific SEP, the four countries have Environment Cooperation Agreement are available Trans-Pacific SEP. If a country withdraws from TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COOPERATION AND INSTITUTIONAL the operation of the two agreements. Some areas Each country will designate a national contact point for labour, and for environment matters. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Each country may consult with its public and/or non-government sectors over the operation of The New Zealand contact points for the two agreements have already been established. The Each country will promote public awareness of its labour and environmental laws, regulations and TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP on the back of extensive analysis and Beneath this overarching goal, there are four main areas of implementation: Ð which involves compliance, and monitoring and Trans-Paci“ c SEP partners Maximising bene“ ts for New Zealand Making the agreement work will require an ongoing commitment from government agencies. Trans-PaciÞ c SEP Building and deepening both government and business-to-business relationships with Maximising benefits for New Zealand business PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Establish the tariff classification of Check the tariff removal arrangements Generate either an Export Invoice ESTABLISH THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION Classi cation Advance rulings will be provided within 60 days The international tariff classiÞ cation system, called the Harmonised GOODS UNDER THE TRANS-PACIFIC SEP TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP in each of the four countries are: Head Documentation Specialists Branch The Manager CHECK THE TARIFF REMOVAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GOOD IN THE RELEVANT TARIFF SCHEDULE Tariff preference is only applicable to Ôoriginating goodsÕ Ð see Step 3 transpacsepagreement.html you need to check New ZealandÕs tariff schedule transpacsepagreement.html The schedules show the year-by-year tariff You can search for your tariff item using the search function in the PDF documents containing that applied at 1 December 2004. The preferential tariff rates under the Trans-Pacific SEP each year. The tariff cuts shown in the 2006 and subsequent In the Chile schedule there is an ÔobservationsÕ The products that have an observation beside TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP preferential tariff treatment under the Trans- Any imports into one of the member countries that entirely in the territory of one Trans-PaciÞ c i) ÔobtainedÕ entirely from within a party from natural resource-based goods, e.g. Þ shed, transpacsepagreement.html b) the good is produced entirely in the territory transpacsepagreement.html c) the good is manufactured in one or more of the which are not party to the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP, pdfs/rules-of-origin-annex.pdf tariff rate, the good must not enter the commerce can also be sought for the origin of the good. TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP GENERATE AN EXPORT INVOICE DECLARATION AS TO ORIGIN OR A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN a declaration as to origin on the export invoice transpacsepindex.html under the Trans-Pacific SEPÕ. TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (applies) hereby declare that the goods enumerated on this invoice are originating from [Brunei Darussalam] [Chile] [New Zealand] [Singapore] (insert only that which applies) in that they comply with the provisions of Article 4.13 of the Trans-Pacific SEP entered into among Brunei Darussalam, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore. Observations: Signature Date: of Good(s) Criterion Value Content of Origin Authorised SignatureCompany Name DECLARATION AS TO ORIGIN EXAMPLE ONLY CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN EXAMPLE ONLY TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN INSTRUCTIONS Fill in the serial number of the certificate of origin. (including country) and legal tax identiÞ cation identiÞ cation number in Chile is the Unique identiÞ cation number is not applicable for For each good described in Field 4, state which criterion A The good is Òwholly obtained or produced B The good is produced entirely in the territory address) and legal tax identiÞ cation number, as deÞ ned in Field 1, of said producer. (Tax producer is included on the CertiÞ cate, state email address) and legal tax identiÞ cation to be conÞ dential, it is acceptable to state (including country) as deÞ ned in 1: Exporter, of should be sufÞ cient to System (HS) classiÞ cation to six digits. For each good described in 4: Description of Good(s), state ÒYESÓ if you For each good described in 4: Description of Good(s), where Identify the name of the country. (ÒBNÓ for all goods originating 10: Certi“ cation of Origin: TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP services providers considering exporting to an outline of how the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP creates exporters provided by the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP 1. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CREATED to trade in services, which will help companies Services cover areas such as tourism, education, engineering expertise, telecommunications, Trade in services occurs when the supplier and the customer are from different countries, regardless Examples of barriers to trade in services include: companies compared to domestic companies 2. BUSINESSES COVERED BY SERVICES covers all trade in services except: Chapter 11 of the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP) Þ nancial services. Commitments in this the Trans-PaciÞ c SEP comes into effect services sectors The exact wording of the scope of these categories 3. IMPROVED RULES FOR SERVICES TRADE presence as a precondition to operating in the A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE TREATMENT OF SERVICES EXPORTS UNDER THE TRANS-PACIFIC SEP TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP 4. EXEMPTIONS TO THE RULES: THE ‘NEGATIVE LIST’ however, to one or more of the agreed obligations In the services schedules, each country lists its exemptions to the obligations above. An entry On top of this there are also some Ôgeneral exceptionsÕ that allow a country to maintain 5. IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF SERVICE to know how your service is classified under the gns_w_120_e.doc ii. Identify the service sub-sector relevant to your Some services exemptions Ð or reservations Ð Production ClassiÞ cation (CPC). A copy of the CPC can be found at: asp?Cl=9&Lg=1 Although the CPC is not an exhaustive list, Services Sectoral ClassiÞ cation List WTO Document MTN.GNS/120. The CPC is a numerical listing of almost all services. It is similar to The CPC expands on the Services Sectoral ClassiÞ cation code and provides deÞ nitions of speciÞ c services. The source of the CPC is Statistical OfÞ ce of the United Nations Statistical Papers, Series M, No.77, Provisional Central Product ClassiÞ cation, 1991 (UN CPC code). TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP checked against the Trans-Pacific SEPÕs services 1. IS YOUR SERVICE SUBJECT TO See Annex III of the 2. IS YOUR SERVICE SUBJECT TO See Annex IV of the 3. IS YOUR SERVICE POTENTIALLY See Chapter 19 of the Trans-Pacific TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP i. Read the head notes to each schedule as ANNEX III RESERVATION IN CHILE’S EXAMPLE ONLY Fisheries Aquaculture CPC 04 Fish and other fishing products National Treatment (Article 12.4) Investment A concession or authorisation is ii. The section entitled ÔSectorÕ identiÞ es the relates. Some entries can relate to ÔAll sectorsÕ. iii. The section entitled ÔClassiÞ cationÕ describes iv. The section entitled ÔObligations ConcernedÕ lists the obligations a country will not fulÞ l ix. Check to see if the New Zealand-Singapore x. Be aware of the services schedules of future automatically apply to New Zealand exporters. TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP SUMMARY OF THE MAIN SECTORS 1. BUSINESS SERVICES A. Professional Services B. Computer and Related Services C. Research and Development Services D. Real Estate Services E. Rental/Leasing Services without Operator 832 F. Other Business Services 2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES A. Postal services B. Courier services C. Telecommunication services D. Audiovisual services E. Other 3. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED A. General construction work for buildings B. General construction work for civil engineering C. Installation and assembly work SERVICES SECTORAL CLASSIFICATION LIST 9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED A. Hotels and restaurants (incl. catering) B. Travel agencies and tour operators services C. Tourist guides services D. Other 10. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL A. Entertainment services (including theatre, live bands and circus services) B. News agency services C. Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural services D. Sporting and other recreational services 11. TRANSPORT SERVICES A. Maritime Transport Services B. Internal Waterways Transport C. Air Transport Services D. Space Transport E. Rail Transport Services F. Road Transport Services G. Pipeline Transport H. Services auxiliary to all modes of transport I. Other Transport Services 12. OTHER SERVICES NOT INCLUDED procurement, standards and conformance, Manager, International Technical and Regulatory Co-ordination www.mfat.govt.nz MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE TRANS-PACIFIC STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP