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RUAE-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Advantages of the India−UAE CEPA

Ease of doing business
Access to free trade zones
Widening of export destination
Preferential market access with cuts in tariffs
Growth and job creation

UNDERSTANDING THE TABLE OUTPUT

The year progression (starting from 2022) illustrates that % value of custom duties across commodities The offer details are as follows:

Offer Description

A Day 1 access

C Access at year 5

E Access at year 10

G Prohibited product Cannot be imported to UAE

F Excluded

H Special goods

TR Tariff Reduction

Details

CEPA starts with duty

Duty upto 5 years

Duty upto 10 years

o not fall under CEPA

Requires special approval before imp

Duty exemptions

Hscode	Short Description	Offer	Uae tariff%	'22	'23	'24	'25	'26	'27	'28	'29	'30	'31
29161900	Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids & their derivatives, N.E.S.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29161600	Binapacryl (iso)	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29161500	Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts & esters.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29161400	Esters of methacrylic acid.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29161300	Methacrylic acid & its salts.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29161200	Esters of acrylic acid.	C - Access at year 5	5.00%	4.00%	3.00%	2.00%	1.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29161100	Acrylic acid & its salts.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29159000	Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids & their anhydrides, halides, peroxides & peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, N.E.S.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29157090	Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29157019	Stearic acid	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29157011	Magnesium citrates	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29156000	Butyric acids, valeric acids, their salts & esters.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29155000	Propionic acid, its salts & esters.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29154000	Mono-, di-or trichloroacetic acids, their salts & esters.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29153900	Esters of acetic acid, N.E.S.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29153600	Dinoseb (iso) acetate	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29153300	N-butyl acetate.	C - Access at year 5	5.00%	4.00%	3.00%	2.00%	1.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29153200	Vinyl acetate.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29153100	Ethyl acetate.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
29152900	Other of acetic acid salts.	A - Day 1 access	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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