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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
29072300	4, 4'-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol a, diphenylolpropane) & 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%
29072200	Hydroquinone (quinol) & 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%
29072100	Resorcinol & its salts.	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%
29071900	Monophenols, 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%
29071500	Naphthols & their 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%
29071300	Octylphenol, nonylphenol & their isomers; salts thereof.	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%
29071200	Cresols & their 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%
29071190	Other phenol (hydrobenzene) and 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%
29071120	Phenol acid ( carbolic)	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%
29071110	Phenol	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%
29062900	Aromatic alcohols & their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives other than benzyl alcohol.	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%
29062100	Benzyl alcohol.	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%
29061900	Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic alcohols & 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%
29061300	Sterols & inositols.	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%
29061200	Cyclohexanol, methylcyclohexanols & dimethylcyclohexanols.	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%
29061100	Menthol.	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%
29055900	Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of acyclic alcohols other than ethchlorvynol (inn).	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%
29055100	Ethchlorvynol (inn).	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%
29054900	Acyclic polyhydric alcohols, N.E.S.	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%
29054500	Glycerol.	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%

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