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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
28220000	Cobalt oxides & hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides.	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%
28212000	Earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as fe2o3.	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%
28211090	Other iron oxides and hydroxides other than yellow, red, black.	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%
28211010	Yellow, red, black iron oxides	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%
28209000	Manganese oxides, excluding manganese dioxide.	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%
28201000	Manganese dioxide.	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%
28199000	Chromium oxides (excluding chromium trioxide) & hydroxides.	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%
28191000	Chromium trioxide.	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%
28183000	Aluminium hydroxide.	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%
28182000	Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum.	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%
28181000	Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined.	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%
28170020	Zinc peroxide.	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%
28170010	Zinc oxide.	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%
28164000	Oxides, hydroxides & peroxides, of strontium or barium.	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%
28161000	Hydroxide & peroxide of magnesium.	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%
28153000	Peroxides of sodium or potassium.	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%
28152000	Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash).	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%
28151200	Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda).	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%
28151100	Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), solid.	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%
28142000	Ammonia in aqueous solution.	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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