Chile-China Free Trade Agreement

The Free Trade Agreement between China and Chile provides for the full or partial elimination of import tariffs for most energy products and technologies, including: 

• Agglomerated and reduced iron, alumina;
• Scrap metal, ammonia, crude steel;
• Aluminium, nitrogen fertilizers;
• Solar PV modules, solar cells, solar wafers;
• Polysilicon, battery packs, battery cells;
• Anodes and cathodes, electrolysers, heat pumps; 
• Electric vehicles, ICE cars, among other technologies;

Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 40% of the transaction value of the good to benefit from a preferential tariff treatment.

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