Free Trade Agreement between Egypt and the States of the European Free Trade Association

The Free Trade Agreement between Egypt and the European Free Trade Association States entered into force in Aug 2007. 

It provides for tariff elimination for most industrial products across HS sectors 25 through 97, including : 

• Electric motors, turbines and generators; 
• Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; 
• Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; 
• Motor vehicles; 
• Mineral ore, slag and ash; 
• Mineral fuels, oils and other products; 
• Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; 
• Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; 

Rule of origins notably dictate the following conditions to qualify for preferential tariff treatment: 

• products wholly obtained in one of the signatory countries, or originating from the European Economic Area (EEA)
• products incorporating materials which have undergone sufficient working or processing one of the signatory countries 

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