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What are the related trade agreements for pistachio?

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By Jinwoo Cheon
Updated 2021년 9월 16일
The related trade agreements for pistachio are Free Trade Agreements applied by China and the United States to some countries, and Turkey's Customs Union Trade Agreement with the EU member countries.

Here are some related trade agreements information for pistachios:


China

China's free trade agreement (FTA)

  • Maldives, Australia, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Singapore, Chile, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos, Georgia, Korea, Ice Land, Peru, New Zealand, Pakistan.

Currently in discussion

  • United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Japan, Sri Lanka, Israel, Norway, Mauritius, Moldova, Panama.

China’s Free Trade Agreement

  • The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a legally binding contract between two or more countries and regional trade entities to promote economic integration and eliminate trade barriers (such as tariffs, Trade quotas, and priorities) allow goods and services to flow freely between countries. These agreement partners will form a free trade zone. Tariff reductions are available for goods from the partner countries of the agreement.
  • In general, chapters in the FTA will include (but are not limited to) Preface, General Provisions/Definitions, Trade in Goods, Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), Protection Measures, telecommunications, financial services, investment, natural person/business mobility, competition, government procurement, transparency, intellectual property rights, trade remedies, dispute resolution, exceptions, final clauses.


United States

  • There is currently a free trade agreement with Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Jordan, South Korea, Morocco, NAFTA, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru and Singapore.


Turkey

  • There are maximum levels of aflatoxin content present in the imported pistachio determined by official food legislation bodies of Japan and EU countries
  • Pistachios exported to Japan must have a maximum value of 10 MG/KG of aflatoxin
  • Customs Union Trade Agreement between Turkey and EU member countries: This agreement gives access to free movement to export goods from Turkey to EU and from EU to Turkey, without incurring any customs tax.
  • Regarding trade deals with countries outside of EU, Turkey has signed Free Trade Agreements with numerous countries such as; EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland), Israel, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Georgia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Chile, Jordan, South Korea, Malaysia, Moldova, Faroe Islands, Singapore, Ghana, *Kosovo (*Preferential Regime Applications are available for Kosovo Unilaterally Recognized by Turkey).
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