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Pak China trade:Pakistan wants zero tariff on 70% items

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By Web Desk Published August 27, 2015 3 Min Read
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In a bid to take advantage of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China, Pakistani authorities have asked for zero tariff on 70% of its export items and in return have offered to give zero tariff on 40% of Chinese items.

A senior officer in the Ministry of Commerce said the proposal was presented to a five-member negotiation team during the fifth meeting of the second phase of the negotiations on the China- Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) held in Islamabad between August 3 and 5, 2015.

As part of the negotiations, Pakistani authorities also sought zero tariff on 80% exports after five years and zero tariff rate on 90% export items after 10 years.

Meanwhile, Pakistan also offered China zero tariff rates on 50% items after five years and on 80% of items after 15 years.

According to the officer, the Chinese team has not yet given a final response to the requests and clarified that the terms will be shared with stakeholders in China before taking any final decision.

The final decision would be taken in the last round of negotiations to be held in the second week of October in China. According to the Commerce Ministry source, Pakistan seeks more concession from China because not only is it a bigger economy, but also because the country had extended more concessions during the first phase of the CPFTA.

According to details of the negotiations, the two sides continued discussion on Tariff Reduction Modality (TRM) for the second phase of CPFTA.

The Pakistani authorities explained that the current proposal of TRM is based on extensive data analysis and stakeholders’ consultation. However, the Chinese delegation requested that the Pakistani stakeholders should be consulted to improve the tariff liberalisation schedule in various categories of the TRM.

However, they reiterated that the proposed TRM is an outcome of intensive discussions with stakeholders and would make another attempt to convince stakeholders for further improvement as requested by the Chinese delegation. Additionally, the Chinese delegation submitted its request list comprising of 3,872 tariff lines, for the second phase of CPFTA.

With regards to the matter of adjustment of 1,341 tariff lines in the first phase provided by Pakistan, the delegation explained that readjustment within the first phase is not possible as this has already been implemented. However, they said that the concerns raised by Pakistan would be dully considered in the second phase of CPFTA.

Also read:China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Issue of western, eastern routes raised again
 
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