India-Thailand EHS Benefits for Indian Exporters
India-Thailand Early Harvest Scheme — in force since 1 September 2004 Overview. India-Thailand Early Harvest Scheme is in force since 1 September 2004. It is the part of the 2003 India-Thailand Framework Agreement that was put into effect: a list of 82 six-digit products, with one more added in 2012, on which both countries removed customs duty in steps ending in 2006. The full free trade area the Framework Agreement aimed at has not been concluded; other goods may qualify under the ASEAN-India agreement, which applies to Thailand since 1 January 2010. What it gives an exporter. A lower or zero duty in Thailand on the tariff lines the agreement covers, for goods that meet its rule of origin. The saving on a shipment is the difference between the normal (MFN) duty and the agreement's rate on that tariff line, so it is nothing on a line whose normal duty is already zero. Only the products on the Early Harvest list are covered: 82 six-digit items on the Department of Commerce's consolidated list, plus household combined refrigerator-freezers (ex 8418.10) added by the Second Protocol of 25 January 2012. Duty on them is nil; there is no further phase-in and no sensitive list, because ev…
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