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MSG
 Interactive trade indicators

Technical notes for performance indicators
Performance Indicators :
Member Countries

Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu Fiji

Trade Agreement Among the Melanesian Spearhead Group Countries

Status :  In force since 1994
Scope : Regional
Type : Preferential Trade Agreement
WTO Notification : Enabling Clause 1999
Agreement text : 
http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/21.doc
Other links : 
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/fta/agreements/msgfta.pdf
WTO consideration process : 
GOODS
Tariffs
Gradual to full elimination on the basis of positive list which includes about 200 products.
Restraint on use of quantitative export restrictions.
Rules of Origin
Goods are either wholly obtained or sufficiently worked or processed in a party territory
Change in heading based on 4 digit HS
Contingency Measures
   Anti - Dumping : Article 14 on Suspension of obligations in case of dumped imports
   Countervailing Duties : Article 14 on Suspension of obligations in case of subsidized imports
   Safeguards : Quantitative import restrictions on the same products are eliminated except for balance of payment purposes

Standards : 
NOTES:
SERVICES
WTO Notification
       Date of notification

       Consideration Process : 


Liberalization Approach

Modes Covered
Cross-border supply (Mode1)
Consumption abroad (Mode2)
Commercial presence (Mode3)
Presence of natural persons (Mode4)

Specific Chapters on
Financial services
Telecommunications
Air transport
Movement of natural persons
Professional services
Other
              

Specific Sectors Excluded
Financial services
Telecommunications
Air transport
Other
              

Public Sectors carve-out :
              

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :

Market Access :

Domestic Regulation :

Subsidies covered by services disciplines :

Denial of Benefits :
          


Notes :
          


Link to schedules ...
INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach

Specific Chapters on
Financial services
Telecommunications
Other
              

Specific Sectors Excluded
Financial services
Telecommunications
Other
              

Definition of investment

Most Favoured Nation :
                           Economic integration exception to MFN

National Treatment :
                           NT provision applies to entry and establishment rights

Fair and Equitable Treatment :
                           Clarifying text on FET
                           

Expropriation :
                           Clarifying text
                                    Limitation on scope of indirect expropriation

Domestic Regulation :

Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration
                           Automatic consent
                                    Limitation on scope of arbitration

Rules of Origin / Denial of Benefits :
          


Additional BIT exists between the parties :
          BIT list I :
                    Status:
          BIT list II :
                    Status:

Notes :
          


Link to schedules ...
TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : No
Customs valuation : No
Trade regulations publication and administration : No
Use of ICT : No
Mobility of business people : No
Freedom of transit : No
Transport and logistics : No
Trade finance : No
OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : No
Investment : No
Competition Policy : No
Intellectual Property : No
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : Yes Article 11 - Development of Industry
Institutional mechanism : No
NOTES:
Fiji jouned in 1998.
RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
bilateral
Specific Process
processes are defined which do not satisfy status of originating product - rule 4, Rules of origin (annex I)
Heading Change
based on 4 digit HS classification
De Minimis
Minimum Content
Drawback
Http Link
Notes
MSG


Member Countries
:: Papua New Guinea
:: Solomon Islands
:: Vanuatu
:: Fiji
Total: 4 countries

Trade Agreement Among the Melanesian Spearhead Group Countries

Status : In force since 1994
Scope : Regional
Type : Preferential Trade Agreement
WTO Notification : Enabling Clause 1999
Official Link : 
http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/21.doc
Unofficial Link : 

http://www.worldtradelaw.net/fta/agreements/msgfta.pdf

Goods
Tariffs
Gradual to full elimination on the basis of positive list which includes about 200 products.
Restraint on use of quantitative export restrictions.

Rules of Origin
Goods are either wholly obtained or sufficiently worked or processed in a party territory
Change in heading based on 4 digit HS

Contingency Measures
Anti - Dumping : Article 14 on Suspension of obligations in case of dumped imports
Countervailing Duties : Article 14 on Suspension of obligations in case of subsidized imports
Safeguards : Quantitative import restrictions on the same products are eliminated except for balance of payment purposes
Standards : 

NOTES:


Services
Modes Covered
Cross - Border Supply : No
Consumption Abroad : No
Commercial Presence Abroad : No
Movement of Natural Persons : No
Specific Sectors Covered

Specific Sectors Excluded


NOTES:


OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : No
Investment : No
Competition Policy : No
Intellectual Property : No
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technology Transfer : No
Capacity Building : Yes
NOTES:
Fiji jouned in 1998.

RULES OF ORIGIN
Accumulation
bilateral
Specific Process
processes are defined which do not satisfy status of originating product - rule 4, Rules of origin (annex I)
Heading Change
based on 4 digit HS classification
Deminimis

Minimum Content

Drawback

Http Link

Notes

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