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UAE-Indonesia

Free Trade Agreements

Summary

The UAE-Indonesia CEPA was signed on 1 July 2022 and entered into force 1 September 2023. As a result of the agreement, businesses can now take advantage of many new benefits, including:

  • Providing better market access for UAE products to Indonesian market covering more than 90% of tariff lines and 94% value of trade with Indonesia.
  • An open and non-discriminatory environment for cross-border trade with Indonesia.
  • Enhanced market access for UAE’s service providers.
  • The removal of unnecessary technical barriers (TBT) for UAE and Indonesian exporters.
  • The use of international standards as a basis for technical regulations.
  • Enhanced access for UAE businesses to Indonesian government procurement opportunities.
  • Support for UAE companies through a 10 per cent price preference in Indonesian government procurement tenders.
  • Assurance that UAE products will not be subject to Indonesia’s anti-dumping investigations as such products are merely transshipped.
  • A Joint Committee to assess, revise and propose amendments to the CEPA, including improving market access.

CEPA Key Benefits

  • Providing certainty and market access for UAE services businesses
  • Reducing barriers to trade in goods
  • Enabling SMEs to export goods and services to Indonesia
  • Exchanging best practices 
  • Shaping the rules for digital trade
  • Promoting collaboration on shared global challenges
  • Reducing barriers to trade in goods
  • Creating new opportunities in the Halal economy
  •  Protecting intellectual property rights

Key Fields

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  • Trade in Goods
  • Rules of Origin
  • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards
  • Technical Barriers to Trade
  • Customs and Trade Facilitation
  • Trade Remedies
  • Trade in Services
  • Islamic Economy
  • Digital Trade
  • Government Procurement
  • Intellectual Property
  • Investment
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Economic Cooperation
  • Dispute Settlement
  • General Provisions

Download Agreement

The Indonesia-UAE CEPA includes 18 chapters, View_Agreement_PDF
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As with the UAE’s other CEPAs, this deal is central to its efforts to build its economy over the next 50 years. It is the third bilateral deal that the UAE has signed, and it will cement the UAE’s position as a global economic hub.

 

In terms of numbers, the CEPA will:

  •  Push bilateral trade flows from US$3 billion to beyond US$10 billion within five years
  •  Add 0.87% to UAE GDP by 2030 – or US$4.6 billion
  •  Increase exports by 0.64% by 2030 – with a value of US$3.2 billion
  •  Increase the value of trade in services to US$630 million by 2030
It will do this by: ​
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The UAE-Indonesia CEPA will also enable greater  investments in priority sectors such as:

  • Logistics
  • Renewable energy
  • Manufacturing
  • the Halal economy
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