Trade in Goods  
     
 

Overview
The product list for concession is classified under:

1. Normal Track which is further divided into Normal Track 1 and 2 
2.  Sensitive Track
3.  Highly Sensitive Track 

ASEAN-Korea, similar to ASEAN-China adopts the tariff band reduction approach. Gradual tariff elimination is contingent upon the applied MFN rate. The tariff elimination schedule is different for ASEAN 6 & Korea, Vietnam, and the rest of the CLMV countries, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The modality for tariff reduction and elimination can be found in Annex 1 of the Legal Text.

The Normal Track covers approximately 90% of all goods. For Normal Track 1, the tariffs will be eliminated by 1 January 2010 for ASEAN 6 and Korea. For Normal Track 2, the timeline involving the ASEAN 6 is 1 January 2012. Korea does not have any products under Normal Track 2.

Within the Sensitive track, the products are subdivided into two lists:
Sensitive List (Annex 2: Appendix 1)
Highly Sensitive List (Annex 2: Appendix 2)
For products placed in the Sensitive List, the ASEAN 6 and Korea are committed to reduce the tariff to not more than 20% by 1 Jan 2012 and subsequently reduce to between 0% to 5% by 1 Jan 2016.

For Products placed in Highly Sensitive List, the ASEAN 6 and Korea are committed to reduce the tariff according to the different Group:

Group A:  Tariff rate to be not more than 50% by 1 Jan 2016
Group B:   Tariff rate to be reduced by not less than 20% by 1 Jan 2016 
Group C:   Tariff rate to be reduced by not less than 50% by 1 Jan 2016 
Group D:   Application of tariff-rate quotas 
Group E:   Products excluded from granting any concessions 

It should be noted that products listed under Group E is capped at 40 tariff lines at HS 6-digit level.