New zealand Country Commercial Guide
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Trade Agreements
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New Zealand does not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. By 2030, New Zealand aims to have FTA arrangements to cover 90 percent of New Zealand goods exports.  FTAs currently in force are:

  • Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: builds on creating new opportunities for trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Digital Economy Partnership Agreement: a new digital trade partnership between New Zealand, Chile, Korea, and Singapore.
  • Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus): an agreement connecting the Pacific region through trade and development.
  • NZ-Australia Closer Economic Relationship (CER): FTA eliminating all tariffs between the two countries since 1983.
  • NZ-Singapore Closer Economic Partnership (CEP), active January 1, 2001.
  • NZ-Thailand Closer Economic Partnership (CEP), active January 1, 2005.
  • NZ-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA), active October 1, 2008.
  • NZ-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed October 26, 2009, and active January 2016.
  • NZ-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership (CEP), active January 1, 2011.
  • NZ-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), active December 20, 2015.
  • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), active in 2018
  • NZ-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (FTA), active on May 31, 2023.
  • NZ-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), active May 1, 2024.

FTAs concluded but not yet in force include: