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Central American Free Trade Agreement


DRAFT
Subject to Legal Review for Accuracy, Clarity, and Consistency
January 28, 2004

INDEX

 Preamble Text

Text [PDF format, 10 KB]

 
1. Initial Provisions

Text [PDF format, 9 KB]

 
2. General Definitions

Text [PDF format, 14 KB]

 
3. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods

Text [PDF format, 126 KB]

Costa Rica General Notes [PDF format, 11 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Costa Rica Tariff Schedule [PDF format, 341 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Costa Rica Agricultural Schedule [PDF format, 56 KB]

Annex 1 - Costa Rica Agricultural TRQ  [PDF format, 30 KB]

Annex 3.14 - Costa Rica Agricultural Safeguard [PDF format, 48 KB]

 

El Salvador General Notes [PDF format, 10 KB]

Annex 3.3 - El Salvador Tariff Schedule [PDF format, 584 KB]

Chapter 87 - Autos [PDF format, 10 KB]

Annex 3.3 - El Salvador Agricultural Schedule [PDF format, 90 KB]

Annex 3.3 - El Salvador Agricultural TRQ [PDF format, 35 KB]

Annex 3.14 - El Salvador Agricultural Safeguard [PDF format, 37 KB]

 

Guatemala General Notes [PDF format, 10 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Guatemala Tariff Schedule [PDF format, 397 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Guatemala Agricultural Schedule [PDF format, 95 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Guatemala Agricultural TRQ [PDF format, 53 KB]

Annex 3.14 - Guatemala Agricultural Safeguard [PDF format, 55 KB]

 

Honduras General Notes [PDF format, 8 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Honduras Tariff Schedule [PDF format, 445 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Honduras Agricultural Schedule [PDF format, 54 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Honduras Agricultural TRQ [PDF format, 33 KB]

Annex 3.14 - Honduras Agricultural Safeguard [PDF format, 40 KB]

 

Nicaragua General Notes [PDF format, 22 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Nicaragua Tariff Schedule [PDF format, 373 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Nicaragua Agricultural Schedule [PDF format, 62 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Nicaragua Agricultural TRQ [PDF format, 30 KB]

Annex 3.3 - Nicaragua Agricultural Safeguard [PDF format, 40 KB]

 

U.S. General Notes [PDF format, 8 KB]

Annex 3.3 - U.S. Tariff Schedule [PDF format, 860KB]

Annex 1 - U.S. TRQ [PDF format, 67 KB]

4. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures

Text [PDF format, 46 KB]

Annex 4.1 (Product-Specific Rules of Origin)  [PDF format, 162 KB]

Textile and Apparel Product-Specific Rules of Origin  [PDF format, 64 KB]

 
5. Customs Administration

Text [PDF format, 20 KB]

 
6. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Text [PDF format, 17 KB]

 
7. Technical Barriers to Trade

Text [PDF format, 17 KB]

 
8. Trade Remedies

Text [PDF format, 25 KB]

 
9. Government Procurement

Text [PDF format, 35 KB]

Annex 9.1 [PDF format, 96 KB]

 
10. Investment

Text [PDF format, 76 KB]

 
11. Cross-Border Trade in Services

Text [PDF format, 38 KB]

 
12. Financial Services

Text [PDF format, 70 KB]

 
13. Telecommunications

Text [PDF format, 56 KB]

 
14. Electronic Commerce

Text [PDF format, 10 KB]

 
15. Intellectual Property Rights

Text [PDF format, 81 KB]

 
16. Labor

Text [PDF format, 34 KB]

 
17. Environment

Text [PDF format, 36 KB]

Environmental Cooperation Agreement [PDF format, 26 KB]

 
18. Transparency

Text [PDF format, 15 KB]

 
19. Administration of the Agreement

Text [PDF format, 15 KB]

 

20. Dispute Settlement

Text [PDF format, 40 KB]

 
21. Exceptions

Text [PDF format, 16 KB]

 
22. Final Provisions

Text [PDF format, 7 KB]

 

Annex I (Services/Investment Non-Conforming Measures)

Central America Formatting Note  [PDF format, 9 KB]

U.S. Formatting Note  [PDF format, 9 KB]

Costa Rica Schedule  [PDF format, 111 KB]

El Salvador Schedule  [PDF format, 56 KB]

Guatemala Schedule  [PDF format, 26 KB]

Honduras Schedule  [PDF format, 77 KB]

Nicaragua Schedule  [PDF format, 59 KB]

U.S. Schedule  [PDF format, 30 KB]

 
Annex II (Services/Investment Non-Conforming Measures)

Formatting Note      [PDF format, 9 KB]

Costa Rica Schedule  [PDF format, 14 KB]

El Salvador Schedule  [PDF format, 14 KB]

Guatemala Schedule  [PDF format, 10 KB]

Honduras Schedule  [PDF format, 15 KB]

Nicaragua Schedule  [PDF format, 16 KB]

U.S. Schedule  [PDF format, 22 KB]

 
Annex III (Financial Services Non-Conforming Measures)

Costa Rica Schedule  [PDF format, 28 KB]

El Salvador Schedule  [PDF format, 32 KB]

Guatemala Schedule  [PDF format, 24 KB]

Honduras Schedule  [PDF format, 26 KB]

Nicaragua Schedule  [PDF format, 24 KB]

U.S. Schedule  [PDF format, 44 KB]

 
Side Letters
Agriculture
 

Letter on tariff treatment of certain confectionary products (El Salvador/Guatemala) [PDF format, 9 KB]

Letter on poultry (Costa Rica/El Salvador) [PDF format, 9 KB]

Environment

Letter on CAFTA environment secretariat (all) [to be released at a later date]

Financial Services

Letter on bank sales representatives (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on foreign bank branches and additional reserve requirements (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on insurance branching commitments (Guatemala) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on establishment of foreign financial institutions in the U.S. (Guatemala) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on insurance branching commitments (Nicaragua) [PDF format, 7 KB]

Investment

Letter on Bilateral Investment Treaty (Honduras) [PDF format, 7 KB]

Services/Investment

Letter on extraction, generation, and refining (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 8 KB]

Letter on gambling (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on mining (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 7 KB]

Letter on wildlife, forestry, and zoning (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 9 KB]

Letter on contracts of representation, distribution, or fabrication (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 8 KB]

Letter on Labor Code (El Salvador) [PDF format, 7 KB]

Letter on public utility services (El Salvador) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on immigration measures (all) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Telecommunications

Letter on Costa Rica's radio-electric spectrum (all) [PDF format, 7 KB]

Letter on Article 13.4.5(a)(iv) (El Salvador) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Textiles

Letter on short supply procedures (El Salvador) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on shirting fabrics study (Honduras) [PDF format, 6 KB]

Letter on continuation of "807" program (Costa Rica) [PDF format, 6 KB]

 

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative
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