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Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)

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Agreement name:	Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	18-Aug-2001	Date of notification:	28-Aug-2008
Date of entry into force:	13-Apr-2003	End of implementation period:	2021
Remarks:	Dates of signature and of entry into force specific to each Party of the PICTA are detailed in Annex 1 of the WTO Notification (see document WT/COMTD/N/29). The current signatories stated below are "as notified by the Parties". However, please note that Palau and the Marshall Islands are also Parties of PICTA.
Current signatories:	Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; Niue; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu
Original signatories:	Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; Niue; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Oceania
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	No

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Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Consideration status:	Awaiting data from the Parties

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/COMTD/N/29	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures


	Subsidies (Goods)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
	Government procurement

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