Hong Kong, China - New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement

Text of the Agreement

Preamble

Chapter 1: Initial Provisions

Chapter 2: General Definitions and Interpretations

Chapter 3: Trade in Goods 

• Annex I to Chapter 3 (Trade in Goods) : Tariff Schedules
  • Schedule of Hong Kong, China
  • Schedule of New Zealand

Chapter 4: Rules of Origin

• Annex I to Chapter 4 (Rules of Origin): Product Specific Rules Schedule (Note: With the adoption of the 2017 Edition of the World Customs Organization Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, an updated Product Specific Rules Schedule can be accessed here)
• Implementing Arrangement 1 to the Product Specific Rules of Origin in Annex I to Chapter 4 (Rules of Origin)

Chapter 5: Customs Procedures and Cooperation

Chapter 6: Trade Remedies

Chapter 7: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  

• Implementing Arrangement 1 to Chapter 7 (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures)

Chapter 8: Technical Barriers to Trade

Chapter 9: Competition

Chapter 10: Electronic Commerce

Chapter 11: Intellectual Property

Chapter 12: Government Procurement 

• Annex I to Chapter 12 (Government Procurement): List of Entities and Covered Goods and Services 
  • List for Hong Kong, China
  • List for New Zealand
• Annex II to Chapter 12 (Government Procurement): Thresholds (Thresholds in Hong Kong Dollars)
• Annex III to Chapter 12 (Government Procurement): Single Electronic Point of Access
• Annex IV to Chapter 12 (Government Procurement): Contact Point
• Implementing Arrangement 1 to Annexes I, II, III and IV to Chapter 12 (Government Procurement)

Chapter 13: Trade in Services (Side Instrument)

• Annex I to Chapter 13 (Trade in Services)
  • Headnote
  • Schedule of Hong Kong, China
  • Schedule of New Zealand
• Annex II to Chapter 13 (Trade in Services)
  • Headnote
  • Schedule of Hong Kong, China
  • Schedule of New Zealand  
• Annex III to Chapter 13 (Trade in Services): Disciplines on Domestic Regulation
• Annex IV to Chapter 13 (Trade in Services): Education Cooperation (Arrangement on Education Cooperation)

Chapter 14: Movement of Business Persons (Side Instrument)

• Annex I to Chapter 14 (Movement of Business Persons)
  • Schedule of Hong Kong, China
  • Schedule of New Zealand

Chapter 15: Transparency

Chapter 16: Dispute Settlement (Side Instrument)

• Annex I to Chapter 16 (Dispute Settlement): Model Rules of Procedure for Arbitral Tribunals

Chapter 17: Administrative and Institutional Provisions

Chapter 18: General Provisions

Chapter 19: Exceptions

Chapter 20: Final Provisions