CHILE EU WINE AND SPIRITS DUTY FREE AGREEMENT
November 1st, 2005
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) 'association agreement' with Chile is likely to be deepened by allowing EU wines, spirits and aromatised drinks to enter the Chilean market duty free. The EU Council of Ministers has approved the move, which would be agreed at a future EU-Chile association council meeting. The association agreement was ratified in 2003, and provides for EU-Chile duty free trade to be established in 80.9% of drinks and food goods by 2013. Bureaucratic barriers hindering wine and spirits sales were removed, although some duties remained.
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) 'association agreement' with Chile is likely to be deepened by allowing EU wines, spirits and aromatised drinks to enter the Chilean market duty free. The EU Council of Ministers has approved the move, which would be agreed at a future EU-Chile association council meeting. The association agreement was ratified in 2003, and provides for EU-Chile duty free trade to be established in 80.9% of drinks and food goods by 2013. Bureaucratic barriers hindering wine and spirits sales were removed, although some duties remained.
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