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IMP - Opportunity to Boost Chemical Exports to Thailand through AITIGA Preferential Duties: Regarding
 

 

 

CHEMEXCIL
Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics & Dyes Export Promotion Council
(Set-up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India)
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EPC:LIC:IND-ASEA:AITIGA:THAIL:PW:2025-26:307                                                21st May, 2025


To

ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL,

(IMPORTANT)

Opportunity to Boost Chemical Exports to Thailand through AITIGA Preferential Duties: Regarding

 

Dear Members,

We wish to bring to your attention an opportunity to enhance the India Chemical Exports to Thailand under the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA).

The AITIGA was signed on 13th August 2009, and came into force on 1st January 2010. The officials copy of the agreement is available on below link

https://commerce.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MOC_636205354502532516_ASEAN-India_Trade_Goods_Agreement.pdf

A recent assessment by the Department has highlighted that the chemical sector shows significant underutilization of the preferential trade route offered by AITIGA, despite India enjoying a duty advantage over Thailand’s Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rates.

Key findings from the assessment are as under.

  • Preferential Duty Advantage: AITIGA offers lower preferential tariff rates compared to Thailand’s MFN rates (excluding products with 0% MFN rates).

  • Low Utilization Rate: The utilization of AITIGA’s preferential route for most of Indian chemical exports to Thailand is below 50%.


In view of above findings, we suggest all members to go through the AITIGA agreement and benefit from the preferential duty benefits to strengthen your products export competitiveness in the Thailand market.

The duty schedule of Thailand for chemical products can be viewed on following link

https://commerce.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Thailands-schedule.pdf

By utilizing the preferential tariff structure, you can increase the exports of your products and improve market penetration in Thailand and contribute to India’s overall chemical export growth. We request members to review the important links of AITIGA provided above.

In case of any queries or issues regarding of AITIGA, please send the same to pw@chemexcil.in  with a copy to dg@chemexcil.in  as early as possible

Thanks and Regards

Raghuveer Kini

Director General

CHEMEXCIL