FTAs provide Australian importers, exporters, producers and investors with better access to international markets. They also provide:
- a better competitive position for Australian exports
- more prospects for increased two-way investment
- reduced import costs for Australian businesses and consumers.
Free trade agreements in force
The following are Australia’s free trade agreements (listed with the entry-into-force date).
- Australia–New Zealand (ANZCERTA or CER) – 1 January 1983
- Singapore–Australia (SAFTA) – 28 July 2003
- Australia–United States (AUSFTA) – 1 January 2005
- Thailand–Australia (TAFTA) – 1 January 2005
- Australia–Chile (AClFTA) – 6 March 2009
- ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand (AANZFTA) – 1 January 2010 for eight countries: Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Burma, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. For Thailand: 12 March 2010. For Laos: 1 January 2011. For Cambodia: 4 January 2011. For Indonesia: 10 January 2012. For the Philippines: 2 June 2023.
- Malaysia–Australia (MAFTA) – 1 January 2013
- Korea–Australia (KAFTA) – 12 December 2014
- Japan–Australia (JAEPA) – 15 January 2015
- China–Australia (ChAFTA) – 20 December 2015
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – 30 December 2018
- Australia-Hong Kong (A-HKFTA) and associated Investment Agreement (IA) – 17 January 2020
- Peru-Australia (PAFTA) — 11 February 2020
- Indonesia- Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) – 5 July 2020
- Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus – 13 December 2020
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – 1 January 2022 for ten countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. For the Republic of Korea: 1 February 2022. For Malaysia: 18 March 2022. For Indonesia: 2 January 2023. RCEP will enter into force for the Philippines on 2 June 2023.
- Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) – 29 December 2022
- Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement – 31 May 2023
More information about Australia's FTAs
Detailed fact sheets, user guides for exporters and importers, full treaty texts and tariff schedules are available for concluded agreements – access these by selecting a particular country or group in the menu.
We also welcome business and community feedback on current negotiations and agreements already in force. Contact details for particular agreements can be found through the menu or see our Have your say: public submissions page.