Here you can locate the full text of the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (as currently in force) and documents associated with the Third Review of SAFTA.
SAFTA as currently in force
Individual chapters
- Chapter 1 - Objectives and General Definitions [PDF 94 KB]
- Chapter 1 - Objectives and General Definitions [DOCX 27 KB]
- Chapter 5 - Technical Regulations and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures [PDF 129 KB]
- Chapter 5 - Technical Regulations and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures [DOCX 30 KB]
- Chapter 6 - Government Procurement [PDF 134 KB]
- Chapter 6 - Government Procurement [DOCX 59 KB]
- Chapter 7 - Cross-Border Trade in Services [PDF 168 KB]
- Chapter 7 - Cross-Border Trade in Services [DOCX 47 KB]
- Chapter 8 - Investment [PDF 147 KB]
- Chapter 8 - Investment [DOCX 73 KB]
- Chapter 9 - Financial Services [PDF 190 KB]
- Chapter 9 - Financial Services [DOCX 59 KB]
- Chapter 10 - Telecommunications Services [PDF 155 KB]
- Chapter 10 - Telecommunications Services [DOCX 49 KB]
- Chapter 11 - Movement of Natural Persons [PDF 114 KB]
- Chapter 11 - Movement of Natural Persons [DOCX 34 KB]
- Chapter 12 - Competition Policy [PDF 118 KB]
- Chapter 12 - Competition Policy [DOCX 24 KB]
- Chapter 13 - Intellectual Property [PDF 112 KB]
- Chapter 13 - Intellectual Property [DOCX 39 KB]
- Chapter 14 - Digital Economy [PDF 242 KB]
- Chapter 14 - Digital Economy [DOCX 65 KB]
- Chapter 15 - Education Cooperation [PDF 97 KB]
- Chapter 15 - Education Cooperation [DOCX 26 KB]
- Chapter 16 - Dispute Settlement [PDF 117 KB]
- Chapter 16 - Dispute Settlement [DOCX 31 KB]
- Chapter 17 - Final Provisions [PDF 94 KB]
- Chapter 17 - Final Provisions [DOCX 34 KB]
Annexes
- Annex 1: Export Duties [PDF 65 KB]
- Annex 1: Export Duties [DOCX 23 KB]
- Annex 2: Product-Specific Rules of Origin [PDF 98 KB]
- Annex 2: Product-Specific Rules of Origin [DOCX 205 KB]
- Annex 3A: Government Procurement – Schedule of Australia [PDF 210 KB]
- Annex 3A: Government Procurement – Schedule of Australia [DOCX 53 KB]
- Annex 3B: Government Procurement – Schedule of Singapore [PDF 174 KB]
- Annex 3B: Government Procurement – Schedule of Singapore [DOCX 45 KB]
- Annex 4-I: Reservations to Chapter 7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) – Explanatory Notes [PDF 116 KB]
- Annex 4-I: Reservations to Chapter 7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) – Explanatory Notes [DOCX 26 KB]
- Annex 4-II: Reservations to Chapter 7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) – Explanatory Notes [PDF 114 KB]
- Annex 4-II: Reservations to Chapter 7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) – Explanatory Notes [DOCX 25 KB]
- Annex 4-III: Additional Commitments to Chapter 7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) [PDF 228 KB]
- Annex 4-III: Additional Commitments to Chapter 7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) [DOCX 32 KB]
- Annex 5: Technical Regulations and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- 5-A: Sectoral Annex on Food Products [PDF 153 KB]
- 5-A: Sectoral Annex on Food Products [DOCX 30 KB]
- 5-B: Sectoral Annex on Horticultural Goods [PDF 153 KB]
- 5-B: Sectoral Annex on Horticultural Goods [DOCX 32 KB]
- 5-C: Sectoral Annex on Wine and Distilled Spirits [PDF 213 KB]
- 5-C: Sectoral Annex on Wine and Distilled Spirits [DOCX 31 KB]
- 5-D: Sectoral Annex on Cosmetic Products [PDF 279 KB]
- 5-D: Sectoral Annex on Cosmetic Products [DOCX 29 KB]
- 5-E: Sectoral Annex on Medical Devices [PDF 278 KB]
- 5-E: Sectoral Annex on Medical Devices [DOCX 29 KB]
- Annex 6: Reservation to Chapter 9 (Financial Services)
- Annex 7: Code of Conduct for Arbitrators Appointed Under Chapter 8 (Investment) and Chapter 16 (Dispute Settlement) [PDF 199 KB]
- Annex 7: Code of Conduct for Arbitrators Appointed Under Chapter 8 (Investment) and Chapter 16 (Dispute Settlement) [DOCX 27 KB]
- Agreed Text of Third-Person Notes to be exchanged at the Entry into Force of SAFTA [PDF 92 KB]
- Agreed Text of Third-Person Notes to be exchanged at the Entry into Force of SAFTA [DOCX 56 KB]
- Agreed Text of Third-Person Note to be exchanged at the Entry into Force of the Agreement to Amend SAFTA [PDF 60 KB]
- Agreed Text of Third-Person Note to be exchanged at the Entry into Force of the Agreement to Amend SAFTA [DOCX 30 KB]
Third Review of SAFTA
The Agreement to Amend SAFTA [PDF 4.16 MB], signed on 13 October 2016 and entered into force on 1 December 2017.
Side letters agreed during the Third Review of SAFTA
- Side letter on the establishment a dedicated help desk to assist Australian natural persons seeking temporary entry into Singapore [PDF 134 KB]
- Side letter on the establishment a dedicated help desk to assist Australian natural persons seeking temporary entry into Singapore [DOCX 117 KB]
- Side letter on mutual recognition arrangements for accountants and engineers [PDF 196 KB]
- Side letter on mutual recognition arrangements for accountants and engineers [DOCX 121 KB]
- Side letter on the process for Singapore's consideration of requests from Australian universities to use the term 'university' in its business name for campuses in Singapore [PDF 169 KB]
- Side letter on the process for Singapore's consideration of requests from Australian universities to use the term 'university' in its business name for campuses in Singapore [DOCX 118 KB]
- Side letter on the relationship between the Amended SAFTA Chapter 11: Movement of Natural Persons and Annex 4 II reservations [PDF 122 KB]
- Side letter on the relationship between the Amended SAFTA Chapter 11: Movement of Natural Persons and Annex 4 II reservations [DOCX 118 KB]